Subhāṣitāvali 1-1040 · Verses 0522-0541

dhanabāhulyamahetuḥ kopi nisargeṇa muktakaraḥ /
prāvṛṣi kasyāmbumucaḥ saṃpattiḥ kimadhikāmbunidheḥ //

utpāditā svayamiyaṃ yadi tattanūjā
tātena vā yadi tadā bhaginī khalu śrīḥ /
yadyanyasaṃgamavatī ca tadā parastrī
tattyāgabaddhamanasaḥ sudhiyo bhavanti //

draviṇārjanajaḥ pariśramaḥ
phalitopyasya janasya nīrasaḥ /
draviṇārjanamātmatuṣṭaye
paramāvarjayituṃ guṇārjanam //

yaḥ praśaṃsati naro naramanyaṃ
devatāsu varadāsu satīṣu /
mugdhadhīrdhanalavaspṛhayālus-
taṃ nṛśaṃsamahamādyamavaimi //

yathā śarīraṃ kila jīvitena
vinākṛtaṃ kāṣṭhamivāvabhāti /
tathaiva lajjīvitamapyavaimi
lokottareṇa sphuritena śūnyam //

santopi santaḥ kva kirantu tejaḥ
kva nojjvalantu kva nu na prathantām /
vidhāya ruddhā nanu vedhasaiva
brahmāṇḍakośe ghaṭadīpakalpāḥ //

kadarthitasyāpi hi dhairyavṛtter-
na śakyate sattvaguṇaḥ pramārṣṭum /
adhomukhasyāpi kṛtasya vahner-
nādhaḥ śikhā yānti kadācideva //

jātaśca nāma na vinaṅkṣyanti cetyayuktam-
utpāda eva niyameva vināśahetuḥ /
tulye ca nāma maraṇavyasanopatāpe
mṛtyurvaraṃ parahitāvahitāśayasya //

iyatyapyetasminniravadhimahatyadhvani guṇās-
ta evāmī dvitrā jaraṭhajaraṭhā yānti gaṇanām /
aho grāmyo lokaḥ sa na paramamībhiḥ kṛtadhṛtiḥ
smayastabdhoyāvatkalayati samagraṃ tṛṇamidam //

svacittaparicintayaiva paritāpamātmanyamī
na bibhrati manāsvino yadamunā na tāvatkṣatiḥ /
aharniśamihaiva ye paramanonuvṛttyā punar-
vahanti vijigīṣutāṃ kimiva tenukampāspadam //

vipulahṛdayairanyaiḥ kaiścijjagajjanitaṃ purā
vidhṛtamaparairdattaṃ cānyairvijitya tṛṇaṃ yathā /
iha hi bhuvanānyanye dhīrāścaturdaśa bhuñjate
katipayapurasvāmye puṃsāṃ ka eṣa madajvaraḥ //

abhuktāyāṃ yasyāṃ kṣaṇamapi na yātaṃ nṛpaśatair-
bhuvastasyā lābhe ka iva bahumānaḥ kṣitibhujām /
tadaṃśasyāpyaṃśe tadavayavaleśepi patayo
viṣāde kartavye vidadhati jaḍāḥ pratyuta mudam //

pareṣāṃ cetāṃsi pratidivasamāyāsya bahudhā
prasādaṃ kiṃ netuṃ viśāsi hṛdaya kleśakalilam /
prasanne tvayyeva svayamuditacintāmaṇiguṇe
viviktaḥ saṃkalpaḥ kimabhilaṣitaṃ puṣyati na te //

vināpyarthairdhīraḥ spṛśati bahumānonnatipadaṃ
pariṣvaktopyarthaiḥ paribhavapadaṃ yāti kṛpaṇaḥ /
svabhāvenodbhūtāṃ guṇasamudayāvāptivipulāṃ
dyutiṃ saiṃhīṃ na śvā dhṛtakanakamālopi labhate //

bhujyante svagṛhasthitā iva sukhaṃ yasyāthibhiḥ saṃpadaḥ
paṭvī yasya matistamaḥprahataye dvāveva tau prāṇitaḥ /
yastvātmaṃbharirunnatepi vibhave hīnaśca vidvattayā
tasyālekhyamaṇerivākṛtidhṛtaḥ sattāpyasattā nanu //

ādhārāya dharāvakāśavidhayepyākāśamālokane
bhāsvānātmamahattvasādhanavidhāvanye guṇāḥ kecana /
ityasminnupakārakāriṇi sadā varge paraṃ dustyaje
dainyavrīḍakalaṅkamujjhatu kathaṃ ceto mahācetasām //

nityaṃ yā gurubhṛtyabandhusujanairna svecchayā bhujyate
paśyanti spṛhayālavo na ripavo yāṃ vikramāsāditām /
yasyāḥ sādhuparikṣayeṇa suhṛdāṃ nāśena vā saṃbhavo
no saṃpadvipadeva sā guṇavatāṃ prītistayā kīdṛśī //

nyāyyaṃ mārgamanujjhataḥ sukṛtino daivādbhavantyāpado
yāstāḥ santu balerivādipuruṣāyorvīṃ svayaṃ yacchataḥ /
śakrasyeva jugupsitaiḥ subahubhirnindyairbhṛśaṃ karmabhir-
devānāmupari prabhutvamapi me mā bhūttrapākāraṇam //

śayyā śādvalamāsanaṃ śuciśilā sadma dramāṇāmadhaḥ
śītaṃ nirjharavāri pānamaśanaṃ kandāḥ sahāyā mṛgāḥ /
ityprārthitasarvalabhyavibhave doṣoyameko vane
duṣprāpārthini yatparārthaghaṭanāvandhyairvṛthā sthīyate //

alpīyasāmeva hi janmabhūmes-
tyāgaḥ pramādo viduṣāṃ na sosti /
sthānādapetā maṇayo vrajanti
rājñāṃ śiraḥ kākamukhāni bhekāḥ //