Subhāṣitāvali 1-1040 · Verses 0462-0481

karṇe tatkathayanti dundubhiravai rāṣṭre yaduddhoṣitaṃ
tannamrāṅgatayā vadanti karuṇaṃ yasmātrapāvānbhavet /
ślāghante tadudīryate yadariṇāpyugraṃ na marmāntakṛ-
dye kecinnanu śāvyamaugdhyanidhayaste bhūbhṛtāṃ rañjakāḥ //

bhaṇḍastāṇḍavamaṇḍape caṭukathāvīthīṣu kanthākavir-
goṣṭhaśva svagṛhāṅgaṇe śikharibhūgarte khaṭākhuḥ sphuṭam /
piṇḍīśūratayā viṭaśva paṭutāṃ bhūbhṛdgṛhe gāhate
gacchanti hradakṛṣṭakacchapatulāṃ citraṃ tatonyatra te //

jāḍyaṃ hrīmati gaṇyate vratarucau dambhaḥ śucau kaitavaṃ
śūre nirghṛṇatā ṛjau vimatitā dainyaṃ priyālāpini /
tejasvinyavaliptatā mukharatā vaktaryaśaktiḥ sthire
tatko nāma guṇo bhavedguṇavatāṃ yo durjanairnāṅkitaḥ //

ākhuḥ kailāsaśailaṃ tulayati karaṭastārkṣyamāṃsābhilāṣī
babhrurlāṅgūlamūlaṃ calayati capalastakṣakāhiṃ jighāṃsuḥ /
bhekaḥ pāraṃ yiyāaurbhujagamapi mahāghasmarasyāmburāśeḥ
prāyeṇāsannapātaḥ smarati samucitaṃ karma na kṣudrakarmā //

aguṇakaṇo guṇorāśirdvayamiha daivātkhalamukhe patitam /
prasarati tailamivaikaḥ salile ghṛtavajjaḍatvametyanyaḥ //

śaraṇaṃ kiṃ prapannāni viṣavanmārayanti kim /
na tyajyante na bhujyante kṛpaṇena dhanāni yat //

kṛpaṇena samo dātā na bhūto na bhaviṣyati /
aspṛśanneva vittāni yaḥ parebhyaḥ prayacchati //

yā vipattirdhanāpāye navā bhogivadānyayoḥ /
prajñāpakarṣātprāgeva prāptā hi kṛpaṇena sā //

tyāgopabhogaśūnyena dhanena dhanino yadi /
bhavāmaḥ kiṃ na tenaiva dhanena dhanino vayam //

gṛhamadhyanikhātena dhanena ramate yadi /
sa tu tenānusāreṇa ramate kiṃ na meruṇā //

kiṃśuke kiṃ śukaḥ kuryātphalitepi bubhukṣitaḥ /
adātari samṛddhepi kiṃ kuryurupajīvinaḥ //

dānopabhogabandhyā yā suhṛdhbiryā na bhujyate /
puṃsāṃ yadi hi sā lakṣmīralakṣmīḥ katama bhavet //

atisaṃcayakart ṇāṃ vittamanyasya kāraṇām /
anyaiḥ saṃcīyate yatnādanyaiśca madhu pīyate //

yaddadāsi viśiṣṭebhyo yadāśnāsi dine dine /
tatte vittamahaṃ manye śeṣaṃ kasyāpi rakṣasi //

viḍambanaiva puṃsi śrīḥ parapraṇayapāṃsule /
kāntiṃ kāmiha kurvīta kuṇau kaṭakakalpanā //

kṛtvopakāraṃ yastasmādvāñchati pratyupakriyām /
dīnastṛṣṇāvidheyatvādvāntamapyupaleḍhi saḥ //

dānaṃ bhogo nāśastisro gatayo bhavanti vittasya /
yo na dadāti na bhuṅkte tasya tṛtīyā gatirnāśaḥ //

dānaṃ bhogaṃ ca vinā dhanasattāmātrakeṇa ceddhaninaḥ /
vayamapi kimiti na dhaninistiṣṭhati naḥ kāñcano meruḥ //

dhaninopyadānabhogā gaṇyante dhuri mahādaridrāṇām /
hanti na yataḥ pipāsāmataḥ samudropi marureva //

abhyupayuktāḥ sadbhirgatāgatairaharahaḥ sunirviṇṇāḥ /
kṛpaṇajanasaṃnikarṣaṃ saṃprāpyārthāḥ svapantīva //