Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 114

GaP 1 114.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ११४ सूत उवाच । न कश्चित्कस्यचिन्मित्रं न कश्चित्कस्यचिद्रिपुः । कारणादेव जायन्ते मित्राणि रिपवस्तथा

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 114 sūta uvāca / na kaścitkasyacinmitraṃ na kaścitkasyacidripuḥ / kāraṇādeva jāyante mitrāṇi ripavastathā

The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 114. Sūta said: No one is anyone's friend, and no one is anyone's enemy; friends and likewise enemies arise from a cause alone.

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GaP 1 114.2

शोकत्राणं भयत्राणं प्रीतिविश्वासभाजनम् । केन रत्नांमदं सृष्टं मित्रमित्यक्षरद्वयम्

śokatrāṇaṃ bhayatrāṇaṃ prītiviśvāsabhājanam / kena ratnāṃmadaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ mitramityakṣaradvayam

A shelter from grief, a shelter from fear, a vessel of affection and trust — by whom was this jewel created, the two syllables that make "friend"?

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GaP 1 114.3

सकृदुच्चरितं येन हरिरित्यक्षरद्वयम् । बद्धः परिकरस्तेन मोक्षाय गमनं प्रति

sakṛduccaritaṃ yena harirityakṣaradvayam / baddhaḥ parikarastena mokṣāya gamanaṃ prati

By whom the two syllables "Ha-ri" have been uttered even once, by him the girdle has been fastened for the journey toward liberation.

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GaP 1 114.4

न मातरि न दारेषु न सोदर्ये न चात्मजे । विश्वासस्तादृशः पुंसां यादृङ्मित्रे स्वभावजे

na mātari na dāreṣu na sodarye na cātmaje / viśvāsastādṛśaḥ puṃsāṃ yādṛṅmitre svabhāvaje

Not in a mother, not in wives, not in a brother, nor in a son is men's trust such as it is in a friend, arising from (his very) nature.

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GaP 1 114.5

यदिच्छेच्छाश्वतीं प्रीतिं त्रीन्दोषान्परिवर्जयेत् । द्युतमर्थप्रयोगञ्च परोक्षे दारदर्शनम्

yadicchecchāśvatīṃ prītiṃ trīndoṣānparivarjayet / dyutamarthaprayogañca parokṣe dāradarśanam

If one should wish for lasting affection, one should shun three faults: gambling, the handling of (another's) money, and looking upon (another's) wife behind his back.

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GaP 1 114.6

मात्रा स्वस्त्रा दुहित्रा वा न विविक्तासनो वसेत् । बलवानिन्द्रियग्रामो विद्वांसमपि कर्षति

mātrā svastrā duhitrā vā na viviktāsano vaset / balavānindriyagrāmo vidvāṃsamapi karṣati

One should not stay on a secluded seat with mother, sister, or daughter: the host of the senses is strong, and drags even a learned man.

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GaP 1 114.7

विपरीतरतिः कामः स्वायतेषु न विद्यते । यथोपायो वधो दण्डस्तथैव ह्यनु वर्तते

viparītaratiḥ kāmaḥ svāyateṣu na vidyate / yathopāyo vadho daṇḍastathaiva hyanu vartate

Perverse pleasure, desire, does not exist among one's own dependents; as the means (of offence is), so indeed do killing and punishment follow.

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GaP 1 114.8

अपि कल्पानिलस्यैव तुरगस्य महोदधेः । शक्यते प्रसरो बोद्धुं न ह्यरक्तस्ये चतसः

api kalpānilasyaiva turagasya mahodadheḥ / śakyate prasaro boddhuṃ na hyaraktasye catasaḥ

The onrush of the doomsday wind, of a horse, of the great ocean can indeed be checked, but not that of a mind that has no attachment (to restraint).

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GaP 1 114.9

क्षणो नास्ति रहो नास्ति न स्ति प्रार्थयिता जनः । तेन शौनक नारीणां सतीत्वमुपजायते

kṣaṇo nāsti raho nāsti na sti prārthayitā janaḥ / tena śaunaka nārīṇāṃ satītvamupajāyate

There is no opportunity, there is no privacy, there is no person who solicits — by that, Śaunaka, the chastity of women comes about.

