॥ Common Shlokas for Recitation Set 3 ॥
॥ ಸುಭಾಷಿತಮ್ ॥
ಮನೋಜವಂ ಮಾರುತತುಲ್ಯವೇಗಂ
ಜಿತೇನ್ದ್ರಿಯಂ ಬುದ್ಧಿಮತಾಂ ವರಿಷ್ಠಮ್ ।
ವಾತಾತ್ಮಜಂ ವಾನರಯೂಥಮುಖ್ಯಂ
ಶ್ರೀರಾಮದೂತಂ ಶಿರಸಾ ನಮಾಮಿ ॥ var ಶರಣಂ ಪ್ರಪದ್ಯೇ
I prostrate to the lord Hanuman the son of wind God,
who is swift like the mind and wind, mastered the senses, intellect,
foremost among the vAnarAs or monkeys and the devotee of Lord Rama.
ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾವಾँಲ್ಲಭತೇ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ತತ್ಪರಃ ಸಂಯತೇನ್ದ್ರಿಯಃ ।
ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಲಬ್ಧ್ವಾ ಪರಾಂ ಶಾನ್ತಿಮಚಿರೇಣಾಧಿಗಚ್ಛತಿ ॥
He who has mastered his senses, is exclusively devoted to his
practice and is full of faith, attains Knowledge; having had the
revelation of Truth, he immediately attains supreme peace (in the
form of God-Realization)
ಸತ್ಯಂ ಬ್ರೂಯಾತ್ಪ್ರಿಯಂ ಬ್ರೂಯಾನ್ನ ಬ್ರೂಯಾತ್ ಸತ್ಯಮಪ್ರಿಯಮ್ ।
ಪ್ರಿಯಂ ಚ ನಾನೃತಂ ಬ್ರೂಯಾದೇಷ ಧರ್ಮಸ್ಸನಾತನಃ ॥
Speak the truth and speak to please; speak not the truth to
displease; speak not untruth to please; this is eternal virtue.
ಶುಕ್ಲಾಮ್ಬರಧರಂ ವಿಷ್ಣುಂ ಶಶಿವರ್ಣಂ ಚತುರ್ಭುಜಮ್ ।
ಪ್ರಸನ್ನವದನಂ ಧ್ಯಾಯೇತ್ ಸರ್ವ ವಿಘ್ನೋಪಶಾನ್ತಯೇ ॥
I meditate on the glorious lord (Vinayaka) clad in sparkling white
robes, omnipresent, bright white in hue, endowed with four arms
and a benign smiling face to ward off all kinds of impediments.
ಧೂಮೇನಾವೃಯತೇ ವಹ್ನಿರ್ಯಥಾದರ್ಶೋ ಮಲೇನ ಚ ।
ಯಥೋಲ್ಬೇನಾವೃತೋ ಗರ್ಭಸ್ತಥಾ ತೇನೇದಮಾವೃತಮ್ ॥
As a flame is covered by smoke, mirror by dirt and embryo by the
amnion, so is knowledge covered by desire.
ಉತ್ಸಾಹಃ ಸಾಹಸಂ ಧೈರ್ಯಂ ಬುದ್ಧಿಃ ಶಕ್ತಿಃ ಪರಾಕ್ರಮಃ ।
ಷಡೇತೇ ಯತ್ರ ತಿಷ್ಠನ್ತಿ ತತ್ರ ದೇವೋಽಪಿ ತಿಷ್ಠತಿ ॥
Perseverance, daring, courage, wisdom, strength and valor.
Where these six are, there is god.
ಆದಿತ್ಯಾಯ ಚ ಸೋಮಾಯ ಮಂಗಲಾಯ ಬುಧಾಯ ಚ ।
ಗುರು ಶುಕ್ರ ಶನಿಭ್ಯಶ್ಚ ರಾಹವೇ ಕೇತವೇ ನಮಃ ॥
Salutations to the great Lords (Navagrahas or the nine planets).
The nine planets, which are worshipped by the mankind are Aditya
(Sun), Soma (Moon), Mangala (Mars), Budha (Mercury), Guru (Jupiter),
Shukra (Venus), Shani (Saturn), Rahu and Ketu.
ಕರ್ಮಣ್ಯೇವಾಧಿಕಾರಸ್ತೇ ಮಾ ಫಲೇಷು ಕದಾಚನ ।
ಮಾ ಕರ್ಮಫಲ ಹೇತುರ್ಭೂರ್ಮಾ ತೇ ಸಂಗೋಸ್ತ್ವಕರ್ಮಣಿ ॥
Your right is to work only, but never to the fruit thereof.
Be not instrumental in making your actions bear fruit, nor
let your attachment be to inaction.
ಪುಸ್ತಕೇಷು ಚ ಯಾ ವಿದ್ಯಾ ಪರಹಸ್ತೇ ಚ ಯದ್ಧನಮ್ ।
ಸಮಯೇ ತು ಪರಿಪ್ರಾಪ್ತೇ ನ ಸಾ ವಿದ್ಯಾ ನ ತದ್ಧನಮ್ ॥
Knowledge which is in the form of a book is not knowledge.
Money in the hands of another is not money. The reason is both
the knowledge in the book and the money with somebody else are of
no use in time of your need.
ವಸುದೇವಸುತಂ ದೇವಂ ಕಂಸಚಾಣೂರಮರ್ದನಮ್ ।
ದೇವಕೀಪರಮಾನನ್ದಂ ಕೃಷ್ಣಂ ವನ್ದೇ ಜಗದ್ಗುರುಮ್ ॥
I salute the great Lord Krishna, the preceptor of the worlds,
the beloved son of Devaki and Vasudeva and the suppressor of
Kamsa and ChAnoora.
ಕೃಷಿತೋ ನಾಸ್ತಿ ದುರ್ಭಿಕ್ಷಂ ಜಪತೋ ನಾಸ್ತಿ ಪಾತಕಮ್ ।
ಮೌನೇನ ಕಲಹೋ ನಾಸ್ತಿ ನಾಸ್ತಿ ಜಾಗರತೋ ಭಯಮ್ ॥
Cultivation eliminates famine. Sins by reciting the name of God.
Quarrels are eliminated by maintaining silence and fear by taking
proper precautionary measures.
ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾವಸದೃಶಂ ವಾಕ್ಯಂ ಸ್ವಭಾವಸದೃಶೀಂ ಕ್ರಿಯಾಮ್ ।
ಆತ್ಮಶಕ್ತಿಸಮಂ ಕೋಪಂ ಯೋ ಜಾನಾತಿ ಸ ಪಂಡಿತಃ ॥
A person is said to be a Scholar, who Speaks accordingly, works
to the interest of others and knows one’s limitations in anger.
ವೇದಮೂಲಮಿದಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಭಾರ್ಯಾಮೂಲಮಿದಂ ಗೃಹಮ್ ।
ಕೃಷಿಮೂಲಮಿದಂ ಧಾನ್ಯಂ ಧನಮೂಲಮಿದಂ ಜಗತ್ ॥
Veda is the root of knowledge; wife is the root of family;
agriculture is the root of grain; wealth is the root of this world.
ವೃಶ್ಚಿಕಸ್ಯ ವಿಷಂ ಪುಚ್ಛಂ ಮಕ್ಷಿಕಸ್ಯ ವಿಷಂ ಶಿರಃ ।
ತಕ್ಷಕಸ್ಯ ವಿಷಂ ದಂಷ್ಟ್ರಾ ಸರ್ವಾಂಗಂ ದುರ್ಜನೇ ವಿಷಮ್ ॥
The poison of a scorpion is in it’s tail; the poison of a fly
is in it’s head; the poison of a snake is in it’s fangs; the
poison of a wicked person is in his whole body.
ತ್ಯಜೇದೇಕಂ ಕುಲಸ್ಯಾರ್ಥೇ ಗ್ರಾಮಸ್ಯಾರ್ಥೇ ಕುಲಂ ತ್ಯಜೇತ್ ।
ಗ್ರಾಮಂ ಜನಪದಸ್ಯಾರ್ಥೇ ಆತ್ಮಾರ್ಥೇ ಪೃಥಿವೀಂ ತ್ಯಜೇತ್ ॥
One should abandon a person who brings bad name to the family.
