प्रश्नोत्तररत्नमालिका - कुत्र विधेयो

कुत्र विधेयो यत्नः
    विद्याभ्यासे सदौषधे दाने ।
अवधीरणा क्व कार्या
    खलपरयोषित् परधनेषु ॥

- प्रश्नोत्तररत्नमालिका

kutra vidheyo yatnaH
    vidyAbhyAse sat auShadhe dAne ।
avadhIraNA kva kAryA
    khala parayoShit paradhaneShu ॥

- prashnottara ratna mAlikaa

Where must we be spending time and effort? Education, a good medicine and charity. What should we avoid? Rogues, other's wives and other people's money.

- Prashnottararatnamalika

पञ्चतंत्र - असाध्यं नास्ति

औषधार्थसुमंत्राणां बुद्धेश्चैव महात्मनाम् ।
असाध्यं नास्ति लोकेऽत्र यद्ब्रह्मांडस्य मध्यगम्॥

- पञ्चतंत्र

auShadhaaH artha sumantrANAm buddheH chaiva mahAtmanAm ।
asAdhyam nAsti loke atra yad brahmAnDasya madhyagam ॥

- panchatantra

There is nothing in this world that is impossible for - good medicine, lots of money, a sound genuine plan (not sinister) and wisdom of the virtuous men.

- Panchatantra

महाभारत - शान्ति - स्त्री वित्तं

उत्तमं स्वार्जितं भुक्तं मध्यमं पितुरार्जितम् ।
कनिष्ठं भ्रातृवित्तं च स्त्रीवित्तमधमाधमम् ॥

- महाभारत, शान्ति

uttamam svArjitam bhuktam madhyamam pituH aarjitam ।
kaniShTham bhrAtRuvittam cha strIvittam adhamAdhama ॥

- mahAbhArata, shAnti

A virtuous person will earn and spend his own money. A normal person will spend his father's money. A lowly person will spend his brother's money. A rogue among rogues will spend money that belongs to a lady.

- Mahabharata, Shanti

कुवलयानंद - लक्ष्मि

हालाहलो नैव विषं विषं रमा
    जनाः परं व्यत्ययमत्र मन्वते ।
निपीय जागर्ति सुखेन तं शिवः
    स्मृशन्निमां मुह्यति निद्रया हरिः ॥

- कुवलयानंद

hAlAhalo naiva viSham viSham ramA
    janAH param vyatyayam atra manvate ।
nipIya jAgarti sukhena tam shivaH
    smRushann imAm muhyati nidrayA hariH ॥

- kuvalayAnanda

It is not halahala that is the poison, it is Lakshmi that is poison. People have understood it the other way around. Shiva is still able to live peacefully after having consumed halahala. But after touching Lakshmi, Hari was mesmerized into a sleep.

- Kuvalayananda

सुभाषितरत्नसमुच्चय - पुस्तकस्था हि या विद्या

पुस्तकस्था हि या विद्या धनं यद् वान्यहस्तगम् ।
नोपकुर्याज्जनस्येह कार्यकाले समुपस्थिते ॥

- सुभाषितरत्नसमुच्चय

pustakasthA hi yA vidyA dhanaM yad va anya hastagam ।
na upakuryAt janasya iha kAryakAle samupasthite ॥

- subhAShitaratnasamucchaya

Knowledge that is present in a book and money lent to others are both useless when you need them. They can not be recalled at the very hour it is needed.

- Subhashitaratnasamucchaya

हरिहर सुभाषित - धन रहितः

धनमेव धरणिवलये कलयति सफलायुषं पुरुषम् ।
यदि जीवति धनरहितः कथय मृतः कीदृशो भवति ॥

- हरिहर सुभाषित

dhanameva dharaNi valaye kalayati saphala aayuSham puruSham ।
yadi jIvati dhana rahitaH kathaya mRutaH kIdRusho bhavati ॥

- harihara subhAShita

In some way, wealth is what makes ones life on this earth worthwhile. If you say a person without wealth also lives, then I beg to see how dead people are like. Aren't people without money as good as dead here?

- Harihara Subhashita

भागवत - कलौ वित्तं

वित्तमेव कलौ नृणां जन्माचारगुणॊदयः |
धर्मन्यायव्यवस्थायां कारणं बलमेव हि ||

- भागवत

In the epoch of Kali (present age) money assumes too much importance. It is what determines the nobility of the family you are born in, your character and all your qualities. He who has the money will be considered noble, of good character and believed to have good qualities. In the global system of morality, economy and justice - the mighty will always have their way. They derive their might from the money they possess.

- Bhagavata