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GaP 1 114.10

एक वै सेवते नित्यमन्यश्चेतपि रोचते । पुरुषाणामलाभेन नारी चैव पतिव्रता

eka vai sevate nityamanyaścetapi rocate / puruṣāṇāmalābhena nārī caiva pativratā

She attends upon one man constantly, even if another pleases her too; and it is through not obtaining men that a woman is devoted to her husband.

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GaP 1 114.11

जननी यानि कुरुते रहस्यं मदनातुरा । सुतैस्तानि न चिन्त्यानि शीलविप्रतिपत्तिभिः

jananī yāni kurute rahasyaṃ madanāturā / sutaistāni na cintyāni śīlavipratipattibhiḥ

Whatever a mother, tormented by desire, does in secret—those things are not to be pondered over by her sons with censure of her conduct.

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GaP 1 114.12

पराधीना निद्रा परदृदयकृत्यानुसरणं सदा हेला हास्यं नियतमपि शोकेन रहितम् । पणे न्यस्तः कायो विटजनखुरैर्दारितगलो बहूत्कण्ठवृतिर्जगति गणिक्राया बहुमतः

parādhīnā nidrā paradṛdayakṛtyānusaraṇaṃ sadā helā hāsyaṃ niyatamapi śokena rahitam / paṇe nyastaḥ kāyo viṭajanakhurairdāritagalo bahūtkaṇṭhavṛtirjagati gaṇikrāyā bahumataḥ

Sleep dependent on others; constant compliance with the wishes of another's heart; playfulness and laughter kept up always, free of grief (however she feels); the body staked as a wager, the throat torn by the nails of lechers, a life of much longing—such is the way of the courtesan, and it is highly esteemed in this world.

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GaP 1 114.13

अग्निरापः स्त्रियो मूर्खाः सर्पा राजकुलानि च । नित्यं परोपसेव्यानि सद्यः प्राणहराणि षट्

agnirāpaḥ striyo mūrkhāḥ sarpā rājakulāni ca / nityaṃ paropasevyāni sadyaḥ prāṇaharāṇi ṣaṭ

Fire, water, women, fools, snakes, and royal households: these six, when constantly resorted to by others, take life at once.

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GaP 1 114.14

किं चित्रं यदि वेद (शब्द) शास्त्रकुशलो विप्रो भवेत्पण्डितः किं चित्रं यदि दण्डनीतिकुशलो राजा भवेद्धार्मिकः । किं चित्रं यदि रूपयौवनवती साध्वी भवेत्कामिनी तच्चित्रं यदि निर्धनो ऽपि पुरुषः पापं न कुर्यात्क्रचित्

kiṃ citraṃ yadi veda (śabda) śāstrakuśalo vipro bhavetpaṇḍitaḥ kiṃ citraṃ yadi daṇḍanītikuśalo rājā bhaveddhārmikaḥ / kiṃ citraṃ yadi rūpayauvanavatī sādhvī bhavetkāminī taccitraṃ yadi nirdhano 'pi puruṣaḥ pāpaṃ na kuryātkracit

What wonder is it if a brahmin skilled in the Veda and the sciences is learned? What wonder is it if a king skilled in statecraft is righteous? What wonder is it if a woman endowed with beauty and youth is desirable? The wonder is this: if a man, even when penniless, never commits a sin.

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GaP 1 114.15

नात्मच्छिद्रं परे दद्याद्विद्याच्छिद्रं परस्य च । गूहेत्कूर्म इवाङ्गानि परभावञ्च लक्षयेत्

nātmacchidraṃ pare dadyādvidyācchidraṃ parasya ca / gūhetkūrma ivāṅgāni parabhāvañca lakṣayet

One should not expose one's own weak point to others, but should know another's weak point; one should hide (oneself) as a tortoise hides its limbs, and should observe the disposition of others.

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GaP 1 114.16

पातालतलवा सिन्य उच्चप्राकारसंस्थिताः । यदि नो चिकुरोद्भेदाल्लभ्यन्ते कैः स्त्रियो न हि

pātālatalavā sinya uccaprākārasaṃsthitāḥ / yadi no cikurodbhedāllabhyante kaiḥ striyo na hi

Even women dwelling at the bottom of the netherworld, or set within high ramparts—if they are not to be had, then by whom are women (ever) not had?