For the sake of a village, a family which brings bad name, can be
abandoned. A village, which causes disrespect to the country,
can be abandoned. One should abandon the place he is living,
if it brings troubles to oneself.
ಅಂಕೂರ ಕಾರಣಮಪಿ ತುಷಹೀನಶ್ಚೇತ್ತಂಡುಲೋ ನ ರೋಹತಿ ಹಿ ।
ಅತಿಚತುರೋಽಪಿ ಸಹಾಯಾದ್ವಿನಾ ನ ಕರ್ಮಾಣಿ ನಿರ್ವಹತಿ ಲೋಕೇ ॥
The rice grains cannot sprout without the husk covering it.
Similarly, people capable of doing great things cannot perform
without the help of others.
ಸಾಧುಜನಯೋಪಕೃತಿಃ ಕಲಿತಾ ಭಾತಿ ಹಿ ಶಿಲಾಲಿಪಿ ಸಮಾನಾ ।
ಜಲವಿಲಿಖಿತ ಲಿಪಿ ತುಲ್ಯಾ ಸನ್ ರಚಿತಾ ಸಾ ವಿಶುಷ್ಕ ಹೃದಯಾಯ ॥
The help done to a noble person will be like writing on the rock.
But the help done to a heartless person will be like writing on the
surface of water.
ವಿಷಾದಪ್ಯಮೃತಂ ಗ್ರಾಹ್ಯಂ ಬಾಲಾದಪಿ ಸುಭಾಷಿತಮ್ ।
ಅಮಿತ್ರಾದಪಿ ಸದ್ವೃತ್ತಮಮೇಧ್ಯಾದಪಿ ಕಾಂಚನಮ್ ॥
Nectar should be taken even out of poison, a maxim should be
received even from a child, good nature should be acknowledged
even in an enemy and gold should be taken even out of filth.
ಶರ್ವರಿರ್ದೀಪಕಶ್ಚನ್ದ್ರಃ ಪ್ರಭಾತೇ ದೀಪಕೋ ರವಿಃ ।
ತ್ರೈಲೋಕ್ಯದೀಪಕೋ ಧರ್ಮಃ ಸುಪುತ್ರಃ ಕುಲದೀಪಕಃ ॥
The moon is the light of the night, the sun is the light of the day,
virtue is the light of the three worlds and a good son is the
light of the family.
ಸ್ವಗೃಹೇ ಪೂಜ್ಯತೇ ಮೂರ್ಖಃ ಸ್ವಗ್ರಾಮೇ ಪೂಜ್ಯತೇ ಪ್ರಭುಃ ।
ಸ್ವದೇಶೇ ಪೂಜ್ಯತೇ ರಾಜಾ ವಿದ್ವಾನ್ ಸರ್ವತ್ರ ಪೂಜ್ಯತೇ ॥
A fool is honored in his own house, a landlord is honored in his
own village, a king is honored in his own country and a scholar is
honored everywhere.
ಚಲಚ್ಚಿತ್ತಂ ಚಲೋ ವಿತ್ತಂ ಚಲಜ್ಜೀವನ ಯೌವನಮ್ ।
ಚಲಾಚಲಮಿದಂ ಸರ್ವಂ ಕೀರ್ತಿರ್ಯಸ್ಯ ಸಜೀವತಿ ॥
Mind is unstable. It loves to think of a variety of subjects at
a time. Wealth is transitory. It changes hands frequently.
Life is unstable. It goes through the aging process and fades
out finally. Youth is transitory. It ends with the age. However,
name and fame are stable. Only he who has acquired name lives for ever.
ಕೋಕಿಲಾನಾಂ ಸ್ವರೋರೂಪಂ ಪಾತಿವ್ರತ್ಯಂ ತು ಯೋಷಿತಾಮ್ ।
ವಿದ್ಯಾ ರೂಪಂ ವಿರೂಪಾನಾಂ ಕ್ಷಮಾ ರೂಪಂ ತಪಸ್ವಿನಾಮ್ ॥
The voice is the beauty of cuckoos, Character is the beauty of women,
Learning is the beauty of the deformed and patience is the beauty of ascetics.
ದಾತೃತ್ವಂ ಪ್ರಿಯವಕ್ತೃತ್ವಂ ಧೀರತ್ವಮುಚಿತಜ್ಞತಾ ।
ಅಭ್ಯಾಸೇನ ನ ಲಭ್ಯನ್ತೇ ಚತ್ವಾರಾಃ ಸಹಜಾಗುಣಾಃ ॥
Liberality, sweetness of speech, courage and judgement are the
four natural qualities, which can not be attained by practice.
They come naturally.
ಉದ್ಯೋಗಿನಂ ಪುರುಷಸಿಂಹಮುಪೈತಿ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಃ
ದೈವೇನ ದೇಯಮಿತಿ ಕಾಪುರುಷಾ ವದನ್ತಿ ।
ದೈವಂ ನಿಹತ್ಯ ಕುರು ಪೌರುಷಮಾತ್ಮಶಕ್ತ್ಯಾ
ಯತ್ನೇಕೃತೇ ಯದಿ ನ ಸಿಧ್ಯತಿ ಕೋಽತ್ರ ದೋಷಃ ॥
Fortune favors the persevering and stouthearted man. Most of
the dejected blame the destiny and say ‘Destiny must give us’.
Exercise all your powers regardless of destiny. If your hard
work fails there will be nothing to blame.
ಉತ್ತಮಾ ಮಾನಮಿಚ್ಛನ್ತಿ ಧನಮಾನೌ ಹಿ ಮಧ್ಯಮಾಃ ।
ಅಧಮಾ ಧನಮಿಚ್ಛನ್ತಿ ಮಾನೋ ಹಿ ಮಹತಾಂ ಧನಮ್ ॥
Men can be classified into three categories. Uttama or the best,
Madhyama or the mediocre and Adhama or the least. Best of the men
seek honor. Mediocre seek wealth and honor. Those in bottom seek
wealth. Honor is wealth to great men.
ಅನ್ನದಾನಾತ್ಪರಂ ದಾನಂ ನ ಭೂತಂ ನ ಭವಿಷ್ಯತಿ ।
ಅನ್ನೇನ ಧಾರ್ಯತೇ ಸರ್ವಂ ಜಗದೇತಚ್ಚರಾಚರಮ್ ॥
Donating food is a great deed and there can be nothing equivalent to
this-neither in the past nor future. This whole world of animate and
inanimate depend on food
ಖಲಾನಾಂ ದುರ್ಜನಾನಾಂ ಚ ದ್ವಿವಿಧೈವ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯಾ ।
ಉಪಾಯಾನ್ಮುಖಭಂಗೋ ವಾ ದೂರತೋ ವಾ ವಿಸರ್ಜನಮ್ ॥
There are two methods to handle wicked and evil. One is to
disgrace them by a strategy or to leave them at a distance.
ಯಸ್ಯ ನಾಸ್ತಿ ಸ್ವಯಂ ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಂ ತಸ್ಯ ಕರೋತಿ ಕಿಮ್ ।
ಲೋಚನಾಭ್ಯಾಂ ವಿಹೀನಸ್ಯ ದರ್ಪಣಃ ಕಿಂ ಕರಿಷ್ಯತಿ ॥
(this shloka poses two questions, for which answers are obvious
and the questions are as follows:)
What will the shAstra do for him who has no sense of his own?
What will a mirror do for him who has lost his eyes?
ಪರೋಕ್ಷೇ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಹನ್ತಾರಂ ಪ್ರತ್ಯಕ್ಷೇ ಪ್ರಿಯವಾದಿನಮ್ ।
ವರ್ಜಯೇತ್ತಾದೃಶಂ ಮಿತ್ರಂ ವಿಷಕುಮ್ಭಂ ಪಯೋಮುಖಮ್ ॥
A person, though a friend, who causes damage to the business from
behind but speaks sweet words on the face should be shunned. That
person is compared to a vessel of poison covered with milk on the
top.
