सध्रीचीनो ह्ययं लोके पंथाः क्षेमोऽकुतोभयः ।
सुशीलाः साधवो यत्र नारायणपरायणाः ॥
- भागवत
sadhrIchIno hi ayam loke panthAH kShemaH akuto bhayaH ।
sushIlaaH sAdhavo yatra nArAyaNa parAyaNAH ॥
- bhAgavata
It is safe to follow the path that noble, virtuous devotees of Narayana follow. That path will lead us to God and is causes no fear.
- Bhagavata
सद्भावेन जयेन्मित्रं सद्भावेन च बांधवान् ।
स्त्रीभृत्यान् दानमानाभ्यां दाक्षिण्येनेतरं जनम् ॥
- सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार
sadbhAvena jayat mitram sadbhavena cha bAndhavAn ।
strI bhRutyAn dAna mAnaabhyAm dAkShiNyena itaram janam ॥
- subhAShitaratnabhANDAgAra
Friends and relatives should be won over by righteous conduct. Women and servants by gifts and respect. Propriety should used to win over the rest of the people.
- Subhashitaratnabhandagara
वनेऽपि सिंहा मृगमांसभक्ष्या
बुभुक्षिता नैव तृणं चरंति ।
एवं कुलीना व्यसनाभिभूता
न नीतिमार्गं परिलंघयंति ॥
- पञ्चतंत्र, लब्धप्रणाश
vane api simhA mRuga mAmsabhakshyA
bubhikShitA naiva tRuNam charanti।
evaM kulInA vyasanAbhibhUtA
na nItimArgaM parilanghayanti ॥
- panchatantra, labdhapraNAsha
A lion that is used to eating meat after hunting deer and other creatures will not eat grass even when it is hungry. Just like that, even when troubled by miseries, a person of noble birth (and intentions) will never stray from the path of morality.
- Panchatantra, Labdhapranasha
