Udānavarga · Chapter 5

priyebhyo.jāyate.śokaḥ.priyebhyo.jāyate.bhayam /
priyebhyo.vipramuktānām.na.asti.śokaḥ.kuto.bhayam //

priyebhyo.jāyate.śokaḥ.priyebhyo.jāyate.bhayam /
priyāṇām.anyathī.bhāvād.unmādam.api.gacchati //

śokā.hi.ye.vai.paridevitam.ca.duhkham.ca.lokasya.hi.naikarūpam /
priyam.pratītya.iha.tad.asti.sarvam.priye.asati.syān.na.kathaṃcid.etat //

tasmādd.hi.te.sukhitā.vīta.śokā.yeṣām.priyam.na.asti.kathaṃcid.eva /
tasmād.aśokam.padam.eṣamāṇaḥ.priyam.na.kurvīta.hi.jīva.loke //

mā.priyaiḥ.saṃgamo.jātu.mā.ca.syād.apriyaiḥ.sadā /
priyāṇām.adarśanam.duhkham.apriyāṇām.ca.dharśanam //

priyāṇām.ca.vinā.bhāvād.apriyāṇām.ca.saṃgamāt /
tīvra;utpadyate.śoko.jīryante.yena.mānavāḥ //

priyam.mṛtam.kāla.gatam.jñātayaḥ.sahitāḥ.sthitāḥ /
śocanti.dīrgham.adhvānam.duhkho.hi.priya.saṃgamaḥ //

tasmāt.priyam.na.kurvīta.priya.bhāvo.hi.pāpakaḥ /
granthās.teṣām.na.vidyante.yeṣām.na.asti.priya.apriyam /

ayuge.yujya.ca.ātmānam.yuge.ca.ayujya.sarvadā /
artham.hitvā.priya.grāhī.spṛhayaty.artha.yogine //

priya.rūpa.sāta.grathitā.deva.kāyāḥ.pṛthak.sthitāḥ /
āghādinaḥ.paridyūnā.mṛtyu.rāja.vaśam.gatāḥ //

ye.vai.divā.ca.rātrau.caiva;apramattāḥ.priyam.jahati.nityam /
te.vai.khananti.tv.agha.mūlam.mṛtyu-r-āmiṣam.durativartyam //

asādhu.sādhu.rūpeṇa.priya.rūpeṇa.ca.apriyam /
duhkham.sukhasya.rūpeṇa.pramattān abhimardati //

ātmānam.cet.priyam.vidyān.na.enam.pāpena.yojayet /
na.hy.etat.sulabham.bhavati.sukham.duṣkṛta.kāriṇā //

ātmānam.cet.priyam.vidyān.na.enam.pāpena.yojayet /
etadd.hi.sulabham.bhavati.sukham.sukṛta.kāriṇā //

ātmānam.cet.priyam.vidyād.rakṣed.enam.surakṣitam /
yathā.pratyanta.nagaram.gambhīra.parikham.dṛḍham /
trayāṇām.anyatamam.yāmam.pratijāgreta.paṇḍitaḥ //

ātmānam.cet.priyam.vidyād.gopayet.tam.sugopitam /
yathā.pratyanta.nagaram.guptam.antar.bahisthiram /[.antar.bahiḥ.sthiram.]

evam.gopayata.ātmānam.kṣaṇo.vo.mā.hy.upatyagāt /
kṣaṇa.atītā.hi.śocante.narakeṣu.samarpitāḥ //

sarvā.diśas.tv.anuparigamya.cetasā.na.eva.adhyagāt.priyataram.ātmanaḥ.kvacit /
evam.priyaḥ.pṛthag.ātmā.pareṣām.tasmān.na.hiṃsyāt.param.ātma.kāraṇam //

sarve.daṇḍasya.bibhyanti.sarveṣām.jīvitam.priyam /
ātmānam.upamām.kṛtvā.na.eva.hanyān.na.ghātayet //

cira.pravāsinam.yadvad.dūrataḥ.svastinā.āgatam /
jñātayaḥ.suhṛdo.mitrāś.ca.abhinandanti.āgatam //

kṛta.puṇyam.tathā.martyam.asmāṃl.lokāt.param.gatam /[.asmāl.lokāt.]
puṇyāny.eva.abhinandanti.priyam.jñātim.iva.āgatam //

tasmāt.kuruta.puṇyānām.nicayam.sāmparāyikam /
puṇyāni.para.loke.hi.pratiṣṭhā.prāṇinām.hi.sā //

puṇyam.devāḥ.praśaṃsanti.sama.caryām.ca.yaś.caret /
iha.ca.anindito.bhavati.pretya.svarge.ca.modate //

dharmastham.śīla.sampannam.hrīmantam.satya.vādinam /
ātmanaḥ.kārakam.santam.tam.janaḥ.kurute.priyam //

pareṣām.ca.priyo.bhavati.hy.ātma.artham.kriyate.api.ca /
dṛṣṭe.ca.dharme.prāśaṃsyaḥ.sāmparāye.ca.sad.gatiḥ //

avavadeta.anuśāsīta.ca.asabhyāc.ca.nivārayet /
asatām.na.priyo.bhavati.satām.bhavati.tu.priyaḥ //

asantaś.caiva.santaś.ca.nānā.yānti.tv.itaś.cyutāḥ /
asanto.narakam.yānti.santaḥ.svarga.parāyaṇāḥ //