ರಾಮೋ ರಾಜಮಣಿಃ ಸದಾ ವಿಜಯತೇ ರಾಮಂ ರಮೇಶಂ ಭಜೇ
ರಾಮೇಣಾಭಿಹತಾ ನಿಶಾಚರಚಮೂಃ ರಾಮಾಯ ತಸ್ಮೈ ನಮಃ ।
ರಾಮಾನ್ನಾಸ್ತಿ ಪರಾಯಣಂ ಪರತರಂ ರಾಮಸ್ಯ ದಾಸೋಸ್ಮ್ಯಹಂ
ರಾಮೇ ಚಿತ್ತಲಯಸ್ಸದಾ ಭವತು ಮೇ ಭೋ ರಾಮ ಮಾಮುದ್ಧರ ॥
Lord Sri Rama, the jewel among kings, always emerges victorious.
I contemplate on Rama, the lord of RamA (LakShmi-Sita Devi).
Rama destroyed the mighty armies of the demons. I salute him
i.e. Lord Rama. There is no greater refuge than lord Rama.
Indeed I am a humble servant of Rama. Let my mind ever meditate
on Rama. O lord Rama! Kindly grant me salvation.
ದೈವೇ ತೀರ್ಥೇ ದ್ವಿಜೇ ಮನ್ತ್ರೇ ದೈವಜ್ಞೇ ಭಿಷಜೇ ಗುರೌ ।
ಯಾದೃಶೀ ಭಾವನಾ ಯಸ್ಯ ಸಿದ್ಧಿರ್ಭವತಿ ತಾದೃಶೀ ॥
In God, in pilgrimage, in a Brahmin, in mantra, in an astrologer,
in a doctor (medicine) and in a Guru, as is the perception, so
is the fulfilment.
ಜಾಢ್ಯಂ ಧಿಯೋ ಹರತಿ ಸಿಂಚತಿ ವಾಚಿ ಸತ್ಯಂ
ಮಾನೋನ್ನತಿಂ ದಿಶತಿ ಪಾಪಮಪಾಕರೋತಿ ।
ಚಿತ್ತಃ ಪ್ರಸಾದಯತಿ ದಿಕ್ಷು ತನೋತಿ ಕೀರ್ತಿಂ
ಸತ್ಸಂಗತಿಃ ಕಥಯ ಕಿಂ ನ ಕರೋತಿ ಪುಂಸಾಮ್ ॥
What does not good association do for men? It removes the dulness
of their intellects, it sprinkles truth in their speech, it brings
the highest honors for them, expels sin from them, it purifies
their minds and spreads their fame in all the directions.
ನರಮೃಗಪತಿಃ ವರ್ಷ್ಮಾಲೋಕನಭ್ರಾನ್ತ ನಾರೀ
ನರದನುಜ ಸುಪರ್ವ ವ್ರಾತ ಪಾತಾಲಲೋಕಃ ।
ಕರಜ ಕುಲಿಶ ಪಾಲಿ ಭಿನ್ನ ದೈತ್ಯೇನ್ದ್ರ ವಕ್ಷಾಃ
ಸುರರಿಪು ಬಲಹನ್ತಾ ಶ್ರೀಧರೋಸ್ತು ಶ್ರಿಯೇ ವಃ ॥
May Lord Vishnu (the bearer of LakShmi), the destroyer of the armies
of the demons, be the bestower of prosperity on us. The Lord,
at the sight of whose man-lion (Narasimha) form multitudes of men,
women, gods, demons and the denizens of the netherworld were
frightened, and who tore as under the chest of the king of
demons Hiranyakasipa with the thunder-bolt like sharp nails.
ಪಂಕೈರ್ವಿನಾ ಸರೋ ಭಾತಿ ಸದಃ ಖಲಜನೈರ್ವಿನಾ ।
ಕಟುವರ್ಣರ್ವಿನಾ ಕಾವ್ಯಂ ಮಾನಸಂ ವಿಷಯೈರ್ವಿನಾ ॥
A lake without mire (mud), a meeting without fools and wicked
persons, a kAvya (an epic) without harsh words and the mind
without wordly pleasures shine well in the world.
ಅಮ್ಭಸಾ ಭಿದ್ಯತೇ ಸೇತುಃ ತಥಾ ಮನ್ತ್ರೋಽಪ್ಯರಕ್ಷಿತಃ ।
ಪೈಶುನ್ಯಾದ್ಭಿದ್ಯತೇ ಸ್ನೇಹಃ ವಾಚಾ ಭಿದ್ಯೇತ ಕಾತರಃ ॥
A bridge or a barrage will be damaged by rapid flow of water.
A mantra (a mystic word) will be spoiled without practice.
The friendship will be lost with vicious nature or tale-bearing
nature and a
timid person will be conquered even by a word.
ಯಾ ದೇವಿ ಸರ್ವಭೂತೇಷು ಬುದ್ಧಿರೂಪೇಣ ಸಂಸ್ಥಿತಾ ।
ನಮಸ್ತಸ್ಯೈ ನಮಸ್ತಸ್ಯೈ ನಮಸ್ತಸ್ಯೈ ನಮೋನಮಃ ॥
I offer repeated salutations to that devi (Durga) who resides in
all the living beings in the form of the intellect.
ಆಕಾರೈಃ ಇಂಗಿತೈಃ ಗತ್ಯಾ ಚೇಷ್ಟಯಾ ಭಾಷಣೇನ ಚ ।
ನೇತ್ರ ವಕ್ತ್ರ ವಿಕಾರೈಶ್ಚ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯತೇಽನ್ತರ್ಗತಂ ಮನಃ ॥
The inherent nature of a person is revealed by his appearance,
gestures, behaviour, actions, the way he talks, by the contractions
of the face and by the movements of the eyes.
ಉಪದೇಶೋಹಿ ಮೂರ್ಖಾಣಾಂ ಪ್ರಕೋಪಾಯ ನ ಶಾನ್ತಯೇ ।
ಪಯಃ ಪಾನಂ ಭುಜಂಗಾನಾಂ ಕೇವಲಂ ವಿಷವರ್ಧನಮ್ ॥
Milk consumed by snakes increases their poison. Similarly advice
given to fools make them even more furious instead of pacifying them.
ವಕ್ರತುಂಡ ಮಹಾಕಾಯ ಸೂರ್ಯಕೋಟಿ ಸಮಪ್ರಭ ।
ನಿರ್ವಿಘ್ನಂ ಕುರು ಮೇ ದೇವ ಸರ್ವಕಾರ್ಯೇಷು ಸರ್ವದಾ ॥
O Lord, the one with a looped trunk, a body of gigantic proportion
and as resplendent as the combined lusture of a crore suns, kindly
do make all my enterprises free from any obstacles always.
ಆಲಸ್ಯಂ ಮದಮೋಹೌ ಚ ಚಾಪಲಂ ಗೂಷ್ಟಿರೇವ ಚ
ಸ್ತಬ್ಧತಾ ಚಾಭಿಮಾನಿತ್ವಂ ತಥಾಽತ್ಯಾಗಿತ್ವಮೇವ ಚ ।
ಏತೇ ವೈ ಸಪ್ತ ದೋಷಾಃ ಸ್ಯುಃ ಸದಾ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿನಾಂ ಮತಾಃ ॥
Laziness, pride, ignorance, fickle mindedness, talking to each other
(gossiping), idleness, possessive altitude are the seven drawbacks
found in
students.
ಭೃತ್ಯೈರ್ವಿನಾ ಸ್ವಯಂ ರಾಜಾ ಲೋಕಾನುಗ್ರಹಕಾರ್ಯಪಿ ।
ಮಯೂಖೈರಿವ ದೀಪ್ತಾಂಶುಃ ತೇಜಸ್ಯಪಿ ನ ಶೋಭತೇ ॥
A king (leader), though he looks after the welfare of the people,
does not
shine without the help of his subordinates. Though the sun is
radiant, it does
not shine without its rays.
