Subhāṣitāvali 1-1040 · Verses 0967-0986

hemakāra sudhiyo namostu te
dustareṣu bahuśaḥ parīkṣitum /
kāñcanābharaṇamaśmanā samaṃ
yattvayaitadadhuropyate tulām //

vṛtte eva sa ghaṭondhakūpa yas-
tvatprasādamapanetumakṣamaḥ /
mudritaṃ tvadhamaceṣṭitaṃ tvayā
tanmukhāmbukaṇikāḥ pratīcchatā //

śatapadī sati pādaśate kṣamā
yadi na goṣpadamapyativartitum /
kimiyatā dvipadasya hanūmato
jaladhivikramaṇe vivadāmahe //

na guruvaṃśaparigrahaśauṇḍatā
na ca mahāguṇasaṃgrahaṇādaraḥ /
phalavidhānakathāpi na mārgaṇe
kimiha lubdhakabāla gṛhedhunā //

tṛṇamaṇermanujasya ca tadvataḥ
kimubhayorvipulāśayatocyate /
tanu tṛṇāgralavāvayavairyayor-
avasite grahaṇa pratipādane //

bhrātaḥ suvarṇamayarūpakatāracitrā-
laṃkārayatnaghaṭanāsu suvarṇakāra /
dūrīkuru śramamihādya suvarṇapātre
durvarṇayojayiturasti mahārghalābhaḥ //

tanutṛṇāgradhṛtena hṛtaściraṃ
ka iha yena na mauktikaśaṅkayā /
sa jalabindurato viparītadṛg-
jagadidaṃ vayamatra sacetanāḥ //

re dandaśūka tadayuktamapīśvarastvāṃ
vāllabhyato nayati nūpuradhāma satyam /
āvarjitālikulasatkṛtimūrchitāni
kiṃ śiñjitāni bhavataḥ kṣama eṣa kartum //

suvarṇakāra śravaṇocitāni
vastūni vikretumihāgatosi /
adyāpi nāśrāvi yadatra pallyāṃ
pallīpatirnūnamaviddhakarṇaḥ //

tānunnatānkṣitibhṛto nanu rūpayāmaḥ
pakṣakṣayavyatikare mathitaṃ tadojaḥ /
yuktaṃ kimaurvaśikhinaḥ parikopitasya
tejasvinopyudadhinirmathanaṃ visoḍhum //

citraṃ kiyadyadayamambudhirambudaugha-
sindhupravāhaparipūrṇatayā mahīyān /
tvaṃ tvarthināmupakaroṣi yadalpakūpa
niṣpīḍya kukṣikuharaṃ hi mahattvametat //

dhigvāḍavaṃ dahanamarthitayā vipakṣa-
mabhyeti yaḥ svajaṭharapratipūraṇāya /
dhigvārirāśimapi yastu tathāvidhasya
śatrorjalairapi na pūrayabhilāṣam //

śāvānkulāyakagatānparipātukāmā
nadyāḥ pragṛhya laghu pakṣapuṭena toyam /
dāvānalaṃ kila siṣeca muhuḥ kopotī
snigdho jano na khalu cintayate svapīḍām //

kākaḥ svabhāvacapalaḥ pariśuddhavṛttir-
labdhvā baliṃ svajanamāhvayate parāṃśca /
carmāsthimāṃsavati hastikalevarepi
śvā dveṣṭi hanti ca parānkṛpaṇasvabhāvaḥ //

ādāyi vāri yata eva jahāti bhūyas-
tatraiva yaḥ sa jaladaḥ prathamo jaḍānām /
vāntaṃ pratīpsati tadeva tadeva yastu
strotaḥ patiḥ sa nirapatrapasārthavāhaḥ //

budhyāmahe na bahudhāpi vikalpamānāḥ
kairnāmabhirvyapadiśāma mahāmatīṃstān /
yeṣāmaśeṣabhuvanābharaṇasya hemnas-
tattvaṃ vivektumupalāḥ paramaṃ pramāṇam //

na mlānitānyakhiladhāmavatāṃ mukhāni
nāstaṃ tamo na ca kṛto bhuvanopakāraḥ /
sūryātmajohamiti kena guṇena lokān-
pratyāpayiṣyasi śane śapathaṃ vinā tvam //

saṃrakṣituṃ kṛṣimakāri kṛṣīvalena
paśyātmanaḥ pratikṛtistṛṇapūruṣoyam /
stabdhasya niṣkriyatayāstabhiyosya nūna-
matsyanti gomṛgaganāḥ punareva sasyam //

kasyānimeṣavitate nayane divauko-
lokādṛte jagati te api vai gṛhītvā /
piṇḍe prasāritamukhena time kimetad-
dṛṣṭaṃ na bāliśa viśadbaḍiśaṃ tvayāntaḥ //

ā janmanaḥ kuśalamaṇvapi te kujanman-
pāṃso tvayā yadi kṛtaṃ vada tattvametat /
utthāpitosyanalasārathinā yadarthaṃ
duṣṭena tatkuru kalaṅkaya viśvametat //