pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: स्वशरीरोपरोधेन धनमादातुमिच्छतः। सत्यसम्प्रतिपत्त्यर्थं यद् ब्रूयुः साक्षिणः क्वचित्॥ अनुक्त्वा तत्र तद्वाच्यं सर्वे तेऽनृतवादिनः। प्राणात्यये विवाहे च वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत्॥
English: If a creditor wishes to take from his debtor a payment of the load by bodily service, the witnesses would all perjure, it, summoned by the creditor for establishing the truth of the agreement, they did not say what should be said. When life is in danger, or on occasions of marriage, one may say an untruth.
Sanskrit: अर्थस्य रक्षणार्थाय परेषां धर्मकारणात्। परेषां सिद्धिमाकाङ्क्षन् नीचः स्याद् धर्मभिक्षुकः॥
English: One, who seeks for virtue, does not commit a sin by saying a falsehood, if it be said to save the wealth and prosperity of others, or for religious purposes.
Sanskrit: प्रतिश्रुत्य प्रदातव्यः स्वकार्यस्तु बलात्कृतः। यः कश्चिद् धर्मसमयात् प्रच्युतो धर्मसाधनः॥ दण्डनैव स हन्तव्यस्तं पन्थानं समाश्रितः। च्युतः सदैव धर्मेभ्योऽमानवं धर्ममास्थितः॥ शठः स्वधर्ममुत्सृज्य तमिच्छेदुपजीवितुम्।
English: Having promised to pay, one is bound to satisfy his promise, If failing, the selfappropriator must be forcibly enslaved. If a person without satisfying a fair engagement acts improperly, he should, forsooth, be punished with the rod of punishment for behaving thus. Deviating from all duties and abandoning those of his own order, a deceitful person always wishes to follow the conduct of Asuras for maintaining life.
Sanskrit: सर्वोपायैर्निहन्तव्यः पापो निकृतिजीवनः॥ धनमित्येव पापानां सर्वेषामिह निश्चयः।
English: Such a sinful wight living by deceit should be killed by all means. Such sinful creatures do not see anything in this world superior to wealth.
Sanskrit: अविषह्या ह्यसम्भोज्या निकृत्या पतनं गताः॥ च्युता देवमनुष्येभ्यो यथा प्रेतास्तथैव ते।
English: Such men should never be tolerated. No one should eat with them. They should be considered as degraded for their sins. Indeed, degraded from the status of humanity and shut out from the grace of the gods, they are even like evil genie.
Sanskrit: निर्यज्ञास्तपसा हीना मा स्म तैः सह सङ्गमः॥ धननाशाद् दुःखतरं जीविताद् विप्रयोजनम्।
English: Abandon their companionship who do not perform sacrifices and penances. If their wealth be lost, they commit even suicide which is highly pitiable.
Sanskrit: अयं ते रोचतां धर्म इति वाच्यः प्रयत्नतः॥ न कश्चिदस्ति पापानां धर्म इत्येष निश्चयः।
English: Of those sinful men there is none to whom you can say, This is your duty. Let your heart be to it!-Their firm belief is that there is nothing in this world which is equal to wealth.
Sanskrit: तथागतं च यो हन्यान्नासौ पापेन लिप्यते॥ स्वकर्मणा हतं हन्ति हत एव स हन्यते।
English: The person that would kill such a creature would commit no sin. He, who slays him, slays one that has been already killed by his own acts. If killed, it is the dead that is killed.
Sanskrit: तेषु यः समयं कश्चित् कुर्वीत हतबुद्धिषु॥ यथा काकाश्च गृध्राश्च तथैवोपधिजीविनः। अर्ध्वं देहविमोक्षात् ते भवन्त्येतासु योनिषु॥
English: He, who promises to kill those persons of lost senses, should keep his promise. Such sinners are like the crow and the vulture who live by deceit. When their bodies are dissolved, they are born again as crows and vultures.
