Subhāṣitāvali 1-1040 · Verses 0947-0966

parārthe yaḥ pīḍāmanubhavati bhaṅgepi madhuro
yadīyaḥ sarveṣāmiha khalu vikāropyabhimataḥ /
na saṃprāpto vṛddhiṃ yadi sa bhṛśamakṣetrapatitaḥ
kimikṣordoṣosau na punaraguṇāyā marubhavaḥ //

tāpaḥ svātmani saṃśritadrumalatādoṣodhvagairvarjanaṃ
satyaṃ tīvratayā tṛṣastava maro kosāvanarthodayaḥ /
nanvarthaḥ sumahānayaṃ jalalavasvāmyasmayodgarjinaḥ
saṃnahyanti yatastavopakṛtaye dhārādharāḥ prākṛtāḥ //

evaṃ codvidhinā kṛtosyupakṛtau kasyāṃcidapyakṣamaḥ
kāmaṃ mopakṛthāstatastava maro vācyaṃ na dhīro bhava /
kiṃ tvārānmṛgatṛṣṇayopajanayannambhomucāṃ vañcanāṃ
premṇā karṣasi tarṣamūrchitadhiyopyanyānataḥ śocyase //

āmrāḥ kiṃ phalabhāranabhraśiraso ramyāḥ kimūṣmacchidaḥ
sacchāyāḥ kadalīdrumāḥ surabhayaḥ kiṃ puṣpitāścampakāḥ /
etāstā niravagrahograkarabhollīḍhāvarūḍhāḥ punaḥ
śamyo bhrāmyasi mūḍha nirmaruti kiṃ mithyaiva martuṃ marau //

jalāntarāṇi śvabhreṣu tiṣṭhantu kvāpi yāntu vā /
surasindhupravāhasya sṛtau ratnākarovadhiḥ //

kvāntaḥ śūnyo naḍaḥ kvekṣustathāpi sudṛśākṛtī /
vivekaśūnyamanasāṃ vipralambhāya nirmitau //

nāsya bhāragrahe śaktirna ca vāhaguṇaḥ kṛṣau /
devāgārabalīvardastathāpyaśnāti śobhanam //

nakraḥ svasthānamāsādya gajendramapi karṣati /
sa eva pracyutaḥ sthānācchunāpi paribhūyate //

varamunnatalāṅgūlātsaṭādhūnanabhīṣaṇāt /
siṃhātpādaprahāropi na sṛgālādhirohaṇam //

gandhaikasāro viphalaḥ sevyaścandanapādapaḥ /
bhujaṃgāḥ pavanāhārāḥ sevakāḥ sadṛśo vidhiḥ //

kva gato mṛgo na jīvatyanudinamaśnaṃstṛṇāni vividhāni /
svayamāhatagajabhoktuḥ siṃhasya tu durlabhā vṛttiḥ //

vakramaśayyāsaṃsthitamantaḥkoṭaramanekadurgranthi /
praguṇīkartuṃ śakto durdāru na viśvakarmāpi //

na tadanukṛtaṃ manāgapi na vā jalaṃ sucirasevitaiḥ śītam /
andhīkṛte kudīpaiḥ pratyuta dhūmena me nayane //

utsannamāpaṇamamuṃ drakṣyāmo nirmalaiḥ kadā nayanaiḥ /
cintāmaṇikācakaṇau viparītaguṇāguṇau yatra //

ujjvalacampakamukulāśaṅkitayā yaḥ pradīpakaṃ spṛśati /
kajjalakalaṅkadāhaṃ muktvānyattasya kiṃ ghaṭatām //

śikharī citaśikharaśikhaḥ sphuradaurvaśikhākadambakombunidhiḥ /
kasyāpi laṅghanīyau na tu nagarāvakaranikaroyam //

phaṇamaṇibhāsuraguratarasamarthabahumastake śeṣe /
kaḥ kṣitibharamudvoḍhuṃ prārthayate kṛpaṇakaṇikīṭān //

yatnādapi kaḥ paśyecchikhināmāhāraniḥsaraṇamārgam /
yadi jaladaninadamuditāsta eva mūḍhā na nṛtyeyuḥ //

śaradi samagraniśākarakaraśatahatatimirasaṃcayā rajanī /
jaladāntaritārkāmapi divasacchāyāṃ na pūrayati //

mṛdusubhagaparikararucopyanucitamidamekameva madanasya /
yadanena kṛtaḥ ketau makaro daṃṣṭrākarālamukhaḥ //