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Shloka 1
पुस्तकप्रत्ययाधीतं नाधीतं गुरुसन्निधौ । सभामध्ये न शोभन्ते जारगर्भा इव स्त्रियः ॥ ०१ ॥
pustakapratyayādhītaṃ nādhītaṃ gurusannidhau . sabhāmadhye na śobhante jāragarbhā iva striyaḥ .. 01 ..
The scholar who has acquired knowledge by studying innumerable books without the blessings of a bonafide spiritual master does not shine in an assembly of truly learned men just as an illegitimate child is not honoured in society.
Shloka 2
कृते प्रतिकृतिं कुर्याद्धिंसने प्रतिहिंसनम् । तत्र दोषो न पतति दुष्टे दुष्टं समाचरेत् ॥ ०२ ॥
kṛte pratikṛtiṃ kuryāddhiṃsane pratihiṃsanam . tatra doṣo na patati duṣṭe duṣṭaṃ samācaret .. 02 ..
We should repay the favours of others by acts of kindness; so also should we return evil for evil in which there is no sin, for it is necessary to pay a wicked man in his own coin.
Shloka 3
यद्दूरं यद्दुराराध्यं यच्च दूरे व्यवस्थितम् । तत्सर्वं तपसा साध्यं तपो हि दुरतिक्रमम् ॥ ०३ ॥
yaddūraṃ yaddurārādhyaṃ yacca dūre vyavasthitam . tatsarvaṃ tapasā sādhyaṃ tapo hi duratikramam .. 03 ..
That thing which is distant, that thing which appears impossible, and that which is far beyond our reach, can be easily attained through tapasya (religious austerity), for nothing can surpass austerity.
Shloka 4
लोभश्चेदगुणेन किं पिशुनता यद्यस्ति किं पातकैः सत्यं चेत्तपसा च किं शुचि मनो यद्यस्ति तीर्थेन किम् । सौजन्यं यदि किं गुणैः सुमहिमा यद्यस्ति किं मण्डनैः सद्विद्या यदि किं धनैरपयशो यद्यस्ति किं मृत्युना ॥ ०४ ॥
lobhaścedaguṇena kiṃ piśunatā yadyasti kiṃ pātakaiḥ satyaṃ cettapasā ca kiṃ śuci mano yadyasti tīrthena kim . saujanyaṃ yadi kiṃ guṇaiḥ sumahimā yadyasti kiṃ maṇḍanaiḥ sadvidyā yadi kiṃ dhanairapayaśo yadyasti kiṃ mṛtyunā .. 04 ..
What vice could be worse than covetousness? What is more sinful than slander? For one who is truthful, what need is there for austerity? For one who has a clean heart, what is the need for pilgrimage? If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation? What need is there for wealth for the man of practical knowledge? And if a man is dishonoured, what could there be worse in death?
Shloka 5
पिता रत्नाकरो यस्य लक्ष्मीर्यस्य सहोदरा । शङ्खो भिक्षाटनं कुर्यान्न दत्तमुपतिष्ठते ॥ ०५ ॥
pitā ratnākaro yasya lakṣmīryasya sahodarā . śaṅkho bhikṣāṭanaṃ kuryānna dattamupatiṣṭhate .. 05 ..
Though the sea, which is the reservoir of all jewels, is the father of the conch shell, and the Goddess of fortune Lakshmi is conch's sister, still the conch must go from door to door for alms. It is true, therefore, that one gains nothing without having given in the past.
Shloka 6
अशक्तस्तु भवेत्साधु-र्ब्रह्मचारी वा निर्धनः । व्याधितो देवभक्तश्च वृद्धा नारी पतिव्रता ॥ ०६ ॥
aśaktastu bhavetsādhu-rbrahmacārī vā nirdhanaḥ . vyādhito devabhaktaśca vṛddhā nārī pativratā .. 06 ..
When a man has no strength left in him he becomes a sadhu or a saint, one without wealth acts like a brahmachari, a sick man behaves like a devotee of the Lord, and when a woman grows old she becomes devoted to her husband.
Shloka 7
नाऽन्नोदकसमं दानं न तिथिर्द्वादशी समा । न गायत्र्याः परो मन्त्रो न मातुर्दैवतं परम् ॥ ०७ ॥
nā'nnodakasamaṃ dānaṃ na tithirdvādaśī samā . na gāyatryāḥ paro mantro na māturdaivataṃ param .. 07 ..
