Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 113
GaP 1 113.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ११३ सूत उवाच । गुणवन्तं नियुञ्जीत गुणहीनं विवर्जयेत् । पण्डितस्य गुणाः सर्वे मूर्वे दोषाश्च केवलाः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 113 sūta uvāca / guṇavantaṃ niyuñjīta guṇahīnaṃ vivarjayet / paṇḍitasya guṇāḥ sarve mūrve doṣāśca kevalāḥ
The Glorious Garuda Mahāpurāṇa, 113. Sūta said: One should appoint the man of merit and shun the man without merit; in a learned man are all virtues, in a fool nothing but faults.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.2
सद्भिरासीत सततं सद्भिः कुर्वीत सङ्गतिम् । सद्भिर्विवादं मैत्रीञ्च नासद्भिः किञ्चिदाचरेत्
sadbhirāsīta satataṃ sadbhiḥ kurvīta saṅgatim / sadbhirvivādaṃ maitrīñca nāsadbhiḥ kiñcidācaret
One should dwell always with the good, keep company with the good; even dispute with the good, and friendship (with them) — with the bad one should have nothing to do at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.3
पण्डितैश्च विर्नातैश्च धर्मशैः सत्यवादिभिः । बन्ध्स्थो ऽपि तिष्ठेच्च न तु राज्ये खलैः सह
paṇḍitaiśca virnātaiśca dharmaśaiḥ satyavādibhiḥ / bandhstho 'pi tiṣṭhecca na tu rājye khalaiḥ saha
With the learned, the wise, the knowers of dharma, the speakers of truth, one should stay even in prison — but not in a kingdom together with the wicked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.4
सावशेषाणि कार्याणि कुवत्रर्थे युज्यते । तस्मात्सर्वाणि कार्याणि सावशेषाणि कारयेत्
sāvaśeṣāṇi kāryāṇi kuvatrarthe yujyate / tasmātsarvāṇi kāryāṇi sāvaśeṣāṇi kārayet
Affairs (left) with something in reserve serve one's purpose; therefore one should have all affairs carried out with something left over.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 113.5
मधुहेव दुहेत्सारं कुसुमञ्च न घातयेत् । वत्सापेक्षी दुहेत्क्षीरं भूमिं गाञ्चैव पार्थिपः
madhuheva duhetsāraṃ kusumañca na ghātayet / vatsāpekṣī duhetkṣīraṃ bhūmiṃ gāñcaiva pārthipaḥ
Like a honey-gatherer he should draw off the essence and not destroy the flower; keeping the calf in view one should milk the cow — so (should) a king (deal with) the land and the cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.6
यथाक्रमेण पुष्पेभ्यश्चिनुते मधु षट्पदः । तथा वित्तमु पादाय राजा कुर्वीत सञ्चयम्
yathākrameṇa puṣpebhyaścinute madhu ṣaṭpadaḥ / tathā vittamu pādāya rājā kurvīta sañcayam
As the bee gathers honey from flowers little by little, so should a king make his store, taking wealth (bit by bit).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.7
वल्मीकं मधुजालञ्च शुक्लण्क्षे तु चन्द्रमाः । राजद्रव्यञ्च भैक्ष्यञ्च स्तोकंस्तोकं प्रवर्धते
valmīkaṃ madhujālañca śuklaṇkṣe tu candramāḥ / rājadravyañca bhaikṣyañca stokaṃstokaṃ pravardhate
An anthill, a honeycomb, the moon in the bright fortnight, a king's treasure and alms-gathering — (these) increase little by little.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.8
अर्जितस्य क्षयं दृष्टा संप्रदत्तस्य सञ्चयम् । अवन्ध्यं दिवसं कुर्याद्दानध्ययनकर्मसु
arjitasya kṣayaṃ dṛṣṭā saṃpradattasya sañcayam / avandhyaṃ divasaṃ kuryāddānadhyayanakarmasu
Seeing that what is hoarded wastes away and that what is given away accumulates, one should make no day barren of the acts of giving and of study.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.9