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GaP 1 114.17

समधर्मा हि मर्मज्ञस्तीक्ष्णः स्वजनकण्टकः । न तथा बाधते शत्रुः कृतवैरो बहिः स्थितः

samadharmā hi marmajñastīkṣṇaḥ svajanakaṇṭakaḥ / na tathā bādhate śatruḥ kṛtavairo bahiḥ sthitaḥ

A thorn of one's own kin, being of like standing, knows the vulnerable spots and is sharp; an enemy who has declared hostility and stands outside does not afflict one so much.

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GaP 1 114.18

स पण्डितो यो ह्यनुञ्जयेद्वै मिष्टेन बालं विनियेन शिष्टम् । अर्थेन नारीं तपसा हि देवान्सर्वांश्च लोकांश्च सुसंग्रहेण

sa paṇḍito yo hyanuñjayedvai miṣṭena bālaṃ viniyena śiṣṭam / arthena nārīṃ tapasā hi devānsarvāṃśca lokāṃśca susaṃgraheṇa

He is wise who wins over a child with sweets, a cultivated man with courtesy, a woman with money, the gods with austerity, and all the worlds with generous treatment.

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GaP 1 114.19

छलेन मित्रं कलुषेण धर्मं परोपतापेन समृद्धिभावनम् । सुखेन विद्यां पुरुषेण नारीं वाञ्छन्ति वै ये न च पण्डितास्ते

chalena mitraṃ kaluṣeṇa dharmaṃ paropatāpena samṛddhibhāvanam / sukhena vidyāṃ puruṣeṇa nārīṃ vāñchanti vai ye na ca paṇḍitāste

Those who want a friend by trickery, dharma by foul means, prosperity by tormenting others, learning by ease, and a woman by force—they are not wise.

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GaP 1 114.20

फलार्थो फलिनं वृक्षं यश्छिन्द्याद्दुर्मतिर्नरः । निष्फलं तस्य वै कार्यां महादोषमवाप्नुयात्

phalārtho phalinaṃ vṛkṣaṃ yaśchindyāddurmatirnaraḥ / niṣphalaṃ tasya vai kāryāṃ mahādoṣamavāpnuyāt

The ill-minded man who would cut down a fruit-bearing tree for the sake of its fruit—his undertaking indeed becomes fruitless, and he incurs great fault.

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GaP 1 114.21

सधनो हि तपस्वी च दूरतो वै कृतश्रमः । मद्यप स्त्री सतीत्येवं विप्र न श्रद्दधाम्यहम्

sadhano hi tapasvī ca dūrato vai kṛtaśramaḥ / madyapa strī satītyevaṃ vipra na śraddadhāmyaham

That an ascetic is wealthy, that one who has toiled (has done so) from afar, that a drinking woman is chaste—in this, brahmin, I place no trust.

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GaP 1 114.22

न विश्वसेदविश्वस्ते मित्रस्यापि न विश्वसेत् । कदाचित्कुपितं मित्रं सर्वं गुह्यं प्रकाशयेत्

na viśvasedaviśvaste mitrasyāpi na viśvaset / kadācitkupitaṃ mitraṃ sarvaṃ guhyaṃ prakāśayet

One should not trust the untrustworthy, and one should not trust even a friend; for a friend, once angered, may some day reveal all one's secrets.

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GaP 1 114.23

सर्वभूतेषु विश्वासः सर्वभूतेषु सात्त्विकः । स्वबावमात्मना गूहेदेतत्साधोर्हि लक्षणम्

sarvabhūteṣu viśvāsaḥ sarvabhūteṣu sāttvikaḥ / svabāvamātmanā gūhedetatsādhorhi lakṣaṇam

Trust toward all beings, goodness toward all beings, and concealing one's own nature by oneself—this indeed is the mark of a good man.