ದುರ್ಜನಃ ಪ್ರಿಯವಾದಿ ಚ ನೈತದ್ವಿಶ್ವಾಸಕಾರಣಮ್ ।
ಮಧು ತಿಷ್ಠತಿ ಜಿಹ್ವಾಗ್ರೇ ಹೃದಿ ಹಾಲಾಹಲಂ ವಿಷಮ್ ॥
A wicked person who speaks sweet is not trustworthy. On the tip of
his tongue
there is honey but dreadful poison in his heart.
ಬುದ್ಧಿರ್ಯಸ್ಯ ಬಲಂ ತಸ್ಯ ನಿರ್ಬುದ್ಧೇಸ್ತು ಕುತೋ ಬಲಮ್ ।
ಪಶ್ಯ ಸಿಂಹೋ ಮದೋನ್ಮತ್ತಃ ಶಶಕೇನ ನಿಪಾತಿತಃ ॥
A person who has wisdom, has strength.
How can there be strength to a person who has no wisdom?
Even a story says that a strong lion was drowned by a hare.
ಸಮುದ್ರಮನ್ಥನೇ ಲೇಭೇ ಹರಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಂ ಹರೋ ವಿಷಮ್ ।
ಭಾಗ್ಯಂ ಫಲತಿ ಸರ್ವತ್ರ ನ ವಿದ್ಯಾ ನ ಚ ಪೌರುಷಮ್ ॥
At the churning of the ocean, Hari (Lord Vishnu)obtained LakShmi
and Hara
(Lord Shiva)obtained poison.
Hence fortune is fruitful everywhere, neither learning nor human
efforts.
ಸರಸ್ವತಿ ಮಹಾಭಾಗೇ ವಿದ್ಯೇ ಕಮಲಲೋಚನೇ ।
ವಿದ್ಯಾರೂಪೇ ವಿಶಾಲಾಕ್ಷಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾಂ ದೇಹಿ ನಮೋಸ್ತುತೇ ॥
O most auspicious Goddess of knowledge!
The one with beautiful and big eyes that resemble the lotus petals,
O bestower
of wisdom, mother Saraswathi, kindly bless me with knowledge.
I salute you.
ಯೋ ನ ವೇತ್ತಿ ಗುಣಾನ್ ಯಸ್ಯ ನ ತಂ ಸೇವೇತ ಪಂಡಿತಃ ।
ನ ಹಿ ತಸ್ಮಾತ್ಫಲಂ ಕಿಂಚಿತ್ಸುಕೃಷ್ಟಾದೂಶರಾದಿವ ॥
A scholar should not serve a person who does not recognise his
virtues,
ploughing a barren land is futile.
ಸ್ವಭಾವೋ ನೋಪದೇಶೇನ ಶಕ್ಯತೇ ಕರ್ತುಮನ್ಯಥಾ ।
ಸುತಪ್ತಮಪಿ ಪಾನೀಯಂ ಪುನರ್ಗಚ್ಛತಿ ಶೀತತಾಮ್ ॥
It is not possible to change the nature of a person by a good
advice, though
water is boiled, it invariably cools down.
ಸಗುಣೋ ನಿರ್ಗುಣೋ ವಾಪಿ ಸಹಾಯೋ ಬಲವತ್ತರಃ ।
ತುಷೇಣಾಪಿ ಪರಿಭ್ರಷ್ಟಃ ತಂಡುಲೋ ನಾಂಕುರಾಯತೇ ॥
One may have talent or not, a companion is an additional strength.
Rice deprived of husk will not sprout.
ರಾಮಾಯ ರಾಮಭದ್ರಾಯ ರಾಮಚನ್ದ್ರಾಯ ವೇಧಸೇ ।
ರಘುನಾಥಾಯ ನಾಥಾಯ ಸೀತಾಯಾಃ ಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ ॥
I salute the lord of Seeta Devi, known as RAma, RAmabhadra,
RAmachandra,
the one who is in the form of the creator, lord RaghunAtha.
ದಕ್ಷಿಣೇ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಣೋ ಯಸ್ಯ ವಾಮೇ ಚ ಜನಕಾತ್ಮಜಾ ।
ಪುರತೋ ಮಾರುತಿರ್ಯಸ್ಯ ತಂ ವನ್ದೇ ರಘುನನ್ದನಮ್ ॥
I salute the descendent of raghu i.e. Lord Rama, whose right and
left flanks
are adorned by sri LakShmana and Seeta devi respectively and Hanuman
sit in
front.
ಪ್ರಾಣಂ ಚಾಪಿ ಪರಿತ್ಯಜ್ಯ ಮಾನಮೇವಾಭಿ ರಕ್ಷತು ।
ಅನಿತ್ಯೋ ಭವತಿ ಪ್ರಾಣೋ ಮಾನಮಾಚನ್ದ್ರತಾರಕಮ್ ॥
Even at the cost of one’s life one should preserve his honour, as
life is temporary and honour is ever lasting as the moon and stars.
ಪರಿವರ್ತಿನಿ ಸಂಸಾರೇ ಮೃತಃ ಕೋ ವಾ ನ ಜಾಯತೇ ।
ಸಃ ಜಾತಃ ಯೇನ ಜಾತೇನ ಯಾತಿ ವಂಶಃ ಸಮುನ್ನತಿಮ್ ॥
In this ever changing world who is not born or dead?
He alone is born by whose birth the family attains eminence.
ಅಂಜನಾನನ್ದನಂ ವೀರಂ ಜಾನಕೀ ಶೋಕನಾಶನಮ್ ।
ಕಪೀಶಮಕ್ಷಹನ್ತಾರಂ ವನ್ದೇ ಲಂಕಾ ಭಯಂಕರಮ್ ॥
I seek the refuge of the lord of monkies(Hanuman) who is the son
of mAta anjana, valorous, the destroyer of seetAdevi’s afflictions,
the slayer of demons and a terror to Lanka.
ವಿದ್ಯಾ ನಾಮ ನರಸ್ಯ ರೂಪಮಧಿಕಂ ಪ್ರಚ್ಛನ್ನಗುಪ್ತಂ ಧನಂ
ವಿದ್ಯಾ ಭೋಗಕರೀ ಯಶಸ್ಸುಖಕರೀ ವಿದ್ಯಾ ಗುರೂಣಾಂ ಗುರುಃ ।
ವಿದ್ಯಾ ಬನ್ಧುಜನೋ ವಿದೇಶ ಗಮನೇ ವಿದ್ಯಾ ಪರಾ ದೇವತಾ
ವಿದ್ಯಾ ರಾಜಸು ಪೂಜ್ಯತೇ ನ ಹಿ ಧನಂ ವಿದ್ಯಾವಿಹೀನಃ ಪಶುಃ ॥
Knowledge enhances the beauty of a person.
It is a well-protected hidden treasure, which brings prosperity,
fame and happiness. Knowledge is the preceptor of preceptors.
Knowledge substitutes a friend in foreign travels.
It is the supreme god. Only knowledge but not wealth, is respected
by the rulers. A person devoid of knowledge is a beast.
ಸನ್ತಪ್ತಾಯಸಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥಿತಸ್ಯ ಪಯಸೋ ನಾಮಾಽಪಿ ನ ಶ್ರೂಯತೇ
ಮುಕ್ತಾ ಕಾರತಯಾ ತದೇವ ನಲಿನೀಪತ್ರ ಸ್ಥಿತಂ ದೃಶ್ಯತೇ ।
ಅನ್ತಃ ಸಾಗರ ಶುಕ್ತಿ ಮಧ್ಯ ಪತಿತಂ ತನ್ಮೌಕ್ತಿಕಂ ಜಾಯತೇ
ಪ್ರಾಯೇಣಾಧಮ ಮಧ್ಯಮೋತ್ತಮ ಜುಷಾಂ ಏವಂವಿಧಾ ವೃತ್ತಯಃ ॥
When a drop of water falls on heated iron, it disappears
immediately, whereas
if it happens to fall upon a lotus leaf, it appears like a pearl and
the same
thing turns into a pearl if it chances to drop into the mouth of an
oyster
during the swathi constellation.
