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’3tTO farT *Tm I w (s'fto t^h>£8^o S)e|o sft^s&o 5bl&>'cr D 8^ol ef>#s5bo ^s&#s£r#s5boii [ To live upon ] self-acquired property is good, [ to live upon ] that acquired by a father is middling, [ to live upon ] a brother’s property is low, [ to live upon ] a woman’s pro¬ perty is the lowest of the low. 75. ^tHTT ^sTOpSTT ^ITr^ II &Se>£> , cr B g ’&''£<§”II The caste-craft is the best. Every man to his trade. 76. ^tt^t vwprrf^ ttsitit: i ■W 7 T *?T 5 rrf% v*i n #r$t£rW'%r> o&#£s5cr8l $£)tfX>r’ joO s5j^l5cr*Sp S&ia-^lEPo ^^oll Good men seek honor; middling men seek wealth and honor; base men seek wealth: honor itself is wealth to great men. ( 380 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 77. ram I w^rtrN ’TTfare ?m: u dsjS'&.-tf e^cao 25bi^lSo ^£3'5“°£>£d3ool &$-£ i^£C$'ljT^Tr o yi &j o ■£r D S)l|^ s5btf£a' T ’oe5^8(( In a good man, wrath [ lasts ] for a moment; in a middling man, for two hours ; in a base man, for a day arid night; in a great sinner, until death. 78. ^rft^ ^qiT *fVareiT far TTOfajsi II d-r^^-v5 §o .'SS.csfcP’Ktfo!! —ora After the stream has been crossed what is the use of the boat on the other side 1 79. <3<*TO TlffTW^J ^fa:3JT% fatffam I! dre^c^o o5Q’©" D ^fi r ® S)^cS5o"^ll The forsaking of one who has gone out of the right way is enjoined. 80. Tnsffaft ^fa^TOT JHTW: II ds-ei^tfgolf ^e)ci5oolf S5b*3<p>tf-q?P8ll The desires of the poor spring up and perish. 8i. ^ 1 *pr farefar tht ^fVfai farefar 11 S$fS§li d&.©. ©Sxo© ele£. ©Sl©|| Perseverance, daring, courage, wisdom, strength and valour- where these six are, there is God. C 387 ) £> o ^ §6 ex>. 82. II arEi&’ft^Dot^ w5ro £^551^5x8 II For the belly’s sake many disguises are assumed. ^fzwt ?r#f ^rf^wsi; ^l^rrei*: I ^3 'O ?T q^fcf ^Tlg^TfafflTfT II 2i$oy* 55joocl ex2o-£)55 _ 'i#'8 ir°i5?c5ST'cz)& 2055 _ *o?f^55"5§sx8! 55 *55lfg& ^Sxr*cjjT^55~^g £)£> £)£>o^y 6 With matted hair, with shaven head, with cropped hair, or in the honored garb of red-dyed clothes, the fool, [though apparently] seeing, sees not [Brahma] :— for the belly’s sake many disguises are assumed. ( Chaturdasamanjarikcistotra. ) S3. : v^nsrg’s? ii (zr<S^£X3 ^c&sxe^racl! Endeavour makes the man. 84. *rgft: II fjFcS^gRSio ^)(555xE)0 55^55bo^S QJ -Sa CII Fortune favors the persevering and stout-hearted. \3 v$ T'qfufrT q^fr! | TTtf: ll ds-S^g^o ^$)&25x£>oS5 ’*z$x>'^co& en>h 8 T3^?5 "e§cX5o£)oO 55 <^o©! T355o SSr^g §082 ^PCosx 5>r j s5g’'IT^g d&a E>#g8 ^SS-SR Fortune favors the persevering and stout-hearted man. Wretched creatures say “Destiny must give us.” Regard not destiny but exercise all your powers ; if your endeavours fail, what fault will there be ? ( 388 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 85. i w4*rRt u &S'5 _ *'3ra b^7T'&'&-T r> & r *Zr° js^dSolIl ■S3cJ5o 8 ^r°?5o ^50 2807^77^0 ’ftivc £>S35585$0|| <P By doing good to base men, evil results; the drinking of milk is to snakes only an increasing of poison. 86. wsfffi: it dsr^ncSotff'r'' dvSbx^S^o That which is possible by stratagem is not possible by valour. ( See Hitopadesa Book II and Bohtlingk’s Indische Spruchc 1. 498). 87. ^3%^fr ^*TT*nfk ^ i 7TT^f=T?Wr: II '£tir>&yT*Q t^So -0 I ■Soer^dSo^o 'Soen’cJSo^o 5"' f S'£>£;o WIT'S II Upodaki comes with his minister Tintrini—flee, flee, ye pre¬ tended vegetables. Said of . the excellence of the UpodaJci (Basella Cordifolia) when accompanied by Tintrini ( Tamarindus Indica ). 88. ^VfafT^I 5|TO TTTTWT 1 TC5*UT4 II dr^r^fb^TSs 753o£>j^8r3C || The breaking fast of the fasting tiger is the killing of a cow. 89. ^r: *tT77b(?i^ir5 ^r?wf?r: i WTT^iY f%7f^T^r II f£r5\8 7 T t, ^^^§3?50€^) 29^ 0 81 S5o'^r*c*5oO?3b S^oSc S)^‘5T d ^0 287T T3 8?58ll Gargya [ says ] the dawn is best; Brihaspati, the omen ; Mandavya, the victory of the mind; Janhrdana, the voice of the Brahman. Said with reference to fixing a time for setting out on a journey. ( 389 ) stf-^rgo 76 tt> g'.'Sosi \ZJ a_ £> o ^ So oo. 90. ’sftrT^ra T^tTT II d3r£x'5' ,, e5 p-g-b^3o §Sir°!$ wsfr'\r°&1!P|| In hot weather, [ people say ] £ Let there he cold’; in cold weather, ‘ Let there he great heat.’ 91. 'sftrf^r H dS^oS.o3ool^oli Heat with heat [ produces ] cold. Like cures like. (Latin.)* 92. u^T 'fgi f^cl v II . 2J00C3O ob^el II Having incurred debt you should eat glii. 93. II 23Cor3^ / L v aS'ejo'3^'ci^o ‘5 _T, e5 eS^s^T® 2^£>sS£e)!l Debt, a sore, and a stain will he effaced in time. 94. tra^oft ^ctt^peit: i ^tf?T ?nr qfri^tT ii ;&w o$8j- 0 ~%)£rd 'So^o'Solh^ ^5oeF J eJd^T r >3l 2Xor3<M\6§o c§\dSSo c3$r°o© TT 10 £)81§£>7r , ’|| Cattle, a wife, children, and a house are the cause of debt; if the debt is cleared, they go to ruin—what sorrow is there in that 1 * Similia similibus curantur, ( 390 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 95. xr^: ^ w^rc: II ibs's •s^'sbrfS) SoSoli ^Soo ^5oj§ 55 oSj^k^8|| One commits sin, many persons suffer the consequences. 96. TJ3TT W^TT H o) V® u o u g r5ooJ5§^r° £S§^U One wife; a beautiful woman or a cave. xnfir fJift^T ir^t ttv: 'TtR^t i f*N Vg-T^frTcfT ^tfrTcJT ^ft^T II l^sSs ■^§'‘^p-sr° #^5p>-sr* ^r°f5s ‘S3^^^r T> s5'^>zr o l £o^o c&bS'cng .Xtioti&zr 3 <3§*r°ll One god, either Kesava or Siva; one place of abode, either in a town or a forest; one friend, either a king or a hermit; one wife, either a beautiful woman or a cave. ( cf. Bohtlingk’s IndiscJie Spruchc 1. 557. ) 97 . irSitcnj wsT > *tf?wr?T n £)1§13s5&> -^^ra t6 A chariot will not go on one wheel. 98. nfh 5ffa*rTHTT^T qv spNfTT^fa II && &}6o$sis'}SoGr* titio cStftfXPtfS)II Happiness attends a living man even after a hundred years. ( 3M ) 3 o 6 r'jso x>. 99. Wf: g^T: II 6^07°^ WXt°s53 ^)^8II Many sons are to be desired. T3~g^T ^c[: Tprr: ^rirrtfa i ^nfNT ^TN^t w &gap§ wifrsfc ^)(^8 dSo^§§^2) Xc^t-o 7T°8osr^ sStf^a^.TT’go SeJo^ 11 Many sons are to be desired; for one at last may go to Gay4, or may give away a pure virgin, or free a black bull. 100. ^V^mfvr ipnfa -%TW* STT^ni i *fll?PTP£*l$ Vsi^fT^t^^fr^rT II 27°£5bowc®£§ o-£> *zr° c*5ovooI § ^"Ig^TT'Ss^^C^b^Oll The flowers of the fig tree, a white-coloured crow, a fish’s foot .in the water, one may see”—but not what is in a woman’s mind. Udumbara is the Ficus Glomerata—( See Telugu No. 59. ) 101 . * srcft^ir vfe KVffx w sS§§oJ3oil ■CH’sSr’II Whom on earth will a handsome woman not subdue 1 ^T^^JTrq^q^JT ^ 11 25o§oS5b^o^e)o§^^ 7r j tf£o3x°#tfro&6sHT 0 l Sf?5^ S>§§6&’ef ^5o?) ‘CT T, s5cr 3 ll Whom on earth will a handsome woman—her body besmeared with saffron paste, a necklace dangling on her fair bosom, bells tinkling on her ankles—not subdue P (Bhartrihari.) ( 392 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 102. 3>: mfqKT TITnRpir: II S's s3bs5o-’^)S's!! What great sinner is greater than 17 103. grerefk *i^frfT<r ;rrfacTTf% 11 tfoS^O^eS -g-*SoII Concealment itself reveals the wishes. 104. gr^jfte'stT n ^’iSfeoSo’qs'g, T -0 ioSoTfr , gii Barren as a plantain, barren as a crow. A woman who has one child and then dies is like the plantain which produces one bunch and then perishes ; a woman who brings forth one' and is afterwards barren is like the crow which lays eggs but once. 105. II g'&e£e^5&e;§'oll Emblic Myrobalan in the palm of the hand. To have a thing at one’s fingers* ends. 106. wrfh^N^: 11 7JT 0 Q *?5o*C5cKo8II G-reat accumulations should not be made. •y*pT im: ii ^$lPg tt'Q'Z: o-t^d&sl tfrSoity? zioexiS^ 6 Sr^SlI We should always lay up [for the future], but great accumulations should not be made ; by the folly of excessive hoarding the fox was killed by the bow. ( See Hitopadesa Book I. ) 107. 3u!t wr?RT Tffinpt: ii g'TP 5 2S^~ s~° STr^^sll —o r —o o Janardana is the doer and the enjoyer? The merit of offering a sacrifice, as well as the favor of receiving it, is to be ascribed to Jan&rdana ( Vishnu. ) 50 ( 393 ) yS o § y ' 5 §S e. 108. 3TCTWT ^TTSm 3T*f =H"ai9 II iT&^r 0 z>3&Z^zy]~<^r j £ && II The mind is ruled by fate, not fate by the mind- 3rnwT 3T-sra 3fo4 ^ut 3ra? grsj^ i ^twt H l6o230fi>£cb 9 200 S^' 9 C$5o^T°j~^r> 5^ 200 §j5 sT^glll ^r°s5o JS-°8r3S5b?5C'7T 0 ^ - ll o— OJ Fate rules the mind ; not mind the fate ;—with all his wisdom, R&ma pursued the golden deer ! 109. || oo^n eo ~ From labour, fruit. The gods sell us everything for our labours. (Latin.)* no. grNmc^fwr*H ii "3^ c^*r° "&*$ o f | By gold is [ obtained ] freedom from [ the consequences of evil ] deeds. Through the priests. in. 3ms: 3?T3r: Rrei: for. ii '3T°S'8 ‘S^S's fbS's S)^8II The crow is a crow ; the cuckoo is a cuckoo. 3T3T. *sr: for. fosstuirwr: i srnr. ^rrer: fq^t: for u ‘S^S's S\&8 SSsS. "3 Cl§£>8 fb^'3 -0 S"c3tf-' ) 8t , elra elc3—o °j “ ^9(369°eF 5 o^b^Sbc39r o S)os5g8 TT'S's "3^?f8 SoS^sII The crow is black, the cuckoo is black ; there is no difference between the cuckoo and the crow : but as the spring nights appear, the crow is a crow, the' cuckoo is a cuckoo. ( i. e. the distinction between them becomes clear when the notes of the cuckoo are heard. 1 When men are tried, their relative worth is known. * Di nobis laboritms omnia vencUmt, ( 394 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 112. ^T^rTT^TW^T^: II '5'° S'’ W> t> 70 V TT^g d& 811 The crow and the palm fruit. As a crow happened to perch on a ripe fruit, it fell. Said of a coincidence. 113. Srrawfa rR'f'T II '3'" , § / s5cr , 07vo &>tf£)oll The leavings of crow-flesh by a dog are small; that even is not obtainable. A churl, when asked to give away a little of his food, first said it was crow-flesh ; then, on being pressed, said it was the leavings of a dog ; and at last swallowed the whole of it and said he had none left. 114.