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GaP 1 114.24

यस्मिन्कस्मिन्कृते कार्ये कर्तारमनुवर्तते । सर्वथा वर्तमानो ऽपि धैर्यबुद्धिन्तु कारयेत्

yasminkasminkṛte kārye kartāramanuvartate / sarvathā vartamāno 'pi dhairyabuddhintu kārayet

In whatever task is undertaken, (a man) follows the one who does it; but even while proceeding in every way, he should cultivate steadiness of judgement.

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GaP 1 114.25

वृद्धाः स्त्रियो नवं मद्यं शुष्कं मांसं त्रिमूलकम् । रात्रौ दधि दिवा स्वप्नं विद्वान्षट् परिवर्जयेत्

vṛddhāḥ striyo navaṃ madyaṃ śuṣkaṃ māṃsaṃ trimūlakam / rātrau dadhi divā svapnaṃ vidvānṣaṭ parivarjayet

Old women, new wine, dried meat, the three pungent roots, curd at night, and sleep by day: these six the wise man should shun.

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GaP 1 114.26

विषं गोष्ठी दरिद्रस्य वृद्धस्य तरुणी विषम् । विषं कुशिक्षिता विद्या अजीर्णे भोजनं विषम्

viṣaṃ goṣṭhī daridrasya vṛddhasya taruṇī viṣam / viṣaṃ kuśikṣitā vidyā ajīrṇe bhojanaṃ viṣam

For a poor man company is poison; for an old man a young woman is poison; badly learned knowledge is poison; food during indigestion is poison.

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GaP 1 114.27

प्रियं गानमकुण्ठस्य नीचस्योच्चासनं प्रियम् । प्रियं दानं दरिद्रस्य भूनश्चतरुणी प्रिया

priyaṃ gānamakuṇṭhasya nīcasyoccāsanaṃ priyam / priyaṃ dānaṃ daridrasya bhūnaścataruṇī priyā

Song is dear to one who is not dull; a high seat is dear to a low man; a gift is dear to a poor man; and a young woman is dear to an old man.

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GaP 1 114.28

अत्यम्बुपानं कठिनाशनञ्च धातुक्षयोवेगविधारणञ्च । दिवाशयो जागरणञ्च रात्रौ षड्भिर्नराणां निवसन्ति रोगाः

atyambupānaṃ kaṭhināśanañca dhātukṣayovegavidhāraṇañca / divāśayo jāgaraṇañca rātrau ṣaḍbhirnarāṇāṃ nivasanti rogāḥ

Drinking too much water, eating hard food, wasting of the bodily elements, suppressing natural urges, lying down by day, and staying awake at night—from these six, diseases take up residence in men.

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GaP 1 114.29

बालातपश्चाप्यतिमैथुनञ्च श्मशानधूमः करतापनञ्च । रजस्वलावत्क्रनिरीक्षणञ्च सुदीर्घमायुर्ननु कर्षयेच्च

bālātapaścāpyatimaithunañca śmaśānadhūmaḥ karatāpanañca / rajasvalāvatkranirīkṣaṇañca sudīrghamāyurnanu karṣayecca

The early morning sun, excessive intercourse, cremation-ground smoke, warming the hands (at a fire), and gazing at a menstruating woman—these surely wear down even a very long life.

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GaP 1 114.30

शुष्कं मांसं स्त्रियो वृद्धा बालार्कस्तरुणं दधि । प्रभाते मैथुनं निद्रा सद्यः प्राणहराणि षट्

śuṣkaṃ māṃsaṃ striyo vṛddhā bālārkastaruṇaṃ dadhi / prabhāte maithunaṃ nidrā sadyaḥ prāṇaharāṇi ṣaṭ

Dried meat, old women, the newly risen sun, fresh curd, intercourse at dawn, and sleep: these six take life at once.

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GaP 1 114.31

सद्यः पक्रघृतं द्राक्षा बाला स्त्री क्षीरभोजनम् । उष्णोदकं तरुच्छाया सद्यः प्राणहराणि षट्

sadyaḥ pakraghṛtaṃ drākṣā bālā strī kṣīrabhojanam / uṣṇodakaṃ tarucchāyā sadyaḥ prāṇaharāṇi ṣaṭ

Freshly cooked ghee, grapes, a young woman, a meal of milk, hot water, the shade of a tree — these six take away life at once.

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GaP 1 114.32

कूपादकं वटच्छाया नारीणाञ्च पयोधरः । शीतकाले भवेदुष्णमुष्णकाले च शीतलम्

kūpādakaṃ vaṭacchāyā nārīṇāñca payodharaḥ / śītakāle bhaveduṣṇamuṣṇakāle ca śītalam

Water from a well, the shade of a banyan, and the breasts of women: in the cold season they are warm, and in the hot season cool.

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GaP 1 114.33

त्रयो बलकराः सद्यो बालाभ्यङ्गसुभोजनम् । त्रयो बलहराः सद्यो ह्यध्वा वे मैथुनं ज्वरः

trayo balakarāḥ sadyo bālābhyaṅgasubhojanam / trayo balaharāḥ sadyo hyadhvā ve maithunaṃ jvaraḥ

Three at once give strength: a young woman, massage with oil, and good food. Three at once take strength away: travel, indeed, sexual intercourse, and fever.

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GaP 1 114.34

शुष्कं मांसं पयो नित्यं भार्यामित्रैः सहैव तु । न भाक्तव्यं नृपैः सार्धं वियोगं कुरुते क्षणात्

śuṣkaṃ māṃsaṃ payo nityaṃ bhāryāmitraiḥ sahaiva tu / na bhāktavyaṃ nṛpaiḥ sārdhaṃ viyogaṃ kurute kṣaṇāt

Dried meat and milk should never be eaten together with one's wife and friends, nor together with kings; it brings about separation in an instant.

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GaP 1 114.35

कुचेलिन दन्तमलोपधारिणं बह्वाशिनं निष्ठुरवाक्यभाषिणम् । सूर्योदये ह्यस्तमये ऽपि शायिनं विमुञ्चति श्रीरपि चक्रपाणिनम्

kucelina dantamalopadhāriṇaṃ bahvāśinaṃ niṣṭhuravākyabhāṣiṇam / sūryodaye hyastamaye 'pi śāyinaṃ vimuñcati śrīrapi cakrapāṇinam

The man in dirty clothes, who carries filth on his teeth, who eats much, who speaks harsh words, and who sleeps at sunrise and at sunset too — him Śrī forsakes, even if he be the wielder of the discus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.36

नित्यं छेदस्तृणानं धरणिविलखनं पादयोश्चापमार्ष्टिः दन्तानामप्यशौचं मलिनवसनता रूक्षता मूर्धजानाम् । द्वे सध्ये चापि निद्रा विवसनशयनं ग्रासहासातिरेकः स्वाङ्गे पीठे च वाद्यं निधनमुपनयेत्केशवस्यापि लक्ष्मीम्

nityaṃ chedastṛṇānaṃ dharaṇivilakhanaṃ pādayoścāpamārṣṭiḥ dantānāmapyaśaucaṃ malinavasanatā rūkṣatā mūrdhajānām / dve sadhye cāpi nidrā vivasanaśayanaṃ grāsahāsātirekaḥ svāṅge pīṭhe ca vādyaṃ nidhanamupanayetkeśavasyāpi lakṣmīm

Constantly cutting up grass, scratching at the ground, rubbing the two feet together, uncleanliness of the teeth as well, wearing dirty garments, roughness of the hair, sleeping at the two twilights, lying down naked, excess of eating and of laughing, drumming on one's own limbs and on one's seat — this would bring to destruction the fortune even of Keśava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.37

शिरः सुधौतं चरणौ सुमार्जितौ वराङ्गनासेवनमल्पभोजनम् । अनग्नशायित्वमपर्वमैथुनं चिरप्रनष्टां श्रियमानयन्ति षट्

śiraḥ sudhautaṃ caraṇau sumārjitau varāṅganāsevanamalpabhojanam / anagnaśāyitvamaparvamaithunaṃ cirapranaṣṭāṃ śriyamānayanti ṣaṭ

A well-washed head, well-cleaned feet, attending on an excellent woman, eating little, not sleeping naked, and avoiding intercourse on the (forbidden) lunar days — these six bring back fortune long since lost.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.38

यस्य कस्य तु पुष्पस्य पाणाडरस्य विशेषतः । शिरसा धार्यमाणस्य ह्यलक्ष्मीः प्रतिहन्यते

yasya kasya tu puṣpasya pāṇāḍarasya viśeṣataḥ / śirasā dhāryamāṇasya hyalakṣmīḥ pratihanyate

By any flower whatever, and especially a pale-white one, when it is worn on the head, misfortune is warded off.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 114.39

दीपस्य पश्चिमा छाया छाया शय्यासनस्य च । रजकस्य तु यत्तीर्थलक्ष्मीस्तत्र तिष्ठति

dīpasya paścimā chāyā chāyā śayyāsanasya ca / rajakasya tu yattīrthalakṣmīstatra tiṣṭhati

The western shadow of a lamp, the shadow of a bed and a seat, and the washerman's bathing-place — Lakṣmī dwells there.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 114.40

बालातपः प्रेतधूमः स्त्री वृद्धा तरुणं दधि । आयुष्कामो न सेवेत तथा संमार्जनीरजः

bālātapaḥ pretadhūmaḥ strī vṛddhā taruṇaṃ dadhi / āyuṣkāmo na seveta tathā saṃmārjanīrajaḥ

Morning sunlight, smoke from a corpse, an old woman, fresh curd — one who desires long life should not resort to these, nor to the dust of a broom.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.41

गजाश्वरथधान्यानां गवाञ्चैव रजः शुभम् । अशुभं च विजानीयात्खरोष्ट्रजाविकेषु च

gajāśvarathadhānyānāṃ gavāñcaiva rajaḥ śubham / aśubhaṃ ca vijānīyātkharoṣṭrajāvikeṣu ca

The dust of elephants, horses, chariots, grain, and of cows is auspicious; but one should know it to be inauspicious in the case of donkeys, camels, goats, and sheep.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.42

गवां रजो धान्यरजः पुत्रस्याङ्गभवं रजः । एतद्रजो महाशस्तं महापातकनाशनम्

gavāṃ rajo dhānyarajaḥ putrasyāṅgabhavaṃ rajaḥ / etadrajo mahāśastaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam

The dust of cows, the dust of grain, the dust arising from a son's body — this dust is highly commended, destroying great sins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.43

अजारजः खररजो यत्तु संमार्जनीरजः । एतद्रजो महापापं महाकिल्बिषकारकम्

ajārajaḥ khararajo yattu saṃmārjanīrajaḥ / etadrajo mahāpāpaṃ mahākilbiṣakārakam

The dust of goats, the dust of donkeys, and that which is the dust of a broom — this dust is greatly sinful, causing great defilement.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.44

शूर्पवातो नखाग्राम्बु स्नानवस्त्रमृजोदकम् । केशाम्बु मार्जनीरेणुर्हन्ति पुण्यं पुरा कृतम्

śūrpavāto nakhāgrāmbu snānavastramṛjodakam / keśāmbu mārjanīreṇurhanti puṇyaṃ purā kṛtam

The draught from a winnowing basket, water from the tips of the nails, the water wrung from a bathing garment, water from the hair, and the dust of a broom destroy the merit earned before.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.45

विप्रयोर्विप्रवह्न्योश्च दम्पत्योः स्वामिनोस्तथा । अन्तरेण न गन्तव्यं हयस्य वृषभस्य च

viprayorvipravahnyośca dampatyoḥ svāminostathā / antareṇa na gantavyaṃ hayasya vṛṣabhasya ca

One should not pass between two brahmins, between a brahmin and the fire, between a married couple, between masters, or between a horse and a bull.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.46

स्त्रीषु राजाग्निसर्पेषु स्वाध्याये शत्रुसेवने । भोगास्वादेषु विश्वासं कः प्राज्ञः कर्तुमर्हति

strīṣu rājāgnisarpeṣu svādhyāye śatrusevane / bhogāsvādeṣu viśvāsaṃ kaḥ prājñaḥ kartumarhati

In women, in kings, fire, and snakes, in one's own recitation, in serving an enemy, in the tasting of pleasures — what wise man ought to place trust?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.47