No gift is better than the gift of rice and water, no date is better than the dvadasi (the twelfth day of the lunar calendar); no Mantra is greater than the gayatri-mantra and no God is greater than mother.
Shloka 8
तक्षकस्य विषं दन्ते मक्षिकायास्तु मस्तके । वृश्चिकस्य विषं पुच्छे सर्वाङ्गे दुर्जने विषम् ॥ ०८ ॥
takṣakasya viṣaṃ dante makṣikāyāstu mastake . vṛścikasya viṣaṃ pucche sarvāṅge durjane viṣam .. 08 ..
For the serpent, the poison lies in the fangs, for the fly, it in the head, for the scorpion it is in the tail, but for the wicked person, there is poison in all parts of their body and full of i
Shloka 9
पत्युराज्ञां विना नारी ह्युपोष्य व्रतचारिणी । आयुष्यं हरते भर्तुः सा नारी नरकं व्रजेत् ॥ ०९ ॥
patyurājñāṃ vinā nārī hyupoṣya vratacāriṇī . āyuṣyaṃ harate bhartuḥ sā nārī narakaṃ vrajet .. 09 ..
The woman who fasts and observes religious vows without the permission of her husband shortens his life, and goes to hell.
Shloka 10
न दानैः शुध्यते नारी नोपवासशतैरपि । न तीर्थसेवया तद्वद्भर्तुः पदोदकैर्यथा ॥ १० ॥
na dānaiḥ śudhyate nārī nopavāsaśatairapi . na tīrthasevayā tadvadbhartuḥ padodakairyathā .. 10 ..
A woman does not become holy by offering by charity, by observing hundreds of fasts, or by sipping sacred water, as by sipping the water used to wash her husbands feet.
Shloka 11
पादशेषं पीतशेषं सन्ध्याशेषं तथैव च । श्वानमूत्रसमं तोयं पीत्वा चान्द्रायणं चरेत् ॥ ११ ॥
pādaśeṣaṃ pītaśeṣaṃ sandhyāśeṣaṃ tathaiva ca . śvānamūtrasamaṃ toyaṃ pītvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret .. 11 ..
The leftover water after washing one’s feet, the leftover water after drinking, and after completing the Sandhya Worship should never be consumed as if is as abhorsome as the urine of dog. If one drinks it, one must perform the fast of chandrayana.
Shloka 12
दानेन पाणिर्न तु कङ्कणेन स्नानेन शुद्धिर्न तु चन्दनेन । मानेन तृप्तिर्न तु भोजनेन ज्ञानेन मुक्तिर्न तु मुण्डनेन ॥ १२ ॥
dānena pāṇirna tu kaṅkaṇena snānena śuddhirna tu candanena . mānena tṛptirna tu bhojanena jñānena muktirna tu muṇḍanena .. 12 ..
The hand is not so well adorned by ornaments as by charitable offerings; one does not become clean by smearing sandalwood paste upon the body as by taking a bath; one does not become so much satisfied by dinner as by having respect shown to him; and salvation is not attained by self-adornment as by cultivation of spiritual knowledge.
Shloka 13
नापितस्य गृहे क्षौरं पाषाणे गन्धलेपनम् । आत्मरूपं जले पश्यन् शक्रस्यापि श्रियं हरेत् ॥ १३ ॥
nāpitasya gṛhe kṣauraṃ pāṣāṇe gandhalepanam . ātmarūpaṃ jale paśyan śakrasyāpi śriyaṃ haret .. 13 ..
Getting a haircut done by going to a barber's house, applying sandalwood paste to a stone will reduce the grace for even Indra, the king of Devas.
Shloka 14
सद्यः प्रज्ञाहरा तुण्डी सद्यः प्रज्ञाकरी वचा । सद्यः शक्तिहरा नारी सद्यः शक्तिकरं पयः ॥ १४ ॥
sadyaḥ prajñāharā tuṇḍī sadyaḥ prajñākarī vacā . sadyaḥ śaktiharā nārī sadyaḥ śaktikaraṃ payaḥ .. 14 ..
The eating of tundi fruit deprives a man of his sense, while the vacha root administered revives his reasoning immediately. A woman at once robs a man of his vigour while milk at once restores it.
