सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार - सज्जनाः

कुलीनैः सह संपर्कः पण्डितैः सह मित्रताम् ।
ज्ञातिभिश्च समं मेलं कुर्वाणो न विनश्यति ॥

- सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार

kulInaiH saha saMparkaH paNDitaiH saha mitratAm ।
jnAtibhiH cha samam melam kurvANo na vinashyati ॥

- subhAShitaratnabhANDAgAra

He shall not be ever destroyed who has acquaintance with people of powerful families, friendship with scholars and networks among knowledgeable people.

- Subhashitaratnabhandagara

सुभाषितसुधानिधि - विद्वद्भिः सह संवसनं

एकं हि चक्षुरमलं सहजो विवेकः
    विद्वद्भिरेव सह संवसनं द्वितीयम् ।
यस्यास्ति न द्वयमिदम् स्फुटमेव सोऽधः
    तस्यापमार्गचलने वद कोऽपराधः ॥

- सुभाषितसुधानिधि

ekaM hi chakShuH amalam sahajo vivekaH
    vidvadbhiH eva saha saMvasanaM dvitIyam ।
yasyAsti na dvayam idam sphuTameva so adhaH
    tasya apamArga chalane vada ko aparAdhaH ॥

- subhAShitasudhAnidhi

Having intelligence is like having one clean (good) eye. Being around wise men is like having the other eye. If one has not got either of them, he is as good as blind. Tell me, is there anything wrong (or surprising) that such a person would stray into bad path?

- Subhashitasudhanidhi

वेदान्तदेशिक - दत्ते स्म वित्तेशताम्

क्षोणीकोणशतांशपालनकलादुर्वारगर्वानल
     क्षुभ्यत् क्षुद्रनरेन्द्रचाटुरचनाधन्यान् न मन्यामहे ।
देवं सेवितुमेव निश्चनुमहे योऽसौ दयाळुः पुरा
     धानामुष्टिमुचे कुचेलमुनये दत्ते स्म वित्तेशताम् ॥

- वेदान्तदेशिक

kShoNIkoNashatAMshapAlanakalAdurvAragarvAnala
     kShubhyat kShudranarendracATuracanAdhanyAn na manyAmahe ।
devaM sevitumeva nishninumahe yaH asau dayALuH purA
     dhAnAmuShTimuce kucelamunaye datte sma vitteshatAm ॥

- vedAntadeshika

We will not respect any scholar who finds satisfaction in praising a king who rules one small corner of this huge world. We will serve only that Lord Krishna who gave wealth equal to that of Kubera (God of wealth) to Kuchela in return for handful of parched rice.

- Vedantadeshika

वेदान्तदेशिक - विबुधा

शिलं किमनलं भवेदनलमौदरं बाधितुं
     पयः प्रसृतिपूरकं किमुन धारकं सारसं ।
अयत्न मलवल्लिकं पथिपटच्चरं कच्चरं
     भजन्ति विबुधा मुधा ह्यहह कुक्षितः कुक्षितः ॥

- वेदान्तदेशिक

shilaM kimanalaM bhavedanalamaudaraM bAdhituM
     payaH prasRutipUrakaM kimuna dhArakaM sArasaM ।
ayatna malavallikaM pathipaTaccaraM kaccaraM
     bhajanti vibudhAmudhA hyahaha kukShitaH kukShitaH ॥

- vedAntadeshika

Can the grains collected not enough to douse the fire of hunger in the stomach? Can the water in the lakes not quench the thirst? Can the rags found on the streets not enough to make clothes to cover us? Even when all the life necessities are taken care of by nature, why do these scholars serve the King?

- Vedantadeshika

रघुवंश - विद्वान्

स्वशरीरशरीरिनावपि श्रुतसंयोगविपर्ययौ यदि ।
विरहः किमिवानुतापयेद्वद बाह्यैर्विषयैर्विपश्चिताम् ॥

- रघुवंश

svasharIra sharIriNAvapi shruta samyoga viparyayau yadi ।
virahaH kimiva anutApayet vada bAhyaiH viShayaiH vipashchitAm ॥

- raghuvamsha

A scholar realizes that the life inside our own body is itself not permanent. Why should one be sad when one parts with material attachments of the outside world?

- Raghuvamsha

अत्यंतमतिमेधावी

अत्यंतमतिमेधावी त्रयाणां एकमश्नुते ।
अल्पायुर्वा दरिद्रो वा ह्यनपत्यो न संशयः ॥

atyanta medhAvI trayANAm ekamashnute ।
alpAyuH vA daridraH vA hi anapatyaH na samshayaH ॥

A very highly intellectual scholar will have at least one of the below three misfortunes - short life, or poverty, or childless. Fate some how ensures that his wisdom is not carried forward to future generations.

हितोपदेश - विग्रह - शूर

प्रियं ब्रूयादकृपणः शूरः स्यादविकत्थनः ।
दाता नापात्रवर्षी स्यात्प्रगल्भः स्यादनिष्ठुरः ॥

- हितोपदेश, विग्रह

A rich person must also be nice. A brave courageous person must never boast. A benevolent person must not help those who do not deserve. A scholar must carefully avoid contraversies so that people do not reject his idea becuase of him.

- Hitopadesha, Vigraha

हितोपदेश - मित्रलाभ - धर्म

को धर्मो भूतदया किं सौख्यमरोगिता जगति जन्तोः ।
कः स्नेहः सद्भावः किं पाण्डित्यं परिच्छेदः ॥

- हितोपदेश, मित्रलाभ

What is dharma? Having compassion towards all beings. What is happiness? Being healthy is happiness. What is friendship? Not having hard feelings towards any one is friendship. What is scholarly wisdom? The art of dissection (ability to logically breakdown a problem and its intricacies).

- Hitopadesha, Mitralabha