न विश्वसेदविश्वस्तं विश्वस्तं विश्वस्तं नातिविश्वसेत् । विश्वासाद्भयमुत्पन्नं मूलादपि निकृन्तति

na viśvasedaviśvastaṃ viśvastaṃ viśvastaṃ nātiviśvaset / viśvāsādbhayamutpannaṃ mūlādapi nikṛntati

One should not trust the untrustworthy, and one should not trust even the trusted too much; danger arisen from trust cuts one down even from the root.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.48

वैरिणा सह सन्धाय विश्वस्तो यदि तिष्ठति । स वृक्षाग्रे प्रसुप्तो हि पतितः प्रतिबुध्यते

vairiṇā saha sandhāya viśvasto yadi tiṣṭhati / sa vṛkṣāgre prasupto hi patitaḥ pratibudhyate

If, having made peace with an enemy, one remains trusting, he is like one who, having fallen asleep at the top of a tree, wakes up fallen.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.49

नात्यन्तं मृदुना भाव्यं नात्यन्तं कूरकर्मणा । मृदुनैव मृदुं हन्ति दारुणेनैव दारुणम्

nātyantaṃ mṛdunā bhāvyaṃ nātyantaṃ kūrakarmaṇā / mṛdunaiva mṛduṃ hanti dāruṇenaiva dāruṇam

One should not be excessively soft, nor excessively cruel in action; by softness itself one destroys the soft, by harshness the harsh.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.50

नात्यन्तं सरलैर्भाव्यं नात्यन्तं मृदुना तथा । सरलास्तत्र छिद्यन्ते कुब्जास्तिष्ठन्ति पादपाः

nātyantaṃ saralairbhāvyaṃ nātyantaṃ mṛdunā tathā / saralāstatra chidyante kubjāstiṣṭhanti pādapāḥ

One should not be excessively straight, nor likewise excessively soft: there the straight trees are cut down, while the crooked ones remain standing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.51

नमन्ति फलिनो वृक्षा नमन्ति गुणिनो जनाः । शुष्कवृक्षाश्च मूर्खाश्च भिद्यन्ते न नमन्ति च

namanti phalino vṛkṣā namanti guṇino janāḥ / śuṣkavṛkṣāśca mūrkhāśca bhidyante na namanti ca

Trees that bear fruit bend down, and men who have virtues bow; but dry trees and fools break rather than bend.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.52

अप्रार्थितानि दुः खानि यथैवायान्ति यान्ति च । मार्जार इव लुम्पेत तथा प्रार्थयितार नरः

aprārthitāni duḥ khāni yathaivāyānti yānti ca / mārjāra iva lumpeta tathā prārthayitāra naraḥ

Just as unasked-for sorrows come and go (of themselves), so one should drive off a begging man as one would a cat.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 114.53

पूर्वं पश्चाच्चरन्त्यार्ये सदैव बहुसम्पदः । विपरीतमनार्ये च यथेच्छसि तथा चर

pūrvaṃ paścāccarantyārye sadaiva bahusampadaḥ / viparītamanārye ca yathecchasi tathā cara

Great riches always attend the noble man, before and after; for the ignoble it is the reverse — so act as you wish.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 114.54

षट्कर्णो भिद्यते मन्त्रश्चतुः कर्णश्चधार्यते । द्विकर्णस्य तु मन्त्रस्य ब्रह्माप्यन्त न बुध्यते

ṣaṭkarṇo bhidyate mantraścatuḥ karṇaścadhāryate / dvikarṇasya tu mantrasya brahmāpyanta na budhyate

A counsel that has reached six ears is broken; one at four ears is kept; but of a counsel at two ears not even Brahmā learns the end.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.55

तया गवा किं क्रियते या न दोग्ध्री न गर्भिणी । कोर्ऽथ पुत्रेण जातेन यो न विद्वान्न धार्मिकः

tayā gavā kiṃ kriyate yā na dogdhrī na garbhiṇī / kor'tha putreṇa jātena yo na vidvānna dhārmikaḥ

What is to be done with that cow which neither gives milk nor is with calf? What is the use of a son being born who is neither learned nor righteous?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.56