Shloka 15
परोपकरणं येषां जागर्ति हृदये सताम् । नश्यन्ति विपदस्तेषां सम्पदः स्युः पदे पदे ॥ १५ ॥
paropakaraṇaṃ yeṣāṃ jāgarti hṛdaye satām . naśyanti vipadasteṣāṃ sampadaḥ syuḥ pade pade .. 15 ..
He who nurtures benevolence for all creatures within his heart overcomes all difficulties and will be the recipient of all types of riches at every step.
Shloka 16
यदि रामा यदि च रमा यदि तनयो विनयगुणोपेतः । तनये तनयोत्पत्तिः सुरवरनगरे किमाधिक्यम् ॥ १६ ॥
yadi rāmā yadi ca ramā yadi tanayo vinayaguṇopetaḥ . tanaye tanayotpattiḥ suravaranagare kimādhikyam .. 16 ..
What is not there to be enjoyed in the world for one whose wife is loving and virtuous, who possesses wealth, who has a well-behaved son endowed with good qualities, and who has a grandchildren born of his children?
Shloka 17
आहारनिद्राभयमैथुनानि समानि चैतानि नृणां पशूनाम् । ज्ञानं नराणामधिको विशेषो ज्ञानेन हीनाः पशुभिः समानाः ॥ १७ ॥
āhāranidrābhayamaithunāni samāni caitāni nṛṇāṃ paśūnām . jñānaṃ narāṇāmadhiko viśeṣo jñānena hīnāḥ paśubhiḥ samānāḥ .. 17 ..
Men have eating, sleeping, fearing and mating in common with the lower animals. That in which men excel the beasts is discretionary knowledge; hence, indiscreet men who are without knowledge should be regarded as beasts.
Shloka 18
दानार्थिनो मधुकरा यदि कर्णतालैर्दूरीकृताः दूरीकृताः करिवरेण मदान्धबुद्ध्या । तस्यैव गण्डयुग्ममण्डनहानिरेषा भृङ्गाः पुनर्विकचपद्मवने वसन्ति ॥ १८ ॥
dānārthino madhukarā yadi karṇatālairdūrīkṛtāḥ dūrīkṛtāḥ karivareṇa madāndhabuddhyā . tasyaiva gaṇḍayugmamaṇḍanahānireṣā bhṛṅgāḥ punarvikacapadmavane vasanti .. 18 ..
If the bees which seek the liquid oozing from the head of a lust- intoxicated elephant are driven away by the flapping of his ears, then the elephant has lost only the ornament of his head. The bees are quite happy in the lotus filled lake.
Shloka 19
राजा वेश्या यमश्चाग्निस्तस्करो बालयाचकौ । परदुःखं न जानन्ति अष्टमो ग्रामकण्टकः ॥ १९ ॥
rājā veśyā yamaścāgnistaskaro bālayācakau . paraduḥkhaṃ na jānanti aṣṭamo grāmakaṇṭakaḥ .. 19 ..
A king, Lord Yamaraja, fire, a thief, a young boy, a prostitute and a beggar cannot understand the suffering of others. The eighth of this list is the tax collector.
Shloka 20
अधः पश्यसि किं बाले पतितं तव किं भुवि । रे रे मूर्ख न जानासि गतं तारुण्यमौक्तिकम् ॥ २० ॥
adhaḥ paśyasi kiṃ bāle patitaṃ tava kiṃ bhuvi . re re mūrkha na jānāsi gataṃ tāruṇyamauktikam .. 20 ..
O lady, why are you gazing downward? Has something of yours fallen on the ground? O fool, can you not understand the pearl of my youth has slipped away?
Shloka 21
व्यालाश्रयापि विकलापि सकण्टकापि वक्रापि पङ्किलभवापि दुरासदापि । गन्धेन बन्धुरसि केतकि सर्वजन्ता रेको गुणः खलु निहन्ति समस्तदोषान् ॥ २१ ॥
vyālāśrayāpi vikalāpi sakaṇṭakāpi vakrāpi paṅkilabhavāpi durāsadāpi . gandhena bandhurasi ketaki sarvajantā reko guṇaḥ khalu nihanti samastadoṣān .. 21 ..
O ketaki flower! Serpents live in your midst, you thrive in mud,you bear no edible fruits, your leaves are covered with thorns, you are crooked in growth, and you are not easily accessible. Still for your exceptional fragrance you are as dear as a kinsmen to others. Therefore,a single excellence overcomes a multitude of blemishes.

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