Sanskrit: यस्मिन् यथा वर्तते यो मनुर्घ्य स्तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तितव्यं स धर्मः। मायाचारो मायया बाधितव्यः साध्वाचारः साधुना प्रत्युपेयः॥
English: One should treat another as the latter does him. A deceitful person should be thwarted with deceit, while an honest man should be treated with honesty.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच क्लिश्यमानेषु भूतेषु तैस्तै वैस्ततस्ततः। दुर्गाण्यतितरेद् येन तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह॥
English: Yudhishthira said Creatures are seen to be assailed various means and almost continually. Tell me, O grandfather, in what way can one get over all those difficulties!
Sanskrit: आश्रमेषु यथोक्तेषु यथोक्तं ये द्विजातयः। वर्तन्ते संयतात्मानो दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Bhishma said-Those members of the twice-born class, who duly follow, with restrained souls, the duty sanctioned by the scriptures for the several modes of life, succeed in getting over all these difficulties.
Sanskrit: ये दम्भात्राचरन्ति स्म येषां वृत्तिश्च संयता। विषयांश्च निगृह्णन्ति दुर्गाव्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who never practise deceit, those, whose conduct is regulated by wholesome restrictions, and those, who control all worldly desires, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: प्रत्याहु!च्यमाना ये न हिंसन्ति च हिंसिताः। प्रयच्छन्ति न याचन्ते दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who do not speak when addressed in evil words, those who do not injure others when injured themselves, those, who give but do not take, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: वासयन्त्यतिथीन् नित्यं नित्यं ये चानसूयकाः। नित्यं स्वाध्यायशीलाश्च दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who always treat guests hospitably, those, who do not cherish malice, those, who constantly read the Vedas, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: मात्रापित्रोश्च ये वृत्तिं वर्तन्ते धर्मकोविदाः। वर्जयन्ति दिवा स्वजं दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those persons, who, conversant with duties, treat their parents properly, those, who do not sleep during the day, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: ये वा पापं न कुर्वन्ति कर्मणा मनसा गिरा। निक्षिप्तदण्डा भूतेषु दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who do not commit any kind of sin in thought, word, and deed, those, who never injure any creature, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: ये नलोभानयन्त्यर्थान् राजानो रजसान्विताः। विषयान् परिरक्षन्ति दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those kings, who do not, under the influence of passion and covetousness, impose oppressive taxes, and those who protect their own dominions succeed in getting over all difficulties
Sanskrit: स्वेषु दारेषु वर्तन्ते न्यायवृत्तिमृतावृतौ। अग्निहोत्रपराः सन्तो दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who know their wedded wives in season without seeking the company of other women, those, who are honest and attentive to their Agnihotras, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: आहवेषु च ये शूरास्त्यक्त्वा मरणजं भयम्। धर्मेण जयमिच्छन्ति दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who are endued with courage and who, shaking off all fear of death, engage in battle, desirous of gaining victory by fair means, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: ये वदन्तीह सत्यानि प्राणत्यागेऽप्युपस्थिते। प्रमाणभूता भूतानां दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who always speak truth in this world even when life is in danger, and who are models for all creatures to follow, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: कर्माण्यकुहकार्थानि येषां वाचश्च सूनृताः। येषामाश्च सम्बद्धा दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति॥
English: Those who never act deceitfully, whose words are always sweet and whose wealth is always well spent, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: अनध्यायेषु ये विप्राः स्वाध्यायं नेह कुर्वते। तपोनिष्ठाः सुतपसो दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those Brahmanas, who never study the Vedas at improper hours, and who practise penances with devotion, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: ये तपश्च तपस्यन्ति कौमारब्रह्मचारिणः। विद्यावेदव्रतस्नाता दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those Brahmanas, who follow the life of celibacy and Brahmacharya, who practise penances, and who are purified by learning, Vedic knowledge, and proper vows, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: ये च संशान्तरजसः संशान्ततमसच ये। सत्त्वे स्थिता महात्मानो दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who have restrained the qualities belonging to Darkness and Ignorance, who are possessed of great souls, and who practise the quality of Goodness, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: येषां न कश्चित् त्रसति न त्रसन्ति हि कस्यचित्। येषामात्मसमो लोको दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, of whom no creatures are afraid, and those, who are not afraid, of any creatures themselves, those, who regard all creatures as their own self, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: परश्रिया न तप्यन्ति ये सन्तः पुरुषर्षभाः। ग्राम्यादर्थानिवृत्ताश्च दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those foremost of men, who are good, who are never stricken with grief on seeing other people's prosperity, and who abstain from all kinds of ignoble conduct, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: सर्वान् देवान् नमस्यन्ति सर्वधर्मांश्च शृण्वते। ये श्रद्दधानाः शान्ताश्च दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who bow to all the gods, who listen to the doctrines of all creeds, who have faith, and who are possessed of tranquil souls, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: ये न मानित्वमिच्छन्ति मानयन्ति च ये परान्। मान्यमानान् नमस्यन्ति दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who do not seek honour for themselves, who give honour to others, who bow down to those who deserve their adoration, succeed succeed in getting all difficulties.
Sanskrit: ये च श्राद्धानि कुर्वन्ति तिथ्यां तिथ्यां प्रजार्थिनः। सुविशुद्धेन मनसा दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who perform Shraddhas on the proper lunar days, with pure minds, for having offspring, succeed in getting all difficulties. Over over
Sanskrit: ये क्रोधं संनियच्छन्ति क्रुद्धान् संशमयन्ति च। न च कुप्यन्ति भूतानां दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who conquer their own anger and pacify the anger of others, and who are never irate with any one, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: मधु मांसं च ये नित्यं वर्जयन्तीह मानवाः। जन्मप्रभृति मद्यं च दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who do not take, from their birth, honey and meat and intoxicating drinks, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: यात्रार्थं भोजनं येषां संतानार्थं च मैथुनम्। वाक् सत्यवचनार्थाय दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who take food for only supporting life, who live with women for the sake of offspring only, and who open their lips for speaking what is true, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: ईश्वर सर्वभूतानां जगतः प्रभवाप्ययम्। भक्ता नारायणं देवं दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who adore with devotion the god Narayana, that Supreme Lord of all creatures, that origin and destruction of the universe, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: य एष पद्मरक्ताक्षः पीतवासा महाभुजः। सुहृद् भ्राता च मित्रं च सम्बन्धी च तथाच्युतः॥
English: This Krishna here, having eyes red as the lotus, clad in yellow attire, possessed of mighty arms,—this Krishna, who is our well-wisher, brother, friend, and relative, is Narayana of undecaying glory.
Sanskrit: य इमान् सकलॉल्लोकांश्चर्मवत् परिवेश्येत्। इच्छन् प्रभुर चिन्त्यात्मा गोविन्दः पुरुषोत्तमः॥
English: He of his own will cover all the worlds like a leathern case. He is the powerful Lord of inconceivable soul! He is Govinda, the best of all beings.
Sanskrit: स्थितः प्रियहिते जिष्णोः स एष पुरुषोत्तमः। राजंस्तव च दुर्धर्षो वैकुण्ठः पुरुषर्षभ॥
English: This Krishna, who always does what is agreeable and beneficial to Jishnu, as also to you, O king, is that foremost of all beings, that irresistible one, that abode of eternal happiness.
Sanskrit: य एनं संश्रयन्तीह भक्ता नारायणं हरिम्। ते तरन्तीह दुर्गाणि न चात्रास्ति विचारणा॥
English: Those, who devotedly seek the refuge of this Narayana, called also Hari, succeed in getting all difficulties.
Sanskrit: दुर्गातितरणं ये च पठन्ति श्रावयन्ति च। कथयन्ति च विप्रेभ्यो दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते॥
English: Those, who read these verses regarding the getting over of difficulties, who recite them to others, and who speak of them to Brahmanas, succeed in getting over all difficulties.
Sanskrit: इति कृत्यसमुद्देशः कीर्तितस्ते मयानघ। तरन्ते येन दुर्गाणि परत्रेह च मानवाः॥
English: I have now, O sinless one, described to you all those acts by which men may get over all difficulties both in this world and in the next.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच किं पार्थिवेन कर्तव्यं किं च कृत्वा सुखी भवेत्। एतदाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन सर्वधर्मभृतां वर॥
English: Yudhishthira said What works should be done by a king, and what are those works by doing which a king may become happy? Tell me this fully, O you who are the foremost of all persons acquainted with duties.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच हन्त तेऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु कार्यकनिश्चयम्। यथा राज्ञेह कर्तव्यं यच्च कृत्वा सुखी भवेत्॥
English: Bhishma said 'I shall tell you what you wish to know! Hear what should be done in this world by a king and what those works are by doing which a king may become happy.
Sanskrit: न चैवं वर्तितव्यं स्म यथेदमनुशुश्रुमा उष्ट्रस्य तु महद् वृत्तं तन्निबोध युधिष्ठिर॥
English: A king should not act like a camel of which we have heard. Listen to that history then, O Yudhishthira.
Sanskrit: जातिस्मरो महानुष्ट्रः प्राजापत्ये युगेऽभवत्। तपः सुमहदातिष्ठदरण्ये संशितव्रतः॥
English: There was, in the golden cycle, a huge camel who had recollection of his pristine deeds. Practising the most rigid vows, that camel practised very severe austerities in the woods.
Sanskrit: तपसस्तस्य चान्तेऽथ प्रीतिमानभवद् विभुः। वरेण च्छन्दयामास ततश्चैनं पितामहः॥
English: When his penances were terminated the powerful Brahman became pleased with him. The Grandfather, therefore, desired to grant him boons.
Sanskrit: उष्ट्र उवाच भगवंस्त्वत्प्रसादान्मे दीर्घा ग्रीवा भवेदियम्। योजनानां शतं साग्रं गच्छामि चरितुं विभो॥
English: The camel said Let my neck, O holy one, become long through your favour, so that, O powerful lord, I may be able to get any food that may be even at the end of even a hundred Yojanas.
Sanskrit: एवमस्त्विति चोक्तः स वरदेन महात्मना। प्रतिलभ्य वरं श्रेष्ठं ययावुष्टः स्वकं वनम्॥
English: The great giver of boons said-Let it be so-Having got that boon, the camel then returned to his own forest.
Sanskrit: स चकार तदाऽऽलस्यं वरदानात् सुदुर्मतिः। न चैच्छच्चरितुं गन्तुं दुरात्मा कालमोहितः॥
English: Since the day of securing the boon, the foolish animal became idle. Indeed, stupefied by fate, the wretch did not from that day go out for grazing.
Sanskrit: स कदाचित् प्रसायैव तां ग्रीवां शतयोजनाम्। चचाराश्रान्तहृदयो वातश्चागात् ततो महान्॥
English: One day, while extending his long neck of a hundred Yojanas, the animal was engaged in picking his food without any trouble, there uprose a great storm.
Sanskrit: स गुहायां शिरो ग्रीवां निधाय पशुरात्मनः। आस्ते तु वर्षमभ्यागात् सुमहत् प्लावयज्जगत्॥
English: Keeping his head and a portion of the neck within the cave of a mountain, the camel resolved to wait till the storm would be over. Meanwhile rain came down in torrents, deluging the whole Earth.
