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3TT || ’ *5^ S'tfg oSQ’^tf'RTUI Who feels pain 1 wra?s *rff?r ^tt n cXxp>o8 st> S^g 'o5Ql>iz$Tr t ‘ II Birds of various countries alight upon one tree ; but at the dawn, they each go their way—which of them feels pain ? wrfit ^ vftrrerf i Wtrnsirg 3iT II c5Sb-°o© §5er°ol ^)?5^go0 m ^75g 7J58l3&77H > il Wayworn travellers come under the cool shade [ of a tree ; ] but as soon as they are refreshed, they start again—which of them feels pain P Kavitdratndkara 88.) ( 395 ) <3 o *$ el"* $0 ex>. 115. mm ii "S^-cSs ' 5 r , nS / ~ € s5d 25s n —6 Glass is glass; a gem is a gem. TlfWzfn VT^T m^f*5rrf% I mNT*?5 ?fiNTC5 mm mwf ; || S5belg5£$ ■qr’tfglll cXSolS'sy^Xb e5^sr°?5o 'S*°-^8 'S -1 ’-<5^ S S5o $ 31! A diamond is trodden under foot and glass is worn on the head; let them be even in that state, glass is glass and a gem a gem. I 116. m Nm WIT? II . IT* -o'er* tfelll What fear is there in death or the battle-field ? *lfY HT fqrTT I fmU m f^rTT TRV? || S\sx '£'& SoW* £§■& o52S*)o3^l eJ ra £-o—o £>;S.l£o cSotf'^o sr°S3 -u)oeF° s5otfFi Cf?§!l o If we 0 Krishna! contemplate, if we have faith in your lotus-like feet, what fear [ need we feel] in trouble or difficulty—in death or the battle field P 117. m^fg gr^t mvrg w^Pf mi ^ i Ht^g mm 75 wwt 11 -5“*l^Sjp Z3r°|> 53“°^ J5 o^T° ocjSt” $8^1 55cr>F > $ cx5o~i§ eSo sS > feo^_^c?5bo^ D spvo ^(5^3^11 In work, a slave; in business, a minister; in form a . Rambhci; in patience [like] the earth; in [providing] food, a mother ; in conjugal enjoyments, a courtesan :— is not she who possesses these six qualities, a dutiful wife? ( 396 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 118. 11 ~S~*V8 X&yT^cSSnsW Time sports; life goes. ut*t : i srra: €t^Or sf ii £^85bS) tizih ^cJ5oo S'tioW ^)^o^c55t^8I *S^ei8 ilij&Q 83ooo^eJ°g¥^oP’S'sii Day and night, evening and morning, winter and spring, come again and again; time sports, life goes, but never¬ theless the chain of desire loosens not. ( cf. Bohtlingk’s Indische Spriiche 3. 4181. ) 119. ^fk^TT *ifn: ii ■S^ei^g S6£3er* K©sJ] The ways of time are capricious. ^srs upifk 7 ?t5(^t ■gfpr ^rg^T^r i s> VS gm 5 tto ^fz^TT *rf?r li '£>oHcQ s£r , (6oi$? c^j^oQ Je\'cvr o S _ l S'sSd&s XX Sotfjjo© "S^eifSg So£B er* X&8II Stones float on water; men kill giants ; monkeys perform works ; the ways of time are capricious. 120. grmt f% ii •5 -8 eT r * Ir 0 *20e.> s 5ef^5 sM Time is stronger [than all things else. ] T)eatk awaits all. ( Morton’s Bengali and Sanscrit Proverbs 871. ) ( 397 ) IS o ^ e5^ § rS So ex>. 121. 3ft0iw ^^frT II iS^S^S V32 §s5©II He lives, who has acquired fame. wfw^T ^fVrT Wsffa*! Wf^R I ^*rr^rfa^' *r qftOHsir 11 x5e>xD\ e£o -c5e>£>C efo -u5t>2§s5^ ~\J - o OJ -D <£j ■Z$£n>-£)<D£k)Z $o r5<5£o f53§s6©ll Mind is transitory; wealth is transitory; life is transitory; youth is transitory; all this is fleeting: he [only] lives who has acquired fame. 122. gptf *TOT II > 3 26^)^,r3 Soejo cs5S'£p _0 II As a family [ is ruined ] by a bad son. irinTfq 1 ^wf wst 11 • S6s§' re £o£T|) * *§tS£tio V5tf£o 2o^)^r3 §owo csSSt^ii By the fire generated in its hollow, a single small tree burns a whole forest, even as a single wicked son brings ruin on his whole family. 123. *1 ^ f ^ SoXSolSo ^r^c$5olf The production of a flower in a flower, has never been heard of, nor seen. A riddle propounded by King Bhoja, through his mistress, to Kalid&sa. The poet, addressing her, replied—completing the couplet— rR II zT*^' ^§>*k9^*^oS cS ^ oM 0 girl! two blue lotuses ( eyes ) are seen in the lotus of your face. ( 398 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 124. ^TTPI nft<7 TtTW | TTY^TT 'TTf^.fT ^<T II § r€ -^fT ,J 73 -^ s5btfrao cJ3o^r°l ■KT^ S)S§f%£ti£>Z5 ~°o S5ol5oj| There is no doing of a thing done ; there is no death for a dead man; there is no [advantage in] grief for that which is passed—this is the opinion of the learned in the Vedas. 125. v*i rnfFT 3 %<re 5 >wf^r: 11 ^■sSraVog #?5o c55b^& sSfSr^^T^tf^S^sn A miser’s wealth goes by fire, robbers, and kings, 126. ;rrf^?rTirf ’TTftsnt <5 ^Yfanf 1 fireiT f^wwt wr ^q qqfw 11 i^ler^'Tr'o cSo -0 f\eF° o I * 63-^Too Sir**3o- eS^^73^oll The voice is the beauty of cuckoos; chastity is the beauty of women ; learning is the beauty of the deformed; patience is the beauty of ascetics. 127. tTPrer 5TTTBT II §^758 55 "S^raoil Anger is a cause of sin. 128. *rY^S f^rfarTH^ 11 §^iSoW~ Sr’^Do^^Sal - II Who is without disease 1 He who eats what agrees with him moderately. K&lid&sa’s interpretation of a "bird’s cry “ koruJi, Jcoruk.” 129. ssYTHtiq qf?rr: n TocxSe^s ^oex)ll Is not the man possessed of books a I'andit 1 ( 39.9 ) 3 o & eT* §’ r5 & ex>. 130. irrvfantrr: w ii sj 1^I)?5s5o^8 ^l)oo ^PX^^oe58ll Are not those who have a clout the fortunate 1 i. e. Anchorites. Said jokingly of a stingy fellow. i3i. mfh irffit sfr^fTw: ii pzS8 sSoZt-zTo Tfcp.*3'i5|3 8ll Success in an undertaking rests in the strength of great m not in the means. ( §^y1§ &> !3cn> £> & II The mind runs to the [ mother’s ] breast. “ The love of native country prevails in all.” ( Morton ). wrr. srrwwT i rvth ii RTZWRfV Tf^TRm RFTri h I 4j\ R^JTfq 3TRt II ST*# 8 '3 _c O-^'SSo23 _ ^ Ol o ^J£^tf^eiZ3^<is5bij3e;o ^cCbo 'SodSbsil TT°o£) nr 73 o$3 Sj-o& t^cSQ II My residence is a golden cage ; my body is stroked by the lotus-like hands of kings ; I am fed with the delicious mango and pomegranite ; milk, equal to nectar, forms my drink ; the- repetition of the name of RAma is my constant task in the assembly ; I am a clever parrot ; yet still, alas ! my heart yearns for the hollow of my native tree. ( 400 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 133. w. II ^eis "'itf By what can a wicked man be checked 1 w>K' 1?-: ^~r: i ®\ C\ $*r Ofanm H *5^8 ^-^^8 4?eJ8 I V ^J T) J6^ ^5081 S5bo^^i3S,^s5^’?5^^8 ^)£)8 £>8r°£glil| The serpent is cruel ; a wicked man is cruel; a wicked man is more cruel :—a serpent yields to spells and medicines, but by what can a wicked man be checked P 134. *sRTTSTf ^*n*TT ^ f^f=t?k nffrfaWT I ^T^T^^JTT 3T ^fit II sper^Tr^o t&t^7y°~Fr°c -£> ft^iDlpsS .fe^a$T*&igp2$oK* TT° & -^ 23 For the wicked and the evil, the remedy is of two kinds ;— either to disgrace them by strategy, or to leave them at a distance. *T. 135. wftrspsroT^w *wnft i> Xo£&r o sl3ias£r > l li,C3 ■^S^^'^cssS'^H t The Saphari splashes in even a mouthful of water. / Saphari is a small fish ( Cyprinus Sophore.)—“ Said of a low person unduly elated with a small advancement, and so assuming a ridiculous im¬ portance, n ( Morton ). 51 ( 401 ) 3 o S >& el* -8 So . 136. 3U?T ^TW^T <5 *T I WH^TrTT ^<T <5 *T II KcT° h-*JT cS^# Xrd^Q &) §0x5^1 ^2 j 9 o ln>ab^ &> 3 lo-tfrfll He who takes from a number will gain—it is nothing to a number; he who gives to a number will lose—it is nothing to a number. 137. *tfi *t -sr^Tfa wnfa ii X&o ?5 §^e$o 7^ ^ So II I mourn not for the past, I remember [the benefits] done [ to me. ] ( cf. Morton’s Bengali and Sanscrit Proverbs 836. ) Vain repining is unprofitable but gratitude is a duty. 138. II Repairing the tank-bund after the water had escaped. ( See TELUGU No. 77. ) To cover the well when the child is drowned. (German.)* 139. JTriT^fa^V VTTWfTj^T: I ^ rfTWT^rc II $ eT^s -^^353-8^81 9 ~tw* tfgxo "&> r , ^ y ^r , 28^oii Following those gone before, people reason not; by making a sand lingam at the bridge, my copper pot is lost. A man having buried his copper pot to go and bathe at Adam’s bridge near RAmesvaram made a sand lingam over it to mark the place ; crowds of people following, senselessly did the same, so that it was a hopeless task for the owner to look for his property. Silly sheep, where one goes, all go. (Spanish. )t * Den Brunnen decken, so das kind ertrunken ist, t Ovojas bobas, por do va una, van todas. ( 402 ) SANSCRIT PROVERBS. 140. *mr Orsfjr tt^O ' TffT fw II XW , &Zr r >3&Ty 7} !T°o~$ 0£x© sft>£§l 50 ■?5j5cp , 7jr D cX5c> §o'36;S£ ^^6o23^oll O beautiful woman! The night h?ts mostly passed, little remains, bear this in mind and please the people. Said to an actress, who had danced long but received no present. J4i. *rs?K: n 23SS-°0$X8 £> 53~°£>$£x£lf II Time has mostly gone, little only remains. therefore prepare for another world. 142. Tf^’or: i Oi^t vt Orc^ffir ii XbraS230<ijr e Xo“£ dS3-X^©ll The wise man deals with virtues and faults as Siva [ dealt with ] the moon and the poison ; he praises the former with his head and keeps the latter in his throat. i. e. he does not expose the faults of others, though he praises their good qualities. Alluding to the ‘ Churning of the ocean’. 143. rf<!!fa w sfpmfcTO qft-frm: i sJI ^ cjnTrcfITT*r n II XsSilf -zr>Xord§z>7og 'S5d3 r£ S\8l ;67r ,> ^ r _55beio ?5 £>X)?5 An appreciator of good qualities is pleased with a good man, but no pleasure [ is experienced ] by the bad man ; the bee goes from the forest to the lotus, but not so the frog, though he lives with it. ( 403 ) ;S o 3^-^) eS*" 5 & x>. 144. ^ IfrT *1 tPfT fnW. II M J vj floel ftSc30 £)&C38ll _o —o o A good man appreciates virtue; a bad man appreciates it not. %frT ^ gf¥r 3RT 5fxT *f ijfrT t I \5 xj fwt n 3T*m: 3rrr ^ n ^tf^: II ?6e% Aoreo !$Q SSozrV 6 2 oi) 2oe;o s§e$ ?5 £>£>\e>8l _o _o o —° —° 2 J s5t6o The virtuous man appreciates virtue, the bad man appreciates it not ; the strong man, and not the feeble, understands strength ; the cuckoo, and not the crow, feels the influence of the spring ; the elephant, and not the mouse, justly values the strength of the lion. ?vocso ?5 ^y°d 3ot 58 n5 §>oSr o '?