परतोषयिता न कश्चन
स्वगतो यस्य गुणोऽस्ति देहिनः ।
परदोषकथाभिरल्पकः
स्वजनं तोषयितुं किलेच्छति ॥
- शिशुपालवध
paratoShayitA na kashchana
svagato yasya guNo asti dehinaH ।
para doSha kathAbhiH alpakaH
svajanam toShayitum kila icchati ॥
- shishupAlavadha
If one can not please other people by his own qualities, such a lowly person will attempt to please others by talking ill about other (noble) people (by highlighting other's faults).
- Shishupalavadha
पदस्था विषमस्थानां मित्राणां न भवन्ति ये ।
आयासिता तैर्जननी गर्भभारेण केवलम् ॥
- रामायणमञ्जरी, किष्किन्धा
padasthA viShamasthAnAm mitrANAm na bhavanti ye ।
AyAsitA taiH jananI garbha bhAreNa kevalam ॥
- rAmAyanamanjarI, kiShkindhA
Those who do not help their friends in distress in spite of occupying high positions of power as useless alive. They only troubled their mothers by burdening her during pregnancy. There is no other achievement during their lives.
- Ramayanamanjari, Kishkindha
पंथा देयो ब्राह्मणाय गवे राज्ञे ह्यचक्षुषे ।
वृद्धाय भारतप्ताय गर्भिण्ये दुर्बलाय च ॥
- भोधायन धर्मसूत्र
panthA deyaH brAhmaNAya gave rAjne hi achakShuShe ।
vRuddhyAya bhAra taptAya garbhiNye durbalAya cha ॥
- bhodhAyana dharma sUtra
One must stand aside and leave way for a brahmin, cows, king, blind, old people, people carrying weight, pregnant women and weak.
- Bhodhayana Dharma Sutra
प्रथमे नार्जिता विद्या द्वितीये नार्जितं धनम् ।
तृतीये नार्जितं पुण्यं चतुर्थे किं करिष्यसि ॥
- सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार
prathame na arjitA vidyA dvitIye na arjitam dhanam।
tRutIye na arjitam puNyam chaturthe kim kariShyasi ॥
- subhAShitaratnabhANDAgAra
If you did not study in your early life, not earn wealth in your youth, not do noble deeds during old age - then how are you going to face death honorably?
- Subhashitaratnabhandagara
कस्यैकांतं सुखमुपनतं दुःखमेकांततो वा ।
नीचैर्गच्छत्युपरि च दशा चक्रनेमिक्रमेण ॥
- मेघदूत
kasyaikAntam sukham upanatam duHkha ekAntato vA ।
nIchaiH gacchati upari cha dashaa chakranemikrameNa ॥
- meghadUta
Who in this world can live always in good fortune or always in misfortune? Fortune of a person is like a band on a wheel - it goes up and comes down alternately in time.
- Meghaduta
विकारहेतौ सति विक्रियंते ।
येषां न चेतांसि त एव दीराः ॥
- कुमारसंभव
vikArahetau sati vikriyante ।
yeShAm na chetaamsi ta eva dIrAH ॥
- kumaarasambhava
Only the mendicants who have conquered their senses can prevent their mind from being drawn towards various worldly attractions.
- Kumarasambhava
प्रत्यक्षकविकाव्यं च रूपं च कुलयोषितः ।
गृहवैद्यस्य विद्या च कस्यैचिद्यदि रोचते ॥
- काव्यमीमांसा
pratyakSha kavi kAvyaM cha rUpaM ca kula yoShitaH ।
gRuhavaidyasya vidyA cha kasyaichid yadi rochate ॥
- kAvyamImAmsa
The following things are rarely liked, usually only by a single person - Works of a contemporary poet, beauty of chaste lady and medicine of a house doctor.
- Kavyamimamsa
