Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 109
GaP 1 109.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १०९ सूत उवाच । आपदर्थे धनं रक्षेद्दारान्रक्षेद्धनैरपि । आत्मानं सततं रक्षेद्दारैरपि धनैरपि
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 109 sūta uvāca / āpadarthe dhanaṃ rakṣeddārānrakṣeddhanairapi / ātmānaṃ satataṃ rakṣeddārairapi dhanairapi
The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 109. Sūta said: One should guard wealth against calamity; one should guard one's wife even (at the cost of) wealth; but one should always guard oneself, even (at the cost of) wife and wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.2
त्यजेदकं कुलस्यार्थे ग्रामस्यार्थे कुलं त्यजेत् । ग्रामं जनपदस्यार्थे आत्मार्थे पृथिवीं त्यजेत्
tyajedakaṃ kulasyārthe grāmasyārthe kulaṃ tyajet / grāmaṃ janapadasyārthe ātmārthe pṛthivīṃ tyajet
One should give up an individual for the sake of the family, give up the family for the sake of the village, the village for the sake of the district, and for one's own sake give up the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.3
वरं हि नरके वासो न तु दुश्चरिते गृहे । नरकात्क्षीयते पाप कुगृहान्न निवर्तते
varaṃ hi narake vāso na tu duścarite gṛhe / narakātkṣīyate pāpa kugṛhānna nivartate
Better indeed is dwelling in hell than in a house of evil conduct; for from hell sin is worn away, but from a bad house there is no turning back.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.4
चलत्येकेन पादेन तिष्ठत्येकेन बुद्धिमान् । न परीक्ष्य परं स्थानं पूर्वमायतनं त्यजेत्
calatyekena pādena tiṣṭhatyekena buddhimān / na parīkṣya paraṃ sthānaṃ pūrvamāyatanaṃ tyajet
The wise man moves with one foot and stands with the other: without examining the further place, he should not abandon his former abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.5
त्यजेद्देशमसद्वृत्तं वासं सोपद्रवं त्यजेत् । त्यजेत्कृपणराजानं मित्रं मायामयं त्यजेत्
tyajeddeśamasadvṛttaṃ vāsaṃ sopadravaṃ tyajet / tyajetkṛpaṇarājānaṃ mitraṃ māyāmayaṃ tyajet
One should abandon a country of bad conduct, abandon a dwelling beset by calamity, abandon a stingy king, abandon a friend made of deceit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.6
अर्थेन किं कृपणहस्तगतेन केन ज्ञानेन किं बहुशठाग्रहसंकुलेन । रूपेण किं गुणपराक्रमवर्जितेन मित्रेण किं व्यसनकालपराङ्मुखेन
arthena kiṃ kṛpaṇahastagatena kena jñānena kiṃ bahuśaṭhāgrahasaṃkulena / rūpeṇa kiṃ guṇaparākramavarjitena mitreṇa kiṃ vyasanakālaparāṅmukhena
What use is wealth that has come into a miser's hand? What use is knowledge crowded with much crooked obstinacy? What use is beauty devoid of virtue and valour? What use is a friend who turns his face away in a time of trouble?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.7
अदृष्टपूर्वा बहवः सहायाः सर्वे पदस्थस्य भवन्ति मित्राः । अर्थैर्विहीनस्य पदच्युतस्य भवत्यकाले स्वजनो ऽपि शत्रुः
adṛṣṭapūrvā bahavaḥ sahāyāḥ sarve padasthasya bhavanti mitrāḥ / arthairvihīnasya padacyutasya bhavatyakāle svajano 'pi śatruḥ
Many helpers never seen before, all become friends of the man in a position (of power); but for one bereft of wealth and fallen from his place, even his own kinsman becomes an enemy in the evil hour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.8