Thus the company (bad, mediocre or good) in which a person moves and
lives
determine his future.
ಅಜ್ಞಃ ಸುಖಮಾರಾಧ್ಯಃ ಸುಖತರಮಾರಾಧ್ಯತೇ ವಿಶೇಷಜ್ಞಃ ।
ಜ್ಞಾನಲವ ದುರ್ವಿದಗ್ಧಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಽಪಿ ನರಂ ನ ರಂಜಯತಿ ॥
To convince an ignorant person is easy. It is even easier to
convince a
learned person.
But even Lord Brahma cannot explain and convince a person who has
limited knowledge but thinks high of himself.
ದೌರ್ಮನ್ತ್ರ್ಯಾನ್ನೃಪತಿಃ ವಿನಶ್ಯತಿ ಯತಿಃ ಸಂಗಾತ್ಸುತಃ ಲಾಲನಾತ್
ವಿಪ್ರೋಽನಧ್ಯಯನಾತ್ಕುಲಂ ಕುತನಯಾಚ್ಛೀಲಂ ಖಲೋಪಾಸನಾತ್ ।
ಹ್ರೀಃ ಮದ್ಯಾದನವೇಕ್ಷಣಾದಪಿ ಕೃಷಿಃ ಸ್ನೇಹಃ ಪ್ರವಾಸ ಆಶ್ರಯಾತ್
ಮೈತ್ರೀ ಚಾಪ್ರಣಯಾತ್ಸಮೃದ್ಧಿರನಯಾತ್ತ್ಯಾಗಾತ್ಪ್ರಮಾದಾದ್ಧನಮ್ ॥
A king is ruined because of bad counsel; an ascetic- by
attachment(to worldly
pleasures); a son -by pampering; a brahmin- by not reciting the holy
scriptures; the family-by a wicked son; modesty- by wine; character-
by association with the wicked; agriculture- by not taking proper care;
affection- due to separation(on account of being apart from each
other); friendship- due to lack of affection; prosperity- due to unlawful
methods and wealth -due to indiscretion in charity and carelessness.
ಕರೇ ಶ್ಲಾಘ್ಯಸ್ತ್ಯಾಗಃ ಶಿರಸಿ ಗುರುಪಾದ ಪ್ರಣಯಿತಾ
ಮುಖೇ ಸತ್ಯಾ ವಾಣಿ ವಿಜಯಿ ಭುಜಯೋಃ ವೀರ್ಯಮತುಲಮ್ ।
ಹೃದಿ ಸ್ವಚ್ಛ ವೃತ್ತಿ ಶ್ರುತಮಧಿಗತಂ ಚ ಶ್ರವಣಯೋಃ ।
ವಿನಾಽಪ್ಯೈಶ್ವರ್ಯೇಣ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ಮಹತಾಂ ಮಂಡನಮಿದಮ್ ॥
Ornaments of great people are entirely different. They are all
natural.
Praise-worthy charity- for the hand; submission at the feet of the
elders- for
the head; truthful speech- for the mouth; matchless ever victorious
strength-
for the arms; purity of thought- for the heart and acquired
knowledge of the
holy scriptures- for the ears. (These are the worthy ornaments of
the great by
nature despite the absence of worldly riches.)
ದಿವ್ಯಂ ಚೂತ ಫಲಂ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ಯ ನ ಗರ್ವಂ ಯಾತಿ ಕೋಕಿಲಃ ।
ಪೀತ್ವಾ ಕರ್ದಮ ಪಾನೀಯಂ ಭೇಕೋ ಬಕ ಬಕಾಯತೇ ॥
The cuckoo has no pride in the possession of a delicious mango
where as a frog
will be croaking by a gulp of muddy water.
ರಾಜಾ ಪಶ್ಯತಿ ಕರ್ಣಾಭ್ಯಾಂ ಧಿಯಾ ಪಶ್ಯನ್ತಿ ಪಂಡಿತಾಃ ।
ಪಶುಃ ಪಶ್ಯತಿ ಗನ್ಧೇನ ಭೂತೇ ಪಶ್ಯನ್ತಿ ಬರ್ಬರಾಃ ॥
The administrator perceives by his ears, the learned by their
intellect; an
animal perceives by scent and fools by the past.
ಮನಸ್ಯೇಕಂ ವಚಸ್ಯೇಕಂ ಕರ್ಮಣ್ಯೇಕಂ ಮಹಾತ್ಮನಾಮ್ ।
ಮನಸ್ಯನ್ಯದ್ವಚಸ್ಯನ್ಯತ್ಕರ್ಮಣ್ಯನಯದ್ದುರಾತ್ಮನಾಮ್ ॥
At heart, in word, and in deed the good are one; in the wicked,
heart differs
from word and word from deed
ತೃಷ್ಣಾಂ ಛಿನ್ಧಿ ಭಜ ಕ್ಷಮಾಂ ಜಹಿ ಮದಂ ಪಾಪೇ ರತಿಂ ಮಾ ಕೃತಾಃ
ಸತ್ಯಂ ಬ್ರೂಹ್ಯನುಯಾಹಿ ಸಾಧು ಪದವೀಂ ಸೇವಸ್ವ ವಿದ್ವಜ್ಜನಮ್ ।
ಮಾನ್ಯಾನ್ಮಾನಯ ವಿದ್ವಿಶೋಽಪ್ಯನುನಯ ಪ್ರಖ್ಯಾಪಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ರಯಂ
ಕೀರ್ತಿಂ ಪಾಲಯ ದುಃಖಿತೇ ಕುರು ದಯಾಮೇತತ್ಸತಾಂ ಚೇಷ್ಟಿತಮ್ ॥
Curbing the desire, practicing patience, giving up pride, not
interested in
committing a sin, speaking the truth, following the footsteps of the
good,
serving the scholars, respecting the honourable, pleasing even
enemies, being
modest, protecting fame and kind towards the distressed.
These are the actions of the good.
ನಿನ್ದನ್ತು ನೀತಿನಿಪುಣಾಃ ಯದಿ ವಾ ಸ್ತುವನ್ತು
ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಃ ಸಮಾವಿಶತು ಗಚ್ಛತು ವಾ ಯಥೇಷ್ಟಮ್ ।
ಅದ್ಯೈವ ವಾ ಮರಣಮಸ್ತು ಯುಗಾನ್ತರೇ ವಾ
ನ್ಯಾಯಾತ್ಪಥಃ ಪ್ರವಿಚಲನ್ತಿ ಪದಂ ನ ಧೀರಾಃ ॥
Brave people do not deviate from the right path whether they are
praised or insulted by the learned, whether goddess of wealth
comes or leaves according to her wish and whether death may
occur today itself or after a long time.
ಐಶ್ವರಸ್ಯ ವಿಭೂಷಣಂ ಸುಜನತಾ ಶೌರ್ಯಸ್ಯ ವಾಕ್ಸಂಯಮಃ
ಜ್ಞಾನಸ್ಯೋಪಶಮಃ ಶ್ರುತಸ್ಯ ವಿನಯೋ ವಿತ್ತಸ್ಯ ಪಾತ್ರೇ ವ್ಯಯಃ ।
ಅಕ್ರೋಧಃ ತಪಸಃ ಕ್ಷಮಾ ಪ್ರಭವಿತುಃ ಧರ್ಮಸ್ಯ ನಿರ್ವ್ಯಾಜತಾ
ಸರ್ವೇಷಾಮಪಿ ಸರ್ವಕಾರಣಮಿದಂ ಶೀಲಂ ಪರಂ ಭೂಷಣಮ್ ॥
Nobility is the ornament of greatness, restraint over speech -of
courage, calmness -of knowledge, obedience- of learning, wise
spending -of wealth, control of one’s anger- of penance,
patience of efficiency, straight forwardness- of dharma.
Good conduct is the base for all the above qualities and is
the greatest ornament of all.
ಪರೋಪದೇಶೇ ಪಾಂಡಿತ್ಯಂ ಸರ್ವೇಷಾಂ ಸುಕರಂ ನೃಣಾಮ್ ।
ಧರ್ಮೇ ಸ್ವೀಯಮನುಷ್ಠಾನಂ ಕಸ್ಯಚಿತ್ತು ಮಹಾತ್ಮನಃ ॥
Expertise in giving advise to others is easy to all men but few
are the great men who themselves practice dharma.
ಯತ್ರ ಧರ್ಮೋ ಹ್ಯಧರ್ಮೇಣ ಸತ್ಯಂ ಯತ್ರಾನೃತೇನ ಚ ।
ಹನ್ಯತೇ ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಮಾಣಾಸ್ತು ಹತಾಃ ತತ್ರ ಸಭಾಸದಃ ॥
Where dharma is destroyed by adharma and truth by false, there the
courtiers who witness it become themselves deprived.
ಕರೋತು ನಾಮ ನೀತಿಜ್ಞೋ ವ್ಯವಸಾಯಮಿತಸ್ತತಃ ।
ಫಲಂ ಪುನಃ ತದೇವಾಸ್ಯ ಯದ್ವಿಧೇಃ ಮನಸಿ ಸ್ಥಿತಮ್ ॥
Let a person who is an expert in ethical science certainly attempt
this and that, but the result shall be as fate wills it.
ಮೃತ್ಪಿಂಡ ಏಕೋ ಬಹುಭಾಂಡ ರೂಪಃ ಸುವರ್ಣಮೇಕಂ ಬಹು ಭೂಷಣಾನಿ ।
ಗೋಕ್ಷೀರಮೇಕಂ ಬಹು ಧೇನು ಜಾತಂ ಏಕಃ ಪರಾತ್ಮಾ ಬಹು ದೇಹವರ್ತಿಃ ॥
One lump of clay is moulded into vessels of many forms, gold is
one made into ornaments of many shapes, the milk is one though
yielded by many cows. Similarly the supreme soul is one
though resides in many bodies.
ರಾಜವತ್ಪಂಚ ವರ್ಷಾಣಿ ದಶ ವರ್ಷಾಣಿ ದಾಸವತ್ ।
ಪ್ರಾಪ್ತೇ ತು ಷೋಡಶೇ ವರ್ಷೇ ಪುತ್ರಂ ಮಿತ್ರವದಾಚರೇತ್ ॥
A son should be treated, as a prince- for five years, as a slave-
for ten
years and from sixteenth year as a friend.
ಜನಿತಾ ಚ ಉಪನೇತಾ ಚ ಯೇನ ವಿದ್ಯೋಪದಿಶ್ಯತಿ ।
ಅನ್ನದಾತಾ ಭಯತ್ರಾತಾ ಪಂಚಾವೇತೇ ಪಿತರಃ ಸ್ಮೃತಾಃ ॥
He who brought you forth, he who performed sacred thread ceremony,
he who imparted knowledge, the giver of food and he who saved you
from danger – these five are to be remembered as fathers.
ದಾತಾ ದರಿದ್ರಃ ಕೃಪಣೋ ಧನಾಢ್ಯಃ ಪಾಪೀ ಚಿರಾಯುಃ ಸುಕೃತಿಃ ಗತಾಯುಃ ।
ರಾಜಾ ಕುಲೀನಃ ಸುಕುಲೀ ಚ ಭೃತ್ಯುಃ ಕಲೌ ಯುಗಿ ಷಡ್ಗುಣಮಾಶ್ರಯನ್ತಿ ॥
In the kali yuga people will suffer these six changes: the liberal
man will be poor; the miser will be rich, the sinner will be
long-lived, the good man will be short lived, the king will be
of low birth and he will be served by a man of high birth.
ನಾಸ್ತಿ ಗ್ರಾಮಃ ಕುತಃ ಸೀಮಾ ನಾಸ್ತಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾ ಕುತೋ ಯಶಃ ।
ನಾಸ್ತಿ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಕುತೋ ಮುಕ್ತಿರ್ಭಕ್ತಿರ್ನಾಸ್ತಿ ಕುತಸ್ತು ಧೀಃ ॥
If there is no village how can there be a boundary? If there is no
learning how can there be fame? If there is no wisdom how can
there be salvation? And if there is no devotion how can
there be under-standing?
ಅತಿದಾನಾದ್ಧತಃ ಕರ್ಣಃ ಅತಿಲೋಭಾತ್ಸುಯೋಧನಃ ।
ಅತಿಕಾಮಾದ್ದಶಗ್ರೀವ ಅತಿ ಸರ್ವತ್ರ ವರ್ಜಯೇತ್ ॥
Karna was ruined by excessive liberality, Suyodhana by excessive
greed, Dashagriva by excessive lust – So excess is to be
avoided in all the things.
ಧರ್ಮಂ ಚ ಚಿನ್ತಯೇತ್ಪ್ರಾಜ್ಞಃ ಸ್ವಾಹಾರಂ ನೈವ ಚಿನ್ತಯೇತ್ ।
ಆಹಾರೋಽಪಿ ಮನುಷ್ಯಾಣಾಂ ಜನ್ಮನಾ ಸಃ ಜಾಯತಿ ॥
The wise should think of virtue and not of the food. The food is
also created
with the birth of men.
ದುರ್ಜನಃ ಪರಿಹರ್ತವ್ಯೋ ವಿದ್ಯಯಾಲಂಕೃತೋಽಪಿ ಸನ್ ।
ಮಣಿನಾ ಭೂಷಿತಃ ಸರ್ಪಃ ಕಿಮಸೌ ನ ಭಯಂಕರಃ ॥
Though he be adorned with learning, a bad man is to be avoided.
Is a snake adorned with a gem not to be feared?
ನಾರಾಯಣಂ ನಿರಾಕಾರಂ ನರವೀರಂ ನರೋತ್ತಮಮ್ ।
ನೃಸಿಂಹಂ ನಾಗನಾಥಂ ಚ ತಂ ವನ್ದೇ ನರಕಾನ್ತಕಮ್ ॥
I salute to the great Lord Narayana who is nirAkAra, valorous,
super-human, nrisimha, who supressed the dreadful snake
kAliya and killed narakAsura.
ನ ಚ ವಿದ್ಯಾ ಸಮೋ ಬನ್ಧುರ್ನ ಚ ವ್ಯಾಧಿ ಸಮೌ ರಿಪುಃ ।
ನ ಚಾಪತ್ಯ ಸಮಃ ಸ್ನೇಹೋ ನ ಚ ದೈವಾತ್ಪರಂ ಬಲಮ್ ॥
There is no relative equal to learning, no enemy is equal to
disease, no affection is equal to that for a child and
there is no power greater than that of god.
ರೂಪಯೌವನಸಮ್ಪನ್ನಾ ವಿಶುದ್ಧಕುಲಸಮ್ಭವಾಃ ।
ವಿದ್ಯಾಹೀನಾ ನ ಶೋಭನ್ತೇ ನಿರ್ಗನ್ಧಾ ಇವ ಕಿಂಶುಕಾಃ ॥
Even though one may be beautiful or handsome, young and may be
from a good family, the unlearned cannot shine, like
the kimshukA flowers, which are beautiful but no fragrance.
ಶಾನ್ತಾಕಾರಂ ಭುಜಗಶಯನಂ ಪದ್ಮನಾಭಂ ಸುರೇಶಂ
ವಿಶ್ವಾಧಾರಂ ಗಗನಸದೃಶಂ ಮೇಘವರ್ಣಂ ಶುಭಾಂಗಮ್ ।
ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಕಾನ್ತಂ ಕಮಲನಯನಂ ಯೋಗಿಭಿರ್ಧ್ಯಾನಗಮ್ಯಂ
ವನ್ದೇ ವಿಷ್ಣುಂ ಭವಭಯಹರಂ ಸರ್ವಲೋಕೈಕನಾಥಮ್ ॥
I salute the great lord vishnu – whose appearance is serene, rests
on the snake Adishesha, possesses lotus in the navel, lord of
gods, sustains the universe, infinite as the space, bluish in
appearance, handsome, lord of goddess LakShmi, possesses lotus
like eyes, attainable to the great sages through eternal
knowledge, eliminates the fear of worldly attachments and
the lord of all the worlds.
ಸರ್ಪಃ ಕ್ರೂರಃ ಖಲಃ ಕ್ರೂರಃ ಸರ್ಪಾತ್ಕ್ರೂರತರಃ ಖಲಃ ।
ಮನ್ತ್ರೌಷಧವಶಃ ಸರ್ಪಃ ಖಲಃ ಕೇನ ನಿವಾರ್ಯತೇ ॥
The serpent is cruel, a wicked man is cruel. But a wicked man is
cruel more than a serpent. A serpent can be controlled by
spells and medicines but by what can a wicked man be controlled?
ವಸನ್ತ ಯೌವನಾ ವೃಕ್ಷಾಃ ಪುರುಷಾ ಧನ ಯೌವನಾಃ ।
ಸೌಭಾಗ್ಯ ಯೌವನಾ ನಾರ್ಯೋ ಯುವಾನೋ ಬುದ್ಧಿ ಯೌವನಾಃ ॥
The spring is the youth of trees, wealth is the youth of men,
beauty is the youth of women and intelligence is
the youth of the young.
ಮಾತೃವತ್ಪರದಾರಂ ಚ ಪರದ್ರವ್ಯಾಣಿ ಲೋಷ್ಟವತ್ ।
ಆತ್ಮವತ್ಸರ್ವ ಭೂತಾನಿ ಯಃ ಪಶ್ಯತಿ ಸ ಪಂಡಿತಃ ॥
He, who looks upon other men’s wives as his mothers, other men’s
money as clods of earth and considers all creatures as
himself, is said to be a scholar.
ಮಣಿರ್ಲುಟತಿ ಪಾದೇನ ಕಾಚ ಶಿರಸಿ ಧಾರ್ಯತೇ ।
ಯಥೈವಾಸ್ತು ತಥೈವಾಸ್ತು ಕಾಚಃ ಕಾಚೋ ಮಣಿರ್ಮಣಿಹಿ ॥
A gem is trodden under foot and a glass is worn on the head. Even
in that state a glass is glass and a gem is a gem.
ದೃಷ್ಟಿಪೂತಂ ನ್ಯಸೇತ್ಪಾದಂ ವಸ್ತ್ರಪೂತಂ ಜಲಂ ಪಿಬೇತ್ ।
ಸತ್ಯಪೂತಂ ವದೇದ್ವಾಚಂ ಮನಃ ಪೂತಂ ಸಮಾಚರೇತ್ ॥
The foot should be placed on a spot seen to be clean, water should
be drunk after having been strained through a cloth, a word
should be spoken with truth and a work should be done with consideration.
ನ ವಿದ್ಯಾ ಕಾರಣಂ ಪುಂಸಾಂ ಭಾಗ್ಯಮೇವ ಹಿ ಕಾರಣಮ್ ।
ಪಾಷಾಣಸ್ಯ ಕುತೋ ವಿದ್ಯಾ ದೇವತ್ವಮುಪತಿಷ್ಠತಿ ॥
The learning of men is not a cause of greatness but the luck. What
learning has a stone? But it obtains divinity.
ನೀಚಾಶ್ರಯೋ ನ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯಃ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯೋ ಮಹದಾಶ್ರಯಃ ।
ಈಶಾಶ್ರಯೋ ಮಹಾನಾಗಃ ಪಪ್ರಚ್ಛ ಗರುಡಂ ಸುಖಮ್ ॥
The protection of the mean should not be sought but the protection
of the great should be obtained – the great serpent protected
by Lord shiva enquired about Garuda’s health.
ಗುಣಿನಿ ಗುಣಜ್ಞೋ ರಮತೇ ನಾಗುಣ ಶೀಲಸ್ಯ ಪರಿತೋಷಃ ।
ಅಲಿರೇತಿ ವನಾತ್ಕಮಲಂ ನ ದರ್ದುರಸ್ತ್ವೇಕ ವಾಸೋಽಪಿ ॥
A man of good qualities is pleased with another good man, but not
pleased by the bad man. The bee goes from the forest to the
lotus, but not so the frog, though it lives with lotus (in the same pond.)
ಅಟನೇನ ಮಹಾರಣ್ಯೇ ಸುಪನ್ಥಾಃ ಜಾಯತೇ ಶನೈಃ ।
ವೇದಾಭ್ಯಾಸಾತ್ತಥಾ ಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಶನೈಃ ಪರ್ವತಲಂಘನಮ್ ॥
The right path will gradually be found in a forest by wandering in it.
Similarly wisdom too will be gradually acquired by study of the holy
scriptures, as a mountain is slowly crossed.
ಗುಣದೋಷೌ ಬುಧೌ ಗೃಹ್ಣನ್ನಿನ್ದುಕ್ಷ್ವೇಲಾವಿವೇಶ್ವರಃ ।
ಶಿರಸಾ ಶ್ಲಾಘ್ಯತೇ ಪೂರ್ವಂ ಪರಂ ಕಂಠೇ ನಿಯಚ್ಛತಿ ॥
A wise man deals with merits and demerits as Lord Shiva dealt with
the moon and the poison. He praises the former with his
head and keeps the latter in his throat.
ಸ ಬನ್ಧುರ್ಯೋ ಹಿತೇಷು ಸ್ಯಾತ್ ಸ ಪಿತಾ ಯಸ್ತು ಪೋಷಕಃ ।
ಸ ಸಖಾ ಯತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸಃ ಸಾ ಭಾರ್ಯಾ ಯತ್ರ ನಿರ್ವೃತ್ತಿಃ ॥
Who befriends, he is a relative; who supports, he is a father; he
is a friend, in whom there is confidence and she is wife,
in whom there is pleasure.
ಪರೋಪದೇಶಸಮಯೇ ಸರ್ವ ಏವ ಹಿ ಪಂಡಿತಾಃ ।
ಸ್ವಾನುಷ್ಠಾನಸ್ಯ ಸಮಯೇ ಮುನಯೋಽಪಿ ನ ಪಂಡಿತಾಃ ॥
In teaching others, all are wise; but in their own actions even
munis are not wise.
ಗುಣಿರ್ಗುಣಂ ವೇತ್ತಿ ನ ವೇತ್ತಿ ನಿರ್ಗುಣಃ ಬಲಿರ್ಬಲಂ ವೇತ್ತಿ ನ ವೇತ್ತಿ ನಿರ್ಬಲಃ ।
ಪಿಕೋ ವಸನ್ತಸ್ಯ ಗುಣಂ ನ ವಾಯಸಃ ಕರಿ ಚ ಸಿಂಹಸ್ಯ ಬಲಂ ನ ಮೂಷಿಕಃ ॥
The virtuous man appreciates virtue but not the bad man and the
strong man appreciates the strength but not the weak. The
cuckoo feels the influence of the spring but not the crow
and the elephant values the strength of the lion but not the mouse.
ಕ್ಷಣಂ ವಿತ್ತಂ ಕ್ಷಣಂ ಚಿತ್ತಂ ಕ್ಷಣಂ ಜೀವಿತಮಾವಯೋಃ ।
ಯಮಸ್ಯ ಕರುಣಾ ನಾಸ್ತಿ ಧರ್ಮಸ್ಯ ತ್ವರಿತಾ ಗತಿಃ ॥
Wealth is unstable, mind is unstable, our life too is not
permanent. As Yama has no pity one should do good works quickly.
ವಿಪ್ರಾಣಾಂ ಜ್ಞಾನತೋ ಜೈಷ್ಠ್ಯಂ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯಾಣಾಂ ತು ವೀರ್ಯತಃ ।
ವೈಶ್ಯಾನಾಂ ಧಾನ್ಯ ಧನತಃ ಶೂದ್ರಾಣಾಮೇವ ಜನ್ಮತಃ ॥
Among brahmins, seniority is considered by knowledge, among
kShatriyas – by valour, among vaishyAs – by grain and
money and among sudras – by birth.
ಶಶಿ ದಿವಾಕರಯೋಃ ಗ್ರಹಪೀಡನಂ ಗಜ ಭುಜಂಗಮಯೋರಪಿ ಬನ್ಧನಮ್ ।
ಮತಿಮತಾಂ ಚ ವಿಲೋಕ್ಯ ದರಿದ್ರತಾಂ ವಿಧಿರಹೋ ಬಲವಾನಿತಿ ಮೇ ಮತಿಃ ॥
The seizure of the sun and the moon by grahas, the capture of
elephants and snakes and the poverty of the wise – indicates
that the fate is powerful.
ವಾಣಿಜ್ಯೇ ವಸತಿ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಃ ತದರ್ಧಂ ಕೃಷಿ ಕರ್ಮಣಿ ।
ತದರ್ಧಂ ರಾಜಸೇವಾಯಾಂ ಭಿಕ್ಷಾಯಾಂ ನೈವ ನೈವ ಚ ॥
Fortune as LakShmi dwells in trade, she is half in agriculture,
half in serving the government, and not at all in begging.
ವಿಪದಿ ಧೈರ್ಯಂ ತಥಾಭ್ಯುದಯೇ ಕ್ಷಮಾ
ಸದಸಿ ವಾಕ್ಪಟುತಾ ಯುಧಿ ವಿಕ್ರಮಃ ।
ಯಶಸಿ ಚಾಭಿರತಿರ್ವ್ಯಸನಂ ಶ್ರುತೌ
ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ಸಿದ್ಧಮಿದಂ ಹಿ ಮಹಾತ್ಮನಾಮ್ ॥
Courage in trouble, forbearance in prosperity, eloquence in the
assembly, valour in battle, eagerness in gaining fame,
attention to the holy scriptures, all these are natural to great ones.
ಲಬ್ಧವ್ಯಮರ್ಥಂ ಲಭತೇ ಮನುಷ್ಯೋ ದೇವೋಽಪಿ ತಂ ವಾರಯಿತುಂ ನ ಶಕ್ತಃ ।
ಅತೋ ನ ಶೋಚಾಮಿ ನ ವಿಸ್ಮಯೋ ಮೇ ಲಲಾಟಲೇಖಾ ನ ಪುನಃ ಪ್ರಯಾತಿ ॥
Man obtains wealth he is to obtain, even god is not able to
prevent it. Therefore I neither grieve nor surprised as
the writing on the forehead will never fail.
ರಾಜಾ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಕೃತಂ ಪಾಪಂ ರಾಜಪಾಪಂ ಪುರೋಹಿತಃ ।
ಭರ್ತಾ ಚ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ ಕೃತಂ ಪಾಪಂ ಶಿಶ್ಯಪಾಪಂ ಗುರುರ್ವ್ರಜೇತ್ ॥
The king must answer for his country’s sin, the priest for the
king’s sin, the
husband for his wife’s sin and the guru for the disciple’s sin.
ಗಿರೌ ಕಲಾಪಿ ಗಗನೇ ಪಯೋಧೌ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯಾನ್ತರೇಽರ್ಕಶ್ಚ ಜಲೇಷು ಪದ್ಮಮ್ ।
ಇನ್ದುರ್ದ್ವಿಲಕ್ಷೇ ಕುಮುದಸ್ಯ ಬನ್ಧುರ್ಯೋಯಸ್ಯ ಹೃದ್ಯೋ ನ ಹಿ ತಸ್ಯ ದೂರಃ ॥
The peacock is in the mountain and the clouds in the sky, the sun
is at the distance of a thousand thousand yojanas and the
lotus is in the water, the moon is two hundred thousand
yojanas away from its friend, the lily. what is dear to
one.s heart is not far away.
ಶಕ್ಯೋ ವಾರಯಿತುಂ ಜಲೇನ ಹುತಭುಕ್ ಛತ್ರೇಣ ಸೂರ್ಯಾತಪಃ
ನಾಗೇನ್ದ್ರೋ ನಿಶಿತಾಂಕುಶೇಣ ಸಮದೋ ದನ್ತೇನ ಗೌರ್ಗರ್ದಭಃ ।
ವ್ಯಾಧಿಃ ಭೇಷಜ ಸಂಗ್ರಹೈಶ್ಚ ವಿವಿಧೈರ್ಮನ್ತ್ರಪ್ರಯೋಗೈರ್ವಿಷಂ
ಸರ್ವಸ್ಯೌಷಧಮಸ್ತಿ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ ವಿಹಿತಂ ಮೂರ್ಖಸ್ಯ ನಾಸ್ತ್ಯೌಷಧಮ್ ॥
It is possible to prevent fire with water, heat of the sun with an
umbrella, a strong elephant with a sharp goad, a bull or ass
with a stick, a disease with medicines, and poison by the
use of various spells. For every thing there is a remedy
provided in the scriptures but there is no remedy for a fool.
ನ ಮಾತಾ ಶಪತೇ ಪುತ್ರಂ ನ ದೋಷಂ ಲಭತೇ ಮಹೀ ।
ನ ಹಿಂಸಾಂ ಕುರುತೇ ಸಾಧುಃ ನ ದೇವಃ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿನಾಶಕಃ ॥
A mother does not curse her son, the earth suffers no harm, a good
man does no violence and god does not destroy his own creation.
ಪಿಬನ್ತಿ ನದ್ಯಃ ಸ್ವಯಮೇವ ನಾಮ್ಭಃ
ಖಾದನ್ತಿ ನ ಸ್ವಾದು ಫಲಾನಿ ವೃಕ್ಷಾಃ ।
ಪಯೋಧರಾಃ ಸಸ್ಯಮಾದನ್ತಿ ನೈವ
ಪರೋಪಕಾರಾಯ ಸತಾಂ ವಿಭೂತಯಃ ॥
The rivers do not drink their own water, the trees do not eat
their own sweet
fruits, the clouds do not eat the crops and the riches of the good
are used
for the benefit of others.
ಪರೋಽಪಿ ಹಿತವಾನ್ ಬನ್ಧುರ್ಬನ್ಧುರಪ್ಯಹಿತಃ ಪರಃ ।
ಅಹಿತೋ ದೇಹಜೋ ವ್ಯಾಧಿರ್ಹಿತಮಾರಣ್ಯಮೌಷಧಮ್ ॥
A stranger interested in our welfare is a relative and a relative
not interested in our welfare is a stranger. Disease is hurtful,
though born in our body and medicine is beneficial, though
produced in a forest.
ಜಯೋಽಸ್ತು ಪಾಂಡುಪುತ್ರಾಣಾಂ ಯೇಷಾಂ ಪಕ್ಷೇ ಜನಾರ್ದನಃ ।
ಯತಃ ಕೃಷ್ಣಸ್ತತೋ ಧರ್ಮೋ ಯತೋ ಧರ್ಮಸ್ತತೋ ಜಯಃ ॥
Success be to the sons of Pandu (Pandavas), on whose side is
JanArdana. Where Krishna is, there is justice and where
justice is, there is victory.
ಅನಂತಪಾರಂ ಕಿಲ ಶಬ್ದಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಂ
ಸ್ವಲ್ಪಂ ತಥಾಯುರ್ಬಹವಶ್ಚ ವಿಘ್ನಾಃ ।
ಸಾರಂ ತತೋ ಗ್ರಾಹ್ಯಮಪಾಸ್ಯ ಫಲ್ಗು
ಹಂಸೈರ್ಯಥಾ ಕ್ಷೀರಮಿವಾಮ್ಬುಮಧ್ಯಾತ್ ॥
Boundless indeed is the science of language, but life is short and
obstacles are numerous. Hence take what is good and leave
what is worthless, as geese/swan take milk from the midst of water.