वने ऽपि दोषाः प्रभवन्ति रागिणां गृहे ऽपि पञ्चेन्द्रियनिग्रहस्तपः । अकुत्सिते कर्मणि यः प्रवर्तते निवृत्तरागस्य गृहं तपोवनम्
vane 'pi doṣāḥ prabhavanti rāgiṇāṃ gṛhe 'pi pañcendriyanigrahastapaḥ / akutsite karmaṇi yaḥ pravartate nivṛttarāgasya gṛhaṃ tapovanam
Even in the forest faults arise for the passionate; even in a house, restraint of the five senses is austerity. For him who engages in blameless work and whose passion has ceased, the house is a grove of austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.10
सत्येन रक्ष्यते धर्मो विद्या योगेन रक्ष्यते । मृजया रक्ष्यते पात्रं कुलं शलिन रक्ष्यते
satyena rakṣyate dharmo vidyā yogena rakṣyate / mṛjayā rakṣyate pātraṃ kulaṃ śalina rakṣyate
Dharma is guarded by truth, learning is guarded by practice, a vessel is guarded by cleaning, and a family is guarded by good conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.11
वरं विन्ध्याटव्यां निवसनमभुक्तस्य मरणं वरं सर्पाकीर्णे शयनमथ कूपे निपतनम् । वरं भ्रान्तावर्ते सभयजलमध्ये प्रविशनं न तु स्वीये पक्षे हि धनमणु देहीति कथनम्
varaṃ vindhyāṭavyāṃ nivasanamabhuktasya maraṇaṃ varaṃ sarpākīrṇe śayanamatha kūpe nipatanam / varaṃ bhrāntāvarte sabhayajalamadhye praviśanaṃ na tu svīye pakṣe hi dhanamaṇu dehīti kathanam
Better to dwell in the Vindhya forest, better to die unfed, better a bed in a place strewn with snakes, or falling into a well; better to enter the midst of fearsome water in a whirling eddy — than to say to one of one's own party, "Give me a little money."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.12
भाग्यक्षयेषु क्षीयन्ते नोपभोगेन सम्पदः । पूर्वार्जिते हि सुकृते न नश्यन्ति कदाचन
bhāgyakṣayeṣu kṣīyante nopabhogena sampadaḥ / pūrvārjite hi sukṛte na naśyanti kadācana
Riches dwindle when merit dwindles, not through enjoyment; for when good deeds have been done before, they never perish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.13
विप्राणां भूषणं विद्या पृथिव्या भूषणं नृपः । नभसो भूषणं चन्द्रः शीलं सर्वस्य भूषणम्
viprāṇāṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ vidyā pṛthivyā bhūṣaṇaṃ nṛpaḥ / nabhaso bhūṣaṇaṃ candraḥ śīlaṃ sarvasya bhūṣaṇam
Learning is the ornament of brahmins, a king is the ornament of the earth, the moon is the ornament of the sky, (but) good character is the ornament of everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.14
एते ते चन्द्रतुल्याः क्षितिपतितनया भीमसेनार्जुनाद्याः शुराः सत्यप्रतिज्ञा दिनकरवपुषः केशवेनोपगूढाः । ते वै दुष्टग्रहस्थाः कृपणवशगता भैक्ष्यचर्यां प्रयाताः को वा कस्मिन्समर्थो भवति विधिवशाद्भ्रामयेत्कर्मरेखा
ete te candratulyāḥ kṣitipatitanayā bhīmasenārjunādyāḥ śurāḥ satyapratijñā dinakaravapuṣaḥ keśavenopagūḍhāḥ / te vai duṣṭagrahasthāḥ kṛpaṇavaśagatā bhaikṣyacaryāṃ prayātāḥ ko vā kasminsamartho bhavati vidhivaśādbhrāmayetkarmarekhā
These sons of the king, equal to the moon — Bhīmasena, Arjuna and the rest — heroes true to their vows, with bodies like the sun, embraced by Keśava: they too, when set under evil planets, fell subject to wretchedness and went about living on alms. Who, then, is capable of anything? By the force of destiny the line of (one's) karma sends (a man) wandering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.15