Sanskrit: अथ शीतपरीताङ्गो जम्बुकः क्षुच्छ्रमान्वितः। सदारस्तां गुहामाशु प्रविवेश जलार्दितः॥
English: Wetted by the rain and shivering with cold, a jackal, with his wife, dragged himself with difficulty towards that very cave and entered it quickly for protection,
Sanskrit: स दृष्ट्वा मांसजीवी तु सुभृशं क्षुच्छ्रमान्वितः। तु अभक्षयत् ततो ग्रीवामुष्ट्रस्य भरतर्षभ॥ यदा त्वबुध्यतात्मानं भक्ष्यमाणं स वै पशुः। तदा संकोचने यत्नमकरोद् भृशदुःखितः॥
English: Living as he did upon meat, and greatly hungry and tried as he was, O foremnost of Bharata's race, the jackal, seeing the camel's neck, began to eat as much of it as he could. When he perceived that his neck was being eaten, the camel tried sorrowfully to shorten it.
Sanskrit: यावदूर्ध्वमधश्चैव ग्रीवां संक्षिपते पशुः। तावत् तेन सदारेण जम्बुकेन स भक्षितः॥
English: But as he moved it up and down, the jackal and his wife, catching it, continued to eat it away.
Sanskrit: स हत्वा भक्षयित्वा च तमुष्ट्र जम्बुकस्तदा। विगते वातवर्षे निश्चक्राम गुहामुखात्॥
English: Within a short time the camel was dead. Having thus killed and eaten the camel, the jackal then came out of the cave after the storm and shower had ceased.
Sanskrit: एवं दुर्बुद्धिना प्राप्तमुष्ट्रेण निधनं तदा। आलस्यस्य क्रमात् पश्य महान्तं दोषमागतम्॥
English: Thus did that foolish camel die. See what a great evil followed idleness.
Sanskrit: त्वमप्येवंविधं हित्वा योगेन नियतेन्द्रियः। वर्तस्व बुद्धिमूलं तु विजयं मनुरब्रवीत्॥
English: As for yourself, avoiding idleness and controlling your senses, do everything in the world with proper means. Manu himself has declared that victory rests upon intelligence.
Sanskrit: राज्यं तिष्ठति दक्षस्य संगृहीतेन्द्रियस्य च। आर्तस्य बुद्धिमूलं हि विजयं मनुरब्रवीत्॥
English: If the king cleverly does his business and controls his senses, his kingdom lasts. Manu himself has declared that an ambitious person succeeds in gaining victories.
Sanskrit: गुह्यं मन्त्रं श्रुतवतः सुसहायस्य चानघ। परीक्ष्यकारिणो ह्यास्तिष्ठन्तीह युधिष्ठिर। सहाययुक्तेन मही कृत्स्ना शक्या प्रशासितुम्॥
English: In this world, O Yudhishthira, those, who listen to wise advice, those, O sinless one, who have allies, and act after proper scrutiny, succeeds in achieving all their objects. A person with such means succeeds in ruling the entire Earth.
Sanskrit: इदं हि सद्भिः कथितं विधिज्ञैः पुरा महेन्द्रप्रतिमप्रभाव। मयापि चोक्तं तव शास्त्रदृष्ट्या यथैव बुद्ध्वा प्रचरस्व राजन्॥
English: O you powerful like Indra himself, this has been declared by ancient sages conversant with the scriptural injunctions! I, also, having my eyes on the scriptures, have said the same to you. Using your intelligence, do you act in this world, O king.'
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच राजा राज्यमनुप्राप्य दुर्लभं भरतर्षभ। अमित्रस्यातिवृद्धस्य कथं तिष्ठेदसाधनः॥
English: Yudhishthira said Tell me, O foremost of Bharata's race, how a king, without the usual helps, having obtained a kingdom which is so valuable a possession, should treat a powerful enemy.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। सरितां चैव संवादं सागरस्य च भारत॥
English: Bhishma said-Regarding it is cited the old story of the discourse between the Ocean and the Rivers.
Sanskrit: सुरारिनिलयः शश्वत्सागरः सरिताम्पतिः। पप्रच्छ सरितः सर्वाः संशयं जातमात्मनः॥
English: In days of yore, eternal Ocean that lord of Rivers, that refuge of the enemies of the gods, asked all the Rivers for solving this doubt that had arisen in his mind.
Sanskrit: सागर उवाच समूलशाखान् पश्यामि निहतान् कायिनो दुमान्। युष्माभिरिह पूर्णाभिर्नास्तत्र न वेतसम्॥
English: The Ocean said Ye Rivers, I see that all of you, with our strong currents, wash away trees of huge trunks, with their roots and branches. You do not, however, ever bring to me a cane.
Sanskrit: अकायश्चाल्पसारश्च वेतसः कूलजश्च वः। अवज्ञया वा नानीतः किं च वा तेन वः कृतम्॥
English: The canes that grow on your banks have small stems and are not strong. Do you refuse to wash them down through contempt, or are they of any utility to you?
Sanskrit: तदहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि सर्वासामेव वो मतम्। यथा चेमानि कूलानि हित्वा नायाति वेतसः॥ तत्र प्राह नदी गङ्गा वाक्यमुत्तममर्थवत्। हेतुमद् ग्राहकं चैव सागरं सरिताम्पतिम्॥
English: I desire, therefore, to hear what is your motive about it. Indeed, why is it that canes, are not washed down by any of you from the banks were they grow?-Thus addressed, the River Ganga replied, to Ocean, that Lord of all Rivers, in these words of great significance, fraught with reason, and, therefore, liked of all.
Sanskrit: गङ्गोवाच तिष्ठन्त्येते यथास्थान नगा टेकनिकेतनाः। ते त्यजन्ति ततः स्थान प्रातिलोम्यान्न वेतसः॥
English: Ganga said Trees stand in one and the same place and are never displaced from where they stand. For this by their nature resisting our currents, they are obliged to leave the place of their growth. Canes, however, act otherwise.
Sanskrit: वेतसो वेगमायातं दृष्ट्वा नमति नापरे। सरिद्वेगेऽव्यतिक्रान्ते स्थानमासाद्य तिष्ठति॥
English: The cane, seeing the advancing current, bends to it. The others do not act in this way. After the current has passed away, the cane resumes its pristine posture.
Sanskrit: कालज्ञः समयज्ञश्च सदा वश्यश्च नोद्धतः। अनुलोमस्तथास्तब्धस्तेन नाभ्येति वेतसः॥
English: The cane is acquainted with the virtues of Time and opportunity. It is docile and obedient. It is yielding, but not stiff. Therefore, it stands where it grows, without being compelled to follow our current.
Sanskrit: मारुतोदकवेगेन ये नमन्त्युन्नमन्ति च। ओषध्यः पापदा गुल्मा न ते यान्ति पराभवम्॥
English: Those plants, trees, and creepers that bend and rise before the force of wind and water, are never rooted out.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच यो हि शत्रोविवृद्धस्य प्रभोर्बन्धविनाशने। पूर्वं न सहते वेगं क्षिप्रमेव विनश्यति॥
English: Bhishma said-That person, who does not yield to the power of a powerful foe who has grown and who is competent to imprison or kill, soon meets with ruin.
Sanskrit: सारासारं बलं वीर्यमात्मनो द्विषतश्च यः। जानन् विचरति प्राज्ञो न स याति पराभवम्॥
English: That wise man, who acts after determining fully the strength and weakness, the power and energy, of himself and his enemies is never discomfitted.
Sanskrit: एवमेव यदा विद्वान् मन्यतेऽतिबलं रिपुम्। संश्रयेद् वैतसी वृत्तिमेतत् प्रज्ञानलक्षणम्॥
English: An intelligent man, therefore, when he sees liis enemy to be more powerful than himself imitate the conduct of the cane. That is a sign of wisdom.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच विद्वान् मूर्खप्रगल्भेन मृदुतीक्ष्णेन भारत। आक्रुश्यमानः सदसि कथं कुर्यादरिंदम्॥
English: Yudhishthira said How, O Bharata, should a learned and modest man behave, O chastiser of foes, when attacked with harsh speeches in the court by an ignorant person puffed up with conceit?
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच श्रूयतां पृथिवीपाल यथैषोऽर्थोऽनुगीयते। सदा सुचेताः सहते नरस्येहाल्पमेधसः।। :॥
English: Bhishma said Listen, O king, how this subject has been treated of (in the scriptures), i.e. how a person of good soul should endure in this world the abusive words of foolish persons.
Sanskrit: अरुष्यन् क्रुश्यमानस्य सुकृतं नाम विन्दति। दुष्कृतं चात्मनो मर्षी रुष्यत्येवापमाश् िवै॥
English: If a person, when abused my another, does not become irate, he is then sure to win the merit of all the good deeds that have been done by the abuser. The endurer, in such a case, transfers the demerit of all his own bad deeds to the person who being angry abuses him.
Sanskrit: टिट्टिभं तमुपेक्षेत वाशमानमिवातुरम्। लोकविद्वेषमापन्नो निष्फलं प्रतिपद्यते॥ इति संश्लाघते नित्यं तेन पापेन कर्मणा। इदमुक्तो मया कश्चित् सम्मतो जनसंसदि॥
English: An intelligent man should pay no attention to an utterer of abusive words who resembles, after all, only a Tittibha uttering dissonant notes. One, who is possessed by hate is said to live in vain. A fool is often heard to say,-I addressed such words to such a respectable man amid such an assembly of men!-and to cven boast of that wicked act.
Sanskrit: स तत्र वीडितः शुष्को मृतकल्पोऽवतिष्ठते। श्लाघन श्लाघनीयेन कर्मणा निरपत्रपः॥
English: He would add,-Abused by me, the man stood silent as if dead with shame!-Even thus does a shameless man boast of an act of which he should never boast.
Sanskrit: उपेक्षितव्यो यत्नेन तादृशः पुरुषाधमः। यद् यद् ब्रूयादल्पमतिस्तत्तदस्य सहेद्बुधः॥
English: Such a wretched wight should carefully be disregarded. The wise man should endure every thing that such a foolish person may say.
Sanskrit: प्राकृतो हि प्रशंसन् वा निन्दन वा किं करिष्यति। वने काक इवाबुद्धिर्वाशमानो निरर्थकम्॥
English: What can a vulgar person do by either his praise or blame? He is like a crow that caws uselessly in the forest.
Sanskrit: यदि वाग्भिः प्रयोगः स्यात् प्रयोगे पापकर्मणः। वागेवार्थो भवेत् तस्य न ह्येवार्थो जिघांसत्तः॥
English: If those, who blame others by only their words, could establish those accusations by such means, then, perhaps, their words would have been considered to be of some value. However, their words are as effective as those uttered by fools invoking death upon them with whom they fall out.
Sanskrit: निषेकं विपरीतं स आचष्टे वृत्तचेष्टया। मयूर इव कौपीनं नृत्यं संदर्शयन्निव॥
English: That man simply says that he is a bastard who indulges in such conduct and words. Indeed, he is like a peacock that dances while showing such a part of his body which should never be shown.
Sanskrit: यस्यावाच्यं न लोकेऽस्ति नाकार्यं चापि किंचन। वाचं तेन न संदध्याच्छुचिः संश्लिश्कर्मणा॥
English: A person of pure conduct should never even speak with that sinful person, who does not scruple to utter anything or do anything.
Sanskrit: प्रत्यक्षं गुणवादी यः परोक्षे चापि निन्दकः। स मानवः श्ववल्लोके नष्टलोकपरावरः॥
English: That man, who speaks of one's qualities when the latter marks him and who speaks ill of him when he does not see him, is really like a dog. Such a person does not acquire heaven and the fruits of any knowledge and virtue that he may have.
Sanskrit: तादृग्जनशतस्यापि यद्ददाति जुहोति च। परोक्षेणापवादी यस्तं नाशयति तत्क्षणात्॥
English: The man, who speaks ill of one in his absence, loses the fruits of all his libations on fire and of the gifts he may make to even a hundred persons.