हितोपदेश - संधि - बांधवः

आहवे व्यसने चैव दुर्भिक्षे शत्रुविग्रहे ।
राजद्वारे श्मशाने च यस्तिष्ठति स बांधवः ॥

- हितोपदेश, संधि

Ahave vyasane chaiva durbhikShe shatruvigrahe ।
rAjadvAre shmashAne cha yastiShThati sa bAndhavaH ॥

- hitopadesha, sandhi

A real friend is one who stands by you all the time - in a battle field, in troubled times, in poverty, when captured by enemies, at the door of a king (being summoned), in the cemetery.

- Hitopadesha, Sandhi

हितोपदेश - सन्धि - अधर्म

आधिव्याधिपरितापादद्य श्वो वा विनाशिने ।
को हि नाम शरीराय धर्मापेतं समाचरेत् ॥

- हितोपदेश, सन्धि

Adhi vyAdhi paritApAt adya shvaH vA vinAshine ।
ko hi nAma sharIrAya dharmApetaM samAcaret ॥

- hitopadesha, sandhi

This nameless body is destined to be destroyed by illness - of body or mind. It's only a matter of today or tomorrow. Why should one do any thing against dharma (moral code of life) for the sake of this body?

- Hitopadesha, Sandhi

हितोपदेश - सन्धि - मूढः

विषमां हि दशां प्राप्य दैवं गर्हयते नरः ।
आत्मनः कर्मदोषांस्तु नैव जानात्यपण्डितः ॥

- हितोपदेश, सन्धि

viShamAM hi dashAM prApya daivaM garhayate naraH ।
AtmanaH karmadoShAmstu naiva jAnAti apaNDitaH ॥

- hitopadesha, sandhi

When a fool is in trouble, he will start blaming fate. A fool will never understand that his present state is the result of his past actions.

- Hitopadesha

हितोपदेश - सन्धि - आत्मवत्सर्वभूतेषु

मातृवत्परदारेषु परद्रव्येषु लोष्ठवत् ।
आत्मवत्सर्वभूतेषु यः पश्यति स पण्डितः ॥

- हितोपदेश, सन्धि

A wise man will treat other people's wives as his own mother. He treats other people's wealth as a lump of mud (stone). He will treat every being in this world with compassion as he would treat himself.

- Hitopadesha, Sandhi

हितोपदेश - सन्धि - अभयदान

न गोप्रदानं न महीप्रदानं
    न चान्नदानं न तथात्मदानम् ।
यथा वदन्तीह महाप्रदानं
    सर्वप्रदानेष्वभयप्रदानम् ॥

- हितोपदेश, सन्धि

There is no greater help than giving refuge to some one who is scared. It is greater than giving a cow, land, food or himself.

- Hitopadesha, Sandhi

हितोपदेश - सन्धि - आत्मशुद्धि

आत्मा नदी भारत पुण्यतीर्था
    सत्योदका शीलतट दयोर्मिः ।
अत्राभिषेकं कुरु पाण्डुपुत्र
    न वारिणा शुध्यति चान्तरात्मा ॥

- हितोपदेश, सन्धि

The soul is a river. Good karma that one accumulates is the steps on the banks of the river. Truth is the water that flows in it. Character is the banks of that river. Compassion is a wave in it. Oh son of Pandu, take a bath in such a river. The inner mind is cleansed by such introspection but not by water.

- Hitopadesha, Sandhi

हितोपदेश - सन्धि - सत्य

अश्वमेधसहस्राणि सत्यं च तुलया धृतम् ।
अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य सत्यमेवातिरिच्यते ॥

- हितोपदेश, सन्धि

If a thousand Ashvamedha yajna (where a king defeats all kingdoms to which his horse goes to) are weighed against the power of truth, truth it self will prove worthier.

- Hitopadesha, Sandhi

हितोपदेश - संधि - राग

वनेऽपि दोषाः प्रभवन्ति रागिणां
    गृहेऽपि पंचेन्द्रियनिग्रहं तपः |
अकुत्सिते कर्मणि यः प्रवर्तते
    निवृत्तरागस्य गृहं तपोवनम् ||

- हितोपदेश, संधि

A person with lot of desires will not at peace even in a forest. He will find something or the other to indulge in. On the other hand, if a person has over come greed and desires and can control his senses - he can find peace right in his home. If you are earning your daily food by a respectable occupation and give up all the desires - your own home will become a penance ground.

- Hitopadesha, Sandhi