ब्रह्मा येन कुलालवन्नियमितो ब्रह्माण्डभाण्डोदरे विष्णुर्येन दशावतारगहने क्षिप्तो महासङ्कटे । रुद्रोयेन कपालपाणिपुटके भिक्षाटनं कारितः सूर्यो भ्राम्यति नित्यमेव गगने तरमै नमः कर्णणे
brahmā yena kulālavanniyamito brahmāṇḍabhāṇḍodare viṣṇuryena daśāvatāragahane kṣipto mahāsaṅkaṭe / rudroyena kapālapāṇipuṭake bhikṣāṭanaṃ kāritaḥ sūryo bhrāmyati nityameva gagane taramai namaḥ karṇaṇe
He by whom Brahmā was confined like a potter within the pot-belly of the cosmic egg; he by whom Viṣṇu was thrown into the thicket of the ten incarnations, into great distress; he by whom Rudra was made to wander begging with a skull in the hollow of his hand; and by whom the sun forever revolves in the sky — homage to him (the doer, the maker).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 113.16
दाता बलिर्याचकको मुरारिर्दानं मही विप्रमुखस्य मध्ये । दत्त्वा फलं बन्धनमेव लब्धं नमो ऽस्तु ते दैव यथेष्टकारिणे
dātā baliryācakako murārirdānaṃ mahī vipramukhasya madhye / dattvā phalaṃ bandhanameva labdhaṃ namo 'stu te daiva yatheṣṭakāriṇe
The giver was Bali, the beggar was Murāri (Viṣṇu), the gift was the earth, in the presence of the foremost brahmin; and having given, the fruit he obtained was bondage itself. Homage be to you, O Destiny, who act as you please.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.17
माता यदि भवेल्लक्ष्मीः पिता साक्षाज्जनार्दनः । कुबुद्धौ प्रतिपत्तिश्चैत्तस्मिन्दण्डः पतेत्सदा
mātā yadi bhavellakṣmīḥ pitā sākṣājjanārdanaḥ / kubuddhau pratipattiścaittasmindaṇḍaḥ patetsadā
Even if the mother be Lakṣmī and the father Janārdana himself, if there is inclination toward bad judgment, punishment always falls upon that (person).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 113.18
येनयेन यथा यद्वत्पुरा कर्म सुनिश्चितम् । तत्तदेवान्तरा भुङ्क्ते स्वयमाहितमात्मना
yenayena yathā yadvatpurā karma suniścitam / tattadevāntarā bhuṅkte svayamāhitamātmanā
By whatever and in whatever manner and however karma was firmly determined beforehand, just that a man enjoys in the meantime, it having been laid up by himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.19
आत्मना विहितं दुः खमात्मना विहितं सखम् । गर्भशय्यामुपादाय भुङ्क्ते वै पौर्वदैहिकम्
ātmanā vihitaṃ duḥ khamātmanā vihitaṃ sakham / garbhaśayyāmupādāya bhuṅkte vai paurvadaihikam
Sorrow is arranged by oneself, happiness is arranged by oneself; from the time he takes up his bed in the womb, he enjoys what belongs to his former body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.20
न चान्तरिक्षे न समुद्रमध्ये न पर्वतानां विवरप्रवेशे । न मातृमूर्ध्नि प्रधृतस्तथाङ्के त्यक्तुं क्षमः कर्म कृतं नरो हि
na cāntarikṣe na samudramadhye na parvatānāṃ vivarapraveśe / na mātṛmūrdhni pradhṛtastathāṅke tyaktuṃ kṣamaḥ karma kṛtaṃ naro hi
Not in the sky, nor in the midst of the ocean, nor by entering a cave in the mountains, nor when held on his mother's head or lap — nowhere is a man able to shake off the karma he has done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.21
दुगस्त्रिकूटः परिखा समुद्रो रक्षांसि योधाः परमा च वृत्तिः । शास्त्रञ्च वै तूशनसा प्रदिष्टं स रावणः कालवशाद्विनष्टः
dugastrikūṭaḥ parikhā samudro rakṣāṃsi yodhāḥ paramā ca vṛttiḥ / śāstrañca vai tūśanasā pradiṣṭaṃ sa rāvaṇaḥ kālavaśādvinaṣṭaḥ
Trikūṭa was his fortress, the ocean his moat, the rākṣasas his warriors, his conduct supreme, and the science taught by Uśanas was his — yet that Rāvaṇa perished by the force of time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.22
यस्मिन्वयसि यत्काले यद्दिवा यच्च वा निशि । यन्मुहूर्ते क्षणे वापि तत्तथा न तदन्यथा
yasminvayasi yatkāle yaddivā yacca vā niśi / yanmuhūrte kṣaṇe vāpi tattathā na tadanyathā
At whatever age, at whatever time, whether by day or by night, at whatever hour or moment (something is fixed) — so it is, and not otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.23
गच्छन्ति चान्तरिक्षे वा प्रविशन्ति महीतले । धारयन्ति दिशः सर्वा नादत्तमुपलभ्यते
gacchanti cāntarikṣe vā praviśanti mahītale / dhārayanti diśaḥ sarvā nādattamupalabhyate
(Men) go into the sky or enter the earth, they hold all the quarters — (yet) what is not given is not obtained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.24
पुराधीता च या विद्या पुरा दत्तञ्च यद्धनम् । पुरा कृतानि कर्माणि ह्यग्रे धावन्ति धावतः
purādhītā ca yā vidyā purā dattañca yaddhanam / purā kṛtāni karmāṇi hyagre dhāvanti dhāvataḥ
The learning studied before, the wealth given before, the deeds done before — these run ahead of a man as he runs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.25
कर्माण्यत्र प्रधानानि सम्यगृक्षे शुभग्रहे । वसिष्ठकृतलग्नापि जानकी दुः खभाजनम्
karmāṇyatra pradhānāni samyagṛkṣe śubhagrahe / vasiṣṭhakṛtalagnāpi jānakī duḥ khabhājanam
Here (past) deeds are what is primary: though the star was right and the planet auspicious, and the moment was fixed by Vasiṣṭha, Jānakī became a vessel of sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.26
स्थूलजङ्घो यदा रामः शब्दगामी च लक्ष्मणः । घनकेशी यदा सीता त्रयस्ते दुः खभाजनम्
sthūlajaṅgho yadā rāmaḥ śabdagāmī ca lakṣmaṇaḥ / ghanakeśī yadā sītā trayaste duḥ khabhājanam
When Rāma had thick shanks, and Lakṣmaṇa moved by sound, and when Sītā had dense hair — those three became vessels of sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 113.27
न पितुः कर्मणा पुत्रः पिता वा पुत्रकर्मणा । स्वयं कृतेन गच्छन्ति स्वयं बद्धाः स्वकर्मणा
na pituḥ karmaṇā putraḥ pitā vā putrakarmaṇā / svayaṃ kṛtena gacchanti svayaṃ baddhāḥ svakarmaṇā
A son is not (bound) by the father's deed, nor a father by the son's deed; they go by what each has done himself, each bound by his own karma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.28
कर्मजन्यशरीरेषु रोगाः शरीरमानसाः । शरा इव पतन्तीह विमुक्ता दृढधन्विभिः
karmajanyaśarīreṣu rogāḥ śarīramānasāḥ / śarā iva patantīha vimuktā dṛḍhadhanvibhiḥ
In bodies produced by karma, diseases of body and mind fall here like arrows released by strong-bowed archers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.29
अन्यथा शास्त्रगार्भिण्या धिया धीरोर्ऽथमीहते । स्वामिवत्प्राक्कृतं कर्म विदधाति तदन्यथा
anyathā śāstragārbhiṇyā dhiyā dhīror'thamīhate / svāmivatprākkṛtaṃ karma vidadhāti tadanyathā
With an intellect pregnant with the scriptures, the wise man strives for his aim one way; but karma done earlier, like a master, ordains it otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.30
बालो युवा च वृद्धश्च यः करोति शुभाशुभम् । तस्यान्तस्यामवस्थायां भुङ्क्ते जन्मनिजन्मनि
bālo yuvā ca vṛddhaśca yaḥ karoti śubhāśubham / tasyāntasyāmavasthāyāṃ bhuṅkte janmanijanmani
Whatever good or evil a man does as a child, a youth, or an old man, he enjoys it in that same stage of life, birth after birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 113.31
अनीक्षमाणो ऽपि नरो विदेशस्थो ऽपि मानवः । स्वकर्मपातवातेन नीयते यत्र तत्फलम्
anīkṣamāṇo 'pi naro videśastho 'pi mānavaḥ / svakarmapātavātena nīyate yatra tatphalam
Even a man who does not see it, even one who dwells in a foreign land, is carried by the wind of the fall of his own karma to wherever its fruit lies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.32
प्राप्तव्यमर्थं लभते मनुष्यो देवो ऽपि तं वारयितुं न शक्तः । अतो न शोचामि न विस्मयो मे ललाटलेखा न पुनः प्रयाति (यदस्मदीयं न तु तत् परेषाम्
prāptavyamarthaṃ labhate manuṣyo devo 'pi taṃ vārayituṃ na śaktaḥ / ato na śocāmi na vismayo me lalāṭalekhā na punaḥ prayāti (yadasmadīyaṃ na tu tat pareṣām
A man obtains the object that is to be obtained; not even a god is able to prevent it. Therefore I do not grieve, nor am I amazed: the writing on the forehead does not go elsewhere — what is ours is not another's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.33
सर्पः कूपे गजः स्कन्धे बिल आखुश्च धावति । नरः शीघ्रतरादेव कर्मणः कः पलायते
sarpaḥ kūpe gajaḥ skandhe bila ākhuśca dhāvati / naraḥ śīghratarādeva karmaṇaḥ kaḥ palāyate
A snake in the well, an elephant on the shoulder, and a mouse running into its hole — who escapes karma, which is swifter still?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 113.34
नाल्पा भवति सद्विद्या दीयमानापि वर्धते । कूपस्थमिव पानीयं भवत्येव बहूदकम्
nālpā bhavati sadvidyā dīyamānāpi vardhate / kūpasthamiva pānīyaṃ bhavatyeva bahūdakam
Good knowledge does not become less; though given away, it increases — just like the water standing in a well, which indeed becomes abundant water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.35
येर्ऽथा धर्मेण ते सत्या ये ऽधर्मेण गताः श्रियः । धर्मार्थो च महांल्लोके तत्स्मृत्वा ह्यर्थकारणात्
yer'thā dharmeṇa te satyā ye 'dharmeṇa gatāḥ śriyaḥ / dharmārtho ca mahāṃlloke tatsmṛtvā hyarthakāraṇāt
Those goods (obtained) by dharma are real; those fortunes that have come by non-dharma (are not). And dharma is the great goal in the world — remembering that, (act) for the sake of wealth (rightly).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 113.36
अन्नार्थो यानि दुः खानि करोति कृपणो जनः । तान्येव यदि धर्मार्थो न भूयः क्लेशभाजनम्
annārtho yāni duḥ khāni karoti kṛpaṇo janaḥ / tānyeva yadi dharmārtho na bhūyaḥ kleśabhājanam
Those hardships which a wretched man undertakes for the sake of food — if (he undertook) those very ones for the sake of dharma, he would not again be a vessel of suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.37
सर्वेषामेव शौचानामन्नशौचं विशिष्यते । यो ऽन्नार्थैः शुचिः शौचान्न मृदा वारिणा शुचिः
sarveṣāmeva śaucānāmannaśaucaṃ viśiṣyate / yo 'nnārthaiḥ śuciḥ śaucānna mṛdā vāriṇā śuciḥ
Of all purities, purity in food excels; he who is pure by (right) means of food is pure among purities — not (he who is) pure by earth and water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.38
सत्यं शौचं मनः शौचं शौचमिन्द्रियनिग्रहः । सर्वभूते दया शौचं जलशौचञ्च पञ्चमम्
satyaṃ śaucaṃ manaḥ śaucaṃ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ / sarvabhūte dayā śaucaṃ jalaśaucañca pañcamam
Truth is purity, purity of mind is purity, restraint of the senses is purity, compassion toward every being is purity, and purity by water is the fifth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.39
यस्य सत्यञ्च शौचञ्च तस्य स्वर्गो न दुर्लभः । सत्यं हि वचनं यस्य सो ऽश्वमेधाद्विशिष्यते
yasya satyañca śaucañca tasya svargo na durlabhaḥ / satyaṃ hi vacanaṃ yasya so 'śvamedhādviśiṣyate
For him who has truth and purity, heaven is not hard to obtain; for he whose speech is truth excels (one who performs) the horse-sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.40
मृत्तिकानां सहस्रेण चोदकानां शतेन हि । न शुध्यति दुराचारो भावोपहतचेतनः
mṛttikānāṃ sahasreṇa codakānāṃ śatena hi / na śudhyati durācāro bhāvopahatacetanaḥ
Even with a thousand (applications) of earth and a hundred of water, the man of bad conduct, whose awareness is ruined by his disposition, is not made clean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.41
यस्य हस्तौ च पादौ च मनश्चैव सुसंयतम् । विद्या तपश्च कीर्तिश्च स तीर्थफलमश्नुते
yasya hastau ca pādau ca manaścaiva susaṃyatam / vidyā tapaśca kīrtiśca sa tīrthaphalamaśnute
He whose hands and feet and mind too are well restrained, (and who has) learning, austerity, and good repute — he obtains the fruit of pilgrimage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.42
न प्रहृष्यति संमानैर्नावमानैः प्रकुप्यति । न क्रुद्धः परुषं ब्रूयादेतत्साधोस्तु लक्षणम्
na prahṛṣyati saṃmānairnāvamānaiḥ prakupyati / na kruddhaḥ paruṣaṃ brūyādetatsādhostu lakṣaṇam
He is not elated by honours, nor angered by insults, and when angry does not speak harshly — this is the mark of a good man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.43
दरिद्रस्य मनुष्यस्य प्राज्ञस्य मधुरस्य च । काले श्रुत्वा हितं वाक्यं न कश्चित्परितुष्यति
daridrasya manuṣyasya prājñasya madhurasya ca / kāle śrutvā hitaṃ vākyaṃ na kaścitparituṣyati
No one is pleased at hearing the beneficial word, spoken at the right time, of a man who is poor, though he be wise and gentle-spoken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.44
न मन्त्रबलवीर्येण प्रज्ञया पौरुषेण च । अलभ्यं लभ्यते मर्त्यैस्तत्र का परिवेदना
na mantrabalavīryeṇa prajñayā pauruṣeṇa ca / alabhyaṃ labhyate martyaistatra kā parivedanā
Not by the force and power of counsel, nor by wisdom, nor by manly effort, is what cannot be got got by mortals — what lamenting is there in that?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.45
अयाचितो मया लब्धो पुनर्मत्प्रेषणाद्गतः । यत्रागतस्तत्र गतस्तत्र का परिवेदना
ayācito mayā labdho punarmatpreṣaṇādgataḥ / yatrāgatastatra gatastatra kā parivedanā
Unasked, he was obtained by me; again, by my sending, he has gone. He has gone where he came from — what lamenting is there in that?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.46
एकवृक्षे सदा रात्रौ नानापक्षिसमागमः । प्रभाते ऽन्यदिशो यान्ति का तत्र परिवेदना
ekavṛkṣe sadā rātrau nānāpakṣisamāgamaḥ / prabhāte 'nyadiśo yānti kā tatra parivedanā
On a single tree there is always at night a gathering of various birds; at dawn they go off in different directions — what lamenting is there in that?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.47
एकसार्थप्रयाताना सर्वेषान्तत्र गामिनाम् । यस्त्वेकस्त्वरितो याति का तत्र परिवेदना
ekasārthaprayātānā sarveṣāntatra gāminām / yastvekastvarito yāti kā tatra parivedanā
Of all those who travel in one caravan, all going to that same place, one goes in haste (ahead) — what lamenting is there in that?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.48
अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि शौनक । अव्यक्तनिधनान्येनव का तत्र परिवेदना
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni śaunaka / avyaktanidhanānyenava kā tatra parivedanā
Beings have the unmanifest as their beginning, the manifest as their middle, O Śaunaka, and the unmanifest as their end — what lamenting is there in that?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.49
नाप्राप्तकालो म्रियते विद्धः शरशतैरपि । कुशाग्रेण तु संस्पृष्टं प्राप्तकालो न जीवति
nāprāptakālo mriyate viddhaḥ śaraśatairapi / kuśāgreṇa tu saṃspṛṣṭaṃ prāptakālo na jīvati
One whose time has not come does not die, though pierced by a hundred arrows; but one whose time has come, merely touched by the tip of a kuśa blade, does not live.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.50
लब्धव्यान्येव लभते गन्तव्यान्येव गच्छति । प्राप्तव्यान्येव प्राप्नाति दुः खानि च सुखानि च
labdhavyānyeva labhate gantavyānyeva gacchati / prāptavyānyeva prāpnāti duḥ khāni ca sukhāni ca
He gets just what is to be got, he goes just where he must go, he attains just what is to be attained — both sorrows and joys.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.51
तत्तत्प्राप्नोति पुरुषः कि प्रलापैः करिष्यति । आचोद्यमानानि यथा पुष्पाणि च फलानि च । स्वकालं नातिवर्तन्ते तथा कर्म पुराकृतम्
tattatprāpnoti puruṣaḥ ki pralāpaiḥ kariṣyati / ācodyamānāni yathā puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca / svakālaṃ nātivartante tathā karma purākṛtam
A man attains this and that; what will he accomplish by wailing? Just as flowers and fruits, unurged, do not overstep their own season, so too the deed done before (does not).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.52
शीलं कुलं नैव न चैव विद्या ज्ञानं गुणा नैव न बीजशुद्धिः । भाग्यानि पूर्वं तपसार्जितानि काले फलन्त्यस्य यथैव वृक्षाः
śīlaṃ kulaṃ naiva na caiva vidyā jñānaṃ guṇā naiva na bījaśuddhiḥ / bhāgyāni pūrvaṃ tapasārjitāni kāle phalantyasya yathaiva vṛkṣāḥ
Neither character nor family, nor learning, nor knowledge, nor virtues, nor purity of seed (avail): the fortunes earned before by austerity bear fruit for a man in due time, just as trees do.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.53
तत्र मृत्युर्यत्र हन्ता तत्र श्रीर्यत्र सम्पदः । तत्र तत्र स्वयं याति प्रेर्यमाणः स्वकर्मभिः
tatra mṛtyuryatra hantā tatra śrīryatra sampadaḥ / tatra tatra svayaṃ yāti preryamāṇaḥ svakarmabhiḥ
There is death where the slayer is; there is fortune where riches are; to this place and that he goes of himself, driven on by his own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.54
भूतपूर्वं कृतं कर्म कर्तारमनुतिष्ठति । यथा धेनुसहस्रेषु वत्सो विन्दन्ति मातरम्
bhūtapūrvaṃ kṛtaṃ karma kartāramanutiṣṭhati / yathā dhenusahasreṣu vatso vindanti mātaram
The deed done in a former time follows after its doer, as among thousands of cows the calf finds its mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.55
एवं पूर्वकृतं कर्म कर्तारमनुतिष्ठाति । सुकृतं भुङ्क्ष्व चात्मीयं मूढ किं परितप्यसे
evaṃ pūrvakṛtaṃ karma kartāramanutiṣṭhāti / sukṛtaṃ bhuṅkṣva cātmīyaṃ mūḍha kiṃ paritapyase
Thus the deed done before follows after its doer. Enjoy your own good deed, fool — why do you torment yourself?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.56
यथा पूर्वकृतं कर्म शुभं वा यदि वाशुभम् । तथा जन्मान्तरे तद्वै कर्ता रमनुगच्छति
yathā pūrvakṛtaṃ karma śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham / tathā janmāntare tadvai kartā ramanugacchati
Just as the deed done before was, whether good or bad, so indeed in another birth does it follow after the doer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.57
नीचः सर्षपमात्राणि परच्छिद्राणि पश्यति । आत्मनो बलिवमात्राणि पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति
nīcaḥ sarṣapamātrāṇi paracchidrāṇi paśyati / ātmano balivamātrāṇi paśyannapi na paśyati
A base man sees others' faults, mustard-seed-sized (as they are); his own, the size of bilva fruits, he does not see even while seeing them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.58
रागद्वेषादियुक्तानां न सुखं कुत्रचिद्द्विज । विचार्य खलु पश्यामि तत्सुखं यत्र निर्वृतिः
rāgadveṣādiyuktānāṃ na sukhaṃ kutraciddvija / vicārya khalu paśyāmi tatsukhaṃ yatra nirvṛtiḥ
For those bound to passion, hatred and the rest there is nowhere any happiness, O twice-born. Having reflected, I clearly see: that is happiness where there is cessation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.59
यत्र स्नेहो भयं तत्र स्नेहो दुः खस्य भाजनम् । स्नेहमूलानि दुः खानि तस्मिस्त्यक्ते महत्सुखम्
yatra sneho bhayaṃ tatra sneho duḥ khasya bhājanam / snehamūlāni duḥ khāni tasmistyakte mahatsukham
Where there is attachment, there is fear; attachment is the vessel of suffering. Sufferings have attachment for their root; when that is abandoned there is great happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.60
शरीरमेवायतनं दुः खस्य च सुखस्य च । जीवितञ्च शरीरञ्च जात्यैव सह जायते
śarīramevāyatanaṃ duḥ khasya ca sukhasya ca / jīvitañca śarīrañca jātyaiva saha jāyate
The body itself is the seat of both suffering and happiness; and life and the body are born together with the very birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.61
सर्वं परवशं दुः खं सर्व मात्मवशं सुखम् । एतद्विद्यात्समासेन लक्षणं सुखदुः खयोः
sarvaṃ paravaśaṃ duḥ khaṃ sarva mātmavaśaṃ sukham / etadvidyātsamāsena lakṣaṇaṃ sukhaduḥ khayoḥ
Everything subject to another is suffering; everything under one's own control is happiness. Let one know this to be, in brief, the mark of happiness and suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.62
सुखस्यानन्तरं दुः खं दुः खस्यानन्तरं सुखम् । शुखं दुः खं मनुष्याणां चक्रवत्परिवर्तते
sukhasyānantaraṃ duḥ khaṃ duḥ khasyānantaraṃ sukham / śukhaṃ duḥ khaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ cakravatparivartate
After happiness, suffering; after suffering, happiness. Happiness and suffering revolve for men like a wheel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 113.63
यद्गतं तदतिक्रान्तं यदि स्यात्तच्च दूरतः । वर्तमानेन वर्तेत न स शोकेन बाध्यते
yadgataṃ tadatikrāntaṃ yadi syāttacca dūrataḥ / vartamānena varteta na sa śokena bādhyate
What is gone is past; and if (something is yet to be), that too is far off. Let one act with what is present: he is not oppressed by grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain