दोषोऽपि गुणतां याति प्रभोर्भवति चेत्कृपा ।
अंगहीनोऽपि सूर्येण सारथ्येयोजितोऽरुणः ॥
- सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार
doShopi guNatAm yAti prabhoH bhavati chet kRupA ।
angahIno api sUryeNa sArathi aayojitaH aruNaH ॥
- subhAShitaratnabhANDAgAra
It does not matter even if one has any handicap. Under an able master even those people can perform well. Surya has Aruna as his charioteer even though he is a cripple. He has never let down his master.
- Subhashitaratnabhandagara
द्यूतं पुस्तकवाद्ये च नाटकेषु च सक्तता ।
स्त्रीयस्तंद्री च निद्रा च विद्याविघ्नकराणि षट् ॥
- सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार
dyUtam pustaka vAdye cha nAtakeShu cha saktatA ।
strIyaH tandrI cha nidrA cha vidyA vighnakAriNi ShaT ॥
- subhAShitaratnabhANDAgAra
The following six are known to be greatest obstacles to learning – gambling, addicted to reading books (novels) or listening to music, watching plays, women, laziness and sleep.
- Subhashitaratnabhandagara
दरिद्रता धीरतया विराजते
कुरूपता श्रीलतया विराजते ।
कुभोजनं चोष्णतया विराजते
कुवस्त्रता शुभ्रतया विराजते ॥
- सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार
daridratA dhIratayaa virAjate
kurUpataa shrIlatayA virAjate ।
kubhojanam cha uShNatayA virAjate
kuvastratA shubhratayA virAjate ॥
- subhAShitaratnabhANDAgAra
Downside of poverty can to compensated by courage. If someone is not beautiful, then they can wear some ornaments. If food is not tasty, it can be remedied to some extent by heating. Clothes of bad quality can be kept clean to impress.
- Subhashitaratnabhandagara
तुल्यवर्णच्छदः कृष्णः कोकिलैः सह संगतः ।
केन व्याख्यायते काकः स्वयं यदि भाषते ॥
- भोजप्रबंध
tulya varNacChadaH kRuShNaH kokilaH saha sangataH ।
kena vyAkhyAyate kAkaH svayam yadi bhAShate ॥
- bhojaprabandha
A Crow can mingle with nightingales since they have the same plumage – black. No one will notice the difference until the crow starts to speak by itself. Only a fool would speak and reveal his ignorance in a congregation of wise men.
- Bhojaprabandha
जानीयात्संगरे भृत्यान् बांधवान् व्यसनागमे ।
आपत्कालेषु मित्राणि भार्यां च विभवक्षये ॥
- सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार
jAnIyAt sangare bhRutyAn bAndhavAn vyasanAgame ।
aapatkAleShu mitrANi bhAryA cha vibhavakShaye ॥
- subhAShitaratnabhANDAgAra
One knows the true character of a servant during war, of relatives when you get sick, of friends when you are in trouble and of your wife when you have lost all money (and fortune).
- Subhashitaratnabhandagara
चत्वारि यस्य द्वाराणि सुगुप्तान्यमरोत्तमाः ।
उपस्थमुदरं हस्तौ वाक्चतुर्थी स धर्मवित् ॥
- महाभारत
chatvAri yasya dvArANi suguptAni amaro uttamaaH ।
upastham udaram hastau vAk chaturthI sa dharmavit ॥
- mahAbhArata
There are four doors through which adharma can enter us – private parts, stomach, hands and speech. If one guards these doors carefully at all the time, he will be known as Dharmajna and avoid all sins. All sins are related to man losing control of these doors.
- Mahabharata
घृतकुंभसमा नारी तप्तांगारसमः पुमान् ।
तस्माद्घृतं च वह्निं च नैकत्र स्थापयेद् बुधः ॥
- समयोचितपद्यरत्नमालिका
ghRutakumbha samaa nArI tapta angAra samaH pumAn ।
tasmAt ghRutam cha na ekatra sthApayed budhaH ॥
- samayochitapadyaratnamAlikA
A woman is like a pot of ghee and man is like a ball of fire. If they come in contact, it will create havoc. Hence wise people will not keep them together in the same place.
- Samayochitapadyaratnamalika