आपत्सु मित्रं जानी याद्रणे शूरं रहः शुचिम् । मार्या च विभवे क्षीणे दुर्भिक्षे च प्रियातिथिम्
āpatsu mitraṃ jānī yādraṇe śūraṃ rahaḥ śucim / māryā ca vibhave kṣīṇe durbhikṣe ca priyātithim
One should know a friend in calamities, a hero in battle, an honest man in secret, a wife when wealth is exhausted, and a hospitable man in famine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.9
वृक्षं क्षीणफलं त्यजन्ति विहगाः शुष्कं सरः सारसानिर्द्रव्यं पुरुषं त्यजन्ति गणिका भ्रष्टं नृपं मन्त्रिणः । पुष्पं पर्युषितं त्यजन्ति मधुपाः दर्ग्ध वनान्तं मृगाः सर्वः कार्यवशाज्जनो हि रमते कस्यास्ति को वल्लभः
vṛkṣaṃ kṣīṇaphalaṃ tyajanti vihagāḥ śuṣkaṃ saraḥ sārasānirdravyaṃ puruṣaṃ tyajanti gaṇikā bhraṣṭaṃ nṛpaṃ mantriṇaḥ / puṣpaṃ paryuṣitaṃ tyajanti madhupāḥ dargdha vanāntaṃ mṛgāḥ sarvaḥ kāryavaśājjano hi ramate kasyāsti ko vallabhaḥ
Birds leave a tree whose fruit is spent, cranes a dried-up lake, courtesans a man without money, ministers a fallen king; bees leave a flower gone stale, deer a burnt forest tract — everyone takes pleasure according to his own purpose: who is dear to whom?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.10
लुब्धमर्थप्रदानेन श्लाध्यमञ्जलिकर्मणा । मूर्खं छन्दानुवृत्त्या च याथातथ्येन पण्डितम्
lubdhamarthapradānena ślādhyamañjalikarmaṇā / mūrkhaṃ chandānuvṛttyā ca yāthātathyena paṇḍitam
(One wins over) the greedy by the gift of money, the man who craves praise by folded hands, the fool by falling in with his whim, and the learned man by the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.11
सद्भावेन हि तुष्यन्ति देवाः सत्पुरुषा द्विजाः । इतरेः खाद्यपानेन मानदानेन पण्डिताः
sadbhāvena hi tuṣyanti devāḥ satpuruṣā dvijāḥ / itareḥ khādyapānena mānadānena paṇḍitāḥ
For gods, good men, and brahmins are pleased by sincerity; others by food and drink, and the learned by the giving of honour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.12
उत्तमं प्रणिपातेन शठं भेदेन योजयेत् । नीचं स्वल्पप्रदानेन समं तुल्यपराक्रमैः
uttamaṃ praṇipātena śaṭhaṃ bhedena yojayet / nīcaṃ svalpapradānena samaṃ tulyaparākramaiḥ
One should engage a superior by submission, a rogue by dividing (him from others), a low man by a small gift, and an equal by matching prowess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.13
यस्ययस्य हि यो भावस्तस्यतस्य हितं वदन् । अनुप्रविश्य मेधावी क्षिप्रमात्मवशं नयेत्
yasyayasya hi yo bhāvastasyatasya hitaṃ vadan / anupraviśya medhāvī kṣipramātmavaśaṃ nayet
Whatever be each man's disposition, speaking what is agreeable to him, the intelligent man, having entered in (to his confidence), should quickly bring him under his own control.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.14
नदीनां च नखीनां च शृङ्गिणां शस्त्रपाणिनाम् । विश्वासो नैव गन्तव्यः स्त्रिषु राजकुलेषु च
nadīnāṃ ca nakhīnāṃ ca śṛṅgiṇāṃ śastrapāṇinām / viśvāso naiva gantavyaḥ striṣu rājakuleṣu ca
In rivers, in clawed animals, in horned animals, in men with weapons in hand — and in women and in royal families — trust should never be placed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.15
अर्थनाशं मनस्तापं गृहे दुश्चरितानि च । वञ्चनं चाप मानं च मतिमान्न प्रिकाशयेत्
arthanāśaṃ manastāpaṃ gṛhe duścaritāni ca / vañcanaṃ cāpa mānaṃ ca matimānna prikāśayet
Loss of wealth, anguish of mind, misconduct within the house, being cheated, and dishonour — an intelligent man should not make these public.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.16
हीनदुर्जनसंसर्ग अत्यन्तविरहादरः । स्नेहो ऽन्यगेहवासश्च नारीसच्छीलनाशनम्
hīnadurjanasaṃsarga atyantavirahādaraḥ / sneho 'nyagehavāsaśca nārīsacchīlanāśanam
Association with low and wicked people, prolonged separation (from the husband), affection (for another), and dwelling in another's house — (these) destroy a woman's good character.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 109.17
कस्य दोषः कुले नास्ति व्याधिना को पीडितः । केन न व्यसनं प्राप्तं श्रियः कस्य निरन्तराः
kasya doṣaḥ kule nāsti vyādhinā ko pīḍitaḥ / kena na vyasanaṃ prāptaṃ śriyaḥ kasya nirantarāḥ
In whose family is there no fault? Who has not been afflicted by illness? By whom has no misfortune been met with? Whose fortunes are unbroken?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.18
कोर्ऽथं प्राप्य न गर्वितो भुवि नरः कस्यापदोनागताः स्त्रीभिः कस्य न खण्डितं भुवि मनः को नाम राज्ञां प्रियः । कः कालस्य न गोचरान्तरगतः कोर्ऽथो गतो गौरवं को वा दुर्जनवागुरानिपतितः क्षेमेण यातः पुमान्
kor'thaṃ prāpya na garvito bhuvi naraḥ kasyāpadonāgatāḥ strībhiḥ kasya na khaṇḍitaṃ bhuvi manaḥ ko nāma rājñāṃ priyaḥ / kaḥ kālasya na gocarāntaragataḥ kor'tho gato gauravaṃ ko vā durjanavāgurānipatitaḥ kṣemeṇa yātaḥ pumān
What man on earth, having obtained wealth, is not made proud? To whom have calamities not come? Whose mind on earth has not been broken by women? Who indeed is a favourite of kings? Who has not passed into the range of Time? What wealth has attained permanence? Or who is the man that, having fallen into the snare of the wicked, has gone away safely?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.19
सुहृत्स्वजनबन्धुर्न बुद्धिर्यस्य न चात्मनि । यस्मिन्कर्मणि सिद्धे ऽपि न दृश्येत फलोदयः । विपत्तौ च महद्दुःखं तद्वुधः कथमाचरेत्
suhṛtsvajanabandhurna buddhiryasya na cātmani / yasminkarmaṇi siddhe 'pi na dṛśyeta phalodayaḥ / vipattau ca mahadduḥkhaṃ tadvudhaḥ kathamācaret
He who has no friend, kinsman or relative, and no sense in himself; that work in which, even when accomplished, no yield of fruit is seen, and (in whose) failure there is great suffering — how should a wise man engage in it?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 109.20
यस्मिन्देशे न संमानं न प्रीतिर्न च बान्धवाः । न च विद्यागमः कश्चित्तं देशं परिवर्जयेत्
yasmindeśe na saṃmānaṃ na prītirna ca bāndhavāḥ / na ca vidyāgamaḥ kaścittaṃ deśaṃ parivarjayet
That country in which there is no respect, no affection, no kinsmen, and no acquiring of learning — that country one should abandon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.21
धनस्य यस्य राजतो भयं न चास्ति चौरतः । मृतं च यन्न मुच्यते समर्जयस्व तद्धनम्
dhanasya yasya rājato bhayaṃ na cāsti caurataḥ / mṛtaṃ ca yanna mucyate samarjayasva taddhanam
That wealth which has no fear from the king nor from thieves, and which is not lost even when one is dead — earn that wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.22
यदर्जितं प्राणहरैः परिश्रमैर्मृतस्य तं वै विभजन्तिरिक्थिनः । कृतं च यद्दुष्कृतमर्थलिप्सया तदेव दोषोपहतस्य यौतुकम्
yadarjitaṃ prāṇaharaiḥ pariśramairmṛtasya taṃ vai vibhajantirikthinaḥ / kṛtaṃ ca yadduṣkṛtamarthalipsayā tadeva doṣopahatasya yautukam
What has been earned by life-destroying toils — when (a man) is dead, the heirs divide it; and the evil deed done out of greed for wealth, that alone is the dowry of the man ruined by (his own) fault.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.23
सञ्चितं निहितं द्रव्यं परामृश्यं मुहुर्मुहुः । आखोरिव कदर्यस्य धनं दुः खाय केवलम्
sañcitaṃ nihitaṃ dravyaṃ parāmṛśyaṃ muhurmuhuḥ / ākhoriva kadaryasya dhanaṃ duḥ khāya kevalam
Property heaped up and buried, handled again and again — the wealth of a miser, like that of a mouse, is only for sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.24
नग्ना व्यसनिनो रूक्षाः कपालाङ्कितपाणयः । दर्शयन्तीह लोकस्य अदातुः फलमीदृशम्
nagnā vyasanino rūkṣāḥ kapālāṅkitapāṇayaḥ / darśayantīha lokasya adātuḥ phalamīdṛśam
Naked, addicted to vices, harsh (of body), with skulls marked upon their hands, (such men) here show the world: such is the fruit of the man who does not give.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.25
शिक्षयन्ति च याचन्ते देहीति कृपणा जनाः । अवस्थेयमदानस्य मा भूदेवं भवानपि
śikṣayanti ca yācante dehīti kṛpaṇā janāḥ / avastheyamadānasya mā bhūdevaṃ bhavānapi
And wretched people instruct (others) and beg, saying 'Give!' — this is the condition of the non-giver; may you too not become like this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.26
सञ्चितं क्रतुशतैर्न युज्यते याचितं गुणवते न दीयते । तत्कदर्यपरिरक्षितं धनं चोरपार्थिवगृहे प्रयुज्यते
sañcitaṃ kratuśatairna yujyate yācitaṃ guṇavate na dīyate / tatkadaryaparirakṣitaṃ dhanaṃ corapārthivagṛhe prayujyate
What has been hoarded is not employed in hundreds of sacrifices; when asked for, it is not given to the worthy man; that wealth guarded by the miser gets used in the house of thieves and kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.27
न देवेभ्यो न विप्रोभ्यो बन्धुभ्यो नैव चात्मने । कदर्यस्य धनं याति त्वग्नितस्करराजसु
na devebhyo na viprobhyo bandhubhyo naiva cātmane / kadaryasya dhanaṃ yāti tvagnitaskararājasu
Not to the gods, not to brahmins, not to kinsmen, nor to himself — the miser's wealth goes to fire, thieves and kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.28
अतिक्लेशेन ये ऽप्यर्था धर्मस्यातिक्रमेण च । अरेर्वा प्रणिपातेन मा भूतस्ते कदाचन
atikleśena ye 'pyarthā dharmasyātikrameṇa ca / arervā praṇipātena mā bhūtaste kadācana
Those riches (that come) through excessive hardship, and through transgression of dharma, or by bowing down to an enemy — may they never be yours.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.29
विद्याघातो ह्यनभ्यासः स्त्रीणां घातः कुचैलता । व्याधीनां भोजनं जीर्णं शत्रोर्घातः प्रपञ्चता
vidyāghāto hyanabhyāsaḥ strīṇāṃ ghātaḥ kucailatā / vyādhīnāṃ bhojanaṃ jīrṇaṃ śatrorghātaḥ prapañcatā
The ruin of learning is lack of practice; the ruin of women is shabby clothing; the (cause) of illnesses is (eating) stale food; the ruin of an enemy is (his) ostentation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 109.30
तस्करस्य वधो दण्डः कुमित्रस्याल्पभाषणम् । पृथक् शय्या तु नारीणां ब्राह्मणस्यानिमन्त्रणम्
taskarasya vadho daṇḍaḥ kumitrasyālpabhāṣaṇam / pṛthak śayyā tu nārīṇāṃ brāhmaṇasyānimantraṇam
For a thief, punishment is death; for a bad friend, speaking little; for women, a separate bed; for a (bad) brahmin, not inviting him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.31
दुर्जनाः शिल्पिनो दासा दुष्टाश्च पटहाः स्त्रियः । ताडिता मार्दवं यान्ति न ते सत्कारभाजनम्
durjanāḥ śilpino dāsā duṣṭāśca paṭahāḥ striyaḥ / tāḍitā mārdavaṃ yānti na te satkārabhājanam
Wicked men, artisans, slaves, corrupt persons, drums and women go soft when beaten; they are not vessels of honourable treatment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.32
जानीयात्प्रेषणे भृत्यान्बान्धवान्व्यसनागमे । मित्रमापदि काले च भार्याञ्च विभवक्षये
jānīyātpreṣaṇe bhṛtyānbāndhavānvyasanāgame / mitramāpadi kāle ca bhāryāñca vibhavakṣaye
One should test servants in the sending of errands, kinsmen at the coming of trouble, a friend in time of calamity, and a wife in the loss of fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.33
स्त्रीणां द्विगुण आहारः प्रज्ञा चैव चतुर्गुणा । षड्गुणो व्यवसायश्च कामश्चाष्टगुणः स्मृतः
strīṇāṃ dviguṇa āhāraḥ prajñā caiva caturguṇā / ṣaḍguṇo vyavasāyaśca kāmaścāṣṭaguṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
In women the appetite is twofold, and (their) shrewdness fourfold; (their) resolve is sixfold, and desire is held to be eightfold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.34
न स्वप्नेन जयेन्निद्रां न कामेन स्त्रियं जयेत् । न चेन्धनैर्जयेद्वह्निं न मद्येन तृषां जयेत्
na svapnena jayennidrāṃ na kāmena striyaṃ jayet / na cendhanairjayedvahniṃ na madyena tṛṣāṃ jayet
One should not conquer sleep by sleeping, nor conquer a woman by desire; one should not conquer fire with fuel, nor conquer thirst with liquor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.35
समांसैर्भोजनैः स्निग्धैर्मद्यैर्गन्धविलेपनैः । वस्त्रैर्मनोरमैर्माल्यैः कामः स्त्रीषु विजृम्भते
samāṃsairbhojanaiḥ snigdhairmadyairgandhavilepanaiḥ / vastrairmanoramairmālyaiḥ kāmaḥ strīṣu vijṛmbhate
With meals of meat, with rich food, with liquors, with perfumes and unguents, with garments, with charming garlands, desire swells up in women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.36
ब्रह्मचर्ये ऽपि वक्तव्यं प्राप्तं मन्मथचेष्टितम् । हृद्यं हि पुरुषं दृष्ट्वा योनिः प्रक्लिद्यते स्त्रियाः
brahmacarye 'pi vaktavyaṃ prāptaṃ manmathaceṣṭitam / hṛdyaṃ hi puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā yoniḥ praklidyate striyāḥ
Even in (a state of) chastity, the workings of love, once they arise, must be spoken of: for at the sight of a pleasing man a woman's womb grows moist.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.37
सुवेषं पुरुषं दृष्ट्वा भ्रातरं यदि वा सुतम् । योनिः क्लिद्यति नारीणां सत्यंसत्यं हि शौनक !
suveṣaṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhrātaraṃ yadi vā sutam / yoniḥ klidyati nārīṇāṃ satyaṃsatyaṃ hi śaunaka !
On seeing a well-dressed man, be it a brother or a son, the womb of women grows moist — truly, truly, O Śaunaka!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.38
नद्यश्च नार्यश्च समस्वभावाः स्वतन्त्रभावे गमनादिकेच । तोयैश्च दोषैश्च निपातयन्ति नद्यो हि कूलानि कुला नि नार्यः
nadyaśca nāryaśca samasvabhāvāḥ svatantrabhāve gamanādikeca / toyaiśca doṣaiśca nipātayanti nadyo hi kūlāni kulā ni nāryaḥ
Rivers and women are of like nature in their independence and in their going about and so forth; by their waters and by their faults (respectively) they bring things down — rivers bring down banks, women bring down families.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.39
नदी पातयते कूलं नारी पातयते कुलम् । नारीणाञ्च नदीनां च स्वच्छन्दा ललिता गतिः
nadī pātayate kūlaṃ nārī pātayate kulam / nārīṇāñca nadīnāṃ ca svacchandā lalitā gatiḥ
A river makes the bank fall, a woman makes the family fall; and of women and of rivers the course is wayward and winding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.40
नाग्निस्तृप्यति काष्ठानां नापगानां महोदधिः । नान्तकः सर्वभूतानां न पुंसां वामलोचनाः
nāgnistṛpyati kāṣṭhānāṃ nāpagānāṃ mahodadhiḥ / nāntakaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ na puṃsāṃ vāmalocanāḥ
Fire is not sated with logs, nor the great ocean with rivers, nor Death with all creatures, nor fair-eyed women with men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.41
न तृप्तिरस्ति शिष्टानामिष्टानां प्रियवादिनाम् । सुखानाञ्च सुतानाञ्च जीवितस्य वरस्य च
na tṛptirasti śiṣṭānāmiṣṭānāṃ priyavādinām / sukhānāñca sutānāñca jīvitasya varasya ca
There is no satiety with the cultivated, with dear ones, with those who speak kindly, nor with pleasures, nor with sons, nor with life, nor with a boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.42
राजा न तप्तो धनसंचयेन न सागरस्तृप्तिमगाज्जलेन । न पण्डितस्तृप्यति भाषितेन तृप्तं न चक्षुर्नृपदर्शनेन
rājā na tapto dhanasaṃcayena na sāgarastṛptimagājjalena / na paṇḍitastṛpyati bhāṣitena tṛptaṃ na cakṣurnṛpadarśanena
A king is not satisfied by the amassing of wealth, the ocean has reached no satiety with water, the learned man is not sated with speaking, and the eye is not sated with the sight of a king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.43
स्वकर्म धर्मार्जितजीवितानां शास्त्रेषु दारेषु सदा रतानाम् । जितेन्द्रियाणामतिथिप्रियाणां गृहे ऽपि मोक्षः पुरुषोत्तमानाम्
svakarma dharmārjitajīvitānāṃ śāstreṣu dāreṣu sadā ratānām / jitendriyāṇāmatithipriyāṇāṃ gṛhe 'pi mokṣaḥ puruṣottamānām
For the best of men, who earn their livelihood by their own work and by dharma, who are ever devoted to the scriptures and to their own wives, who have conquered their senses and are fond of guests, liberation is (attainable) even in the household.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.44
मनो ऽनुकूलाः प्रमदारूपवत्यः स्वलङ्कृताः । वसः प्रासादपृष्ठेषु स्वर्गः स्याच्छुभकर्मणः
mano 'nukūlāḥ pramadārūpavatyaḥ svalaṅkṛtāḥ / vasaḥ prāsādapṛṣṭheṣu svargaḥ syācchubhakarmaṇaḥ
Beautiful young women agreeable to the mind, well adorned, and a dwelling on the terraces of palaces — that would be heaven for one of good deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.45
न दानेन न मानेन नार्जवेन न सवया । न शस्त्रेण न शास्त्रेण सर्वथा विषमा स्त्रियः
na dānena na mānena nārjavena na savayā / na śastreṇa na śāstreṇa sarvathā viṣamā striyaḥ
Not by gift, not by honour, not by straightforwardness, not by service, not by weapon, not by learning — in every way women are hard (to manage).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 109.46
शनैर्विद्या शनैर्थाः शनैः पर्वतमारुहेत् । शनैः कामं च धर्मं च पञ्चैतानि शनैः शनैः
śanairvidyā śanairthāḥ śanaiḥ parvatamāruhet / śanaiḥ kāmaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca pañcaitāni śanaiḥ śanaiḥ
Slowly (comes) learning, slowly wealth, slowly should one climb a mountain, slowly desire and slowly dharma — these five (are gained) little by little.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.47
शाश्वतं देवपूजादि विप्रदानं च शाश्वतम् । शाश्वतं सगुणा विद्या सुहृन्मित्रं च शाश्वतम्
śāśvataṃ devapūjādi vipradānaṃ ca śāśvatam / śāśvataṃ saguṇā vidyā suhṛnmitraṃ ca śāśvatam
Worship of the gods and the like is lasting, and giving to brahmins is lasting; learning joined with virtue is lasting, and a well-disposed friend is lasting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.48
ये बालभावान्न पठन्ति विद्यां ये यौवनस्था ह्यधनात्मदाराः । ते शोचनीया इह जीवलोके मनुष्यरूपेण मृगाश्चरन्ति
ye bālabhāvānna paṭhanti vidyāṃ ye yauvanasthā hyadhanātmadārāḥ / te śocanīyā iha jīvaloke manuṣyarūpeṇa mṛgāścaranti
Those who from childhood do not study learning, and those who in youth are without wealth and without a wife — they are to be pitied here in the world of the living; they roam as beasts in human form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.49
पठने भोजने चित्तं न कुर्याच्छास्त्रसेवकः । सुदूरमपि विद्यार्थो व्रजेद्गरुडवेगवान्
paṭhane bhojane cittaṃ na kuryācchāstrasevakaḥ / sudūramapi vidyārtho vrajedgaruḍavegavān
The servant of the scriptures should not set his mind on food while studying; even very far should the seeker of learning go, swift as Garuḍa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.50
ये बालभावे न पठन्ति विद्यां कामातुरा यौवननष्टवित्ताः । ते वृद्धबावे परिभूयमानाः संदह्यमानाः शिशिरे यथाब्जम्
ye bālabhāve na paṭhanti vidyāṃ kāmāturā yauvananaṣṭavittāḥ / te vṛddhabāve paribhūyamānāḥ saṃdahyamānāḥ śiśire yathābjam
Those who in childhood do not study learning, tormented by desire, their wealth lost in youth — they in old age are despised, burning up like a lotus in the cold season.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.51
तर्के ऽप्रतिष्ठा श्रुतयो विभिन्नाः नासावृषिर्यस्य मतं न भिन्नम् । धर्मस्य तत्त्वं निहितं गुहायां महाजनो येन गतः स पन्थाः
tarke 'pratiṣṭhā śrutayo vibhinnāḥ nāsāvṛṣiryasya mataṃ na bhinnam / dharmasya tattvaṃ nihitaṃ guhāyāṃ mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ
There is no fixity in reasoning, the scriptures are divergent, and he is no sage whose opinion is not distinct; the truth of dharma is hidden in a cave — the path is that by which the great have gone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.52
आकारैरिङ्गितैर्गत्या चेष्टया भाषितेन च । नेत्रवक्रविकाराभ्यां लक्ष्यते ऽन्तर्गतं मनः
ākārairiṅgitairgatyā ceṣṭayā bhāṣitena ca / netravakravikārābhyāṃ lakṣyate 'ntargataṃ manaḥ
By outward form, by gestures, by gait, by conduct and by speech, and by the changes in the eyes and the face, the mind within is inferred.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.53
अनुक्तमप्यूहति पण्डितो जनः परेङ्गितज्ञानफला हि बुद्धयः । उदीरितोर्थः पशुनापि गृह्यते हयाश्च नागाश्च वहन्ति दर्शितम्
anuktamapyūhati paṇḍito janaḥ pareṅgitajñānaphalā hi buddhayaḥ / udīritorthaḥ paśunāpi gṛhyate hayāśca nāgāśca vahanti darśitam
A wise person infers even what is unsaid, for intelligences bear fruit in the knowing of others' hints; a spoken purpose is grasped even by an animal, and horses and elephants carry (loads) when shown.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 109.54
अर्थाद्भ्रष्टस्तीर्थयात्रां तु गच्छेत्सत्याद्भ्रष्टो रौरवं वै व्रजेच्च । योगाद्भ्रष्टः सत्यघृतिञ्च गच्छेद्राज्याद्भ्रष्टो मृगयायां व्रजेच्च
arthādbhraṣṭastīrthayātrāṃ tu gacchetsatyādbhraṣṭo rauravaṃ vai vrajecca / yogādbhraṣṭaḥ satyaghṛtiñca gacchedrājyādbhraṣṭo mṛgayāyāṃ vrajecca
One fallen from wealth should go on pilgrimage; one fallen from truth goes indeed to Raurava; one fallen from yoga goes to (the state called) satyaghṛti; and one fallen from kingship goes off to the hunt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain