Suhṛllekha · Verses 21-40

paradārānna tu paśyed dṛṣṭe ca jñeyā avasthānurūpyeṇa /
kanyāmbābhaginīvad āsaktāvapyaśucimeva cintayecca

rakṣeccañcalacittaṃ śrutiputranidhiprāṇasadṛśaṃ ca nitarām /
cittaṃ pariharttavyaṃ śatrusarpaviṣāyudhāgnisamāt kāmāt

kāmastvanarthajanakaḥ proktaḥ kimpākaphalasamo jinendreṇa /
pāśaistasya hi baddho bhavacārake lokaḥ sa prahātavyaḥ

calādhruvāṇi ṣaḍakṣāṇi jayanti samare vā śatrūnapi caike /
tayośca sudhiyaḥ prathamaṃ varamindriyavijetāraṃ ca manyante

yuvatiśarīraṃ hi pūti yannavāśucidvāramaśucibhāṇḍasamam /
carmāvṛtaduṣpūraṃ bhūṣitamapi bhūṣaṇaiḥ pṛthag draṣṭavyam

kṛmipīḍito hi kuṣṭhī sukhalipsayā ca yathā vahnimāśrayate /
pīḍā na yāti śāntiṃ tathaiva hi kāmāsaktirapi boddhavyā

paramārthaṃ prativettuṃ sarvabhāveṣu savidhi manasi nidhāyaiva /
sa ca khalu bhāvayitavyo na hi tattulyo 'paro guṇayuto dharmaḥ

sukulīno 'pi na pūjyo jñānaśīlavimukho śrutirūpavān pumān /
guṇadvayaitadyuktaḥ pūjyate so 'nyaguṇairhīno 'pi satatam

aṣṭasu lokadharmeṣu lokavit samatayā pravartayeccittam /
hānilābhayaśo 'yaśo 'nuśaṃsānindāsukhaduḥkheṣvaśocyeṣu

bhavadbhirbrāhmaṇabhikṣudevātithimātāpitṛkulamahiṣībhyaḥ /
pāpaṃ nācaraṇiyaṃ yataḥ katamo 'pi na narakaphalasya bhāgī

na ca kṛntati pāpakarma tatkṣaṇamastrapātavat kamapi pāpinam /
mṛtyorhi samaye kintu tatkarmaṇaḥ phalamabhimukhībhavatyeva

saptadhanānyuktāni śraddhāśīlatyāgāmalaśrutadhiyaḥ /
apatrapā hrī muninā mudhaivāparadhanāni hi sādhāraṇāni

dyūtakrīḍā kautukadarśanālasyakumitrasaṅgamadirāśca /
niśāviharaṇaṃ ṣaḍime tyājyā durgatidā yaśovināśakāśca

sanarāmaraśāsakena santoṣaḥ sarvadhanapradhānamuktam /
santoṣo 'nuṣṭheyaḥ dhanaṃ vinaiva sa dhanikaḥ sati santoṣe

yathā samṛddhāḥ puruṣā duḥkhino bhavanti naiva tathālpecchukāḥ /
yāvatyaḥ santi phaṇā ārya, duḥkhakarāḥ, nāgasya tāvatyaḥ

patnī tyājyā trividhā prakṛtyā ripusambaddhā svaghātikeva /
patyurapamānakartrī svairā laghuvastucauryaratā steyīva

bhaginīsamānukūlā mitravad hṛdayaṅgamā ca sevanīyā /
mātevopakāriṇī pūjyā sevikevājñākṛd devīva

vihāya rāgadveṣau bhojanamauṣadhivadavagatya seveta /
kāyasthityai nitarāṃ na ca saundaryagarvamānārthaṃ sevyam

dinamakhilaṃ śubhakārye yāpayed rātrerādyantau yāmau ca /
dhīman, madhye yāme śayīta yato hi na bhaved viphalā nidrā

maitrīkaruṇopekṣāmuditāśca sadā samyag bhāvayitavyāḥ /
alabdhe 'nuttarapade dhruvameva brahmaloke sukhāvāptiḥ