एकेनापि सुपुत्रेण विद्यायुक्तेन धीमता । कुलं पुरुषसिंहेन चन्द्रेण गगनं यथा

ekenāpi suputreṇa vidyāyuktena dhīmatā / kulaṃ puruṣasiṃhena candreṇa gaganaṃ yathā

By even a single good son, endowed with learning and wise, a lion among men, the family (is adorned) as the sky is by the moon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.57

एकेनापि सुवृक्षेण पुष्पितेन सुगन्धिना । वनं सुवासितं सर्वं सुपुत्रेण कुलं यथा

ekenāpi suvṛkṣeṇa puṣpitena sugandhinā / vanaṃ suvāsitaṃ sarvaṃ suputreṇa kulaṃ yathā

By even one good tree, in flower and fragrant, a whole forest is made sweet-scented — so is a family by a good son.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.58

एको हि गुणवान्पुत्रो निर्गुणेन शतेन किम् । चन्द्रो हन्ति तमांस्येको न च ज्योतिः सहस्रकम्

eko hi guṇavānputro nirguṇena śatena kim / candro hanti tamāṃsyeko na ca jyotiḥ sahasrakam

For one son possessed of virtues (is enough); what use are a hundred without virtues? The moon alone destroys the darkness, and not a thousand stars.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.59

लालयेत्पञ्च वर्षाणि दश वर्षाणि ताडयेत् । प्राप्ते तु षोडशे वर्षे पुत्रं मित्रवदाचरेत्

lālayetpañca varṣāṇi daśa varṣāṇi tāḍayet / prāpte tu ṣoḍaśe varṣe putraṃ mitravadācaret

For five years one should pet (a son), for ten years one should chastise (him); but when the sixteenth year is reached, one should treat a son as a friend.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.60

जायमानो हरेद्दारान् वर्धमानो हरेद्धनम् । म्रियमाणो हरेत्प्राणान्नास्ति पुत्रसमो रिपुः

jāyamāno hareddārān vardhamāno hareddhanam / mriyamāṇo haretprāṇānnāsti putrasamo ripuḥ

Being born he takes away the wife, growing up he takes away the wealth, and when dying he takes away one's life — there is no enemy like a son.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.61

केचिन्मृगमुखा व्याघ्राः केचिद्व्याघ्रमुखा मृगाः । तत्स्वरूपपहिज्ञाने ह्यविश्वासः पदेपदे

kecinmṛgamukhā vyāghrāḥ kecidvyāghramukhā mṛgāḥ / tatsvarūpapahijñāne hyaviśvāsaḥ padepade

Some are tigers with the faces of deer, some are deer with the faces of tigers; since their true nature is not known, there is distrust at every step.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.62

एकः क्षमावतां दोषो द्वितीयो नोपपद्यते । यदेनं क्षमया युक्तमशक्तं मन्यते जनः

ekaḥ kṣamāvatāṃ doṣo dvitīyo nopapadyate / yadenaṃ kṣamayā yuktamaśaktaṃ manyate janaḥ

There is one fault in the patient, and a second does not arise: that people think a man endowed with patience to be powerless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.63

एतदेवानुमन्येत भोगा हि क्षणभङ्गिनः । स्निग्धेषु च विदग्धस्य मतयो वै ह्यनाकुलाः

etadevānumanyeta bhogā hi kṣaṇabhaṅginaḥ / snigdheṣu ca vidagdhasya matayo vai hyanākulāḥ

Just this one should concede: that enjoyments are perishable in a moment; and the judgements of one who is shrewd amid affectionate people are indeed untroubled.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 114.64

ज्येष्ठः पितृसमो भ्राता मृते पितरि शौनक । सर्वेषां स पिता हि स्यात्सर्वेषामनुपालकः

jyeṣṭhaḥ pitṛsamo bhrātā mṛte pitari śaunaka / sarveṣāṃ sa pitā hi syātsarveṣāmanupālakaḥ

The eldest brother is equal to a father when the father is dead, Śaunaka; he should be the father of them all, the protector of them all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.65

कनिष्ठेषु च सर्वेषु समत्वेनानुवर्तते । समापभोगजीवेषु यथैवं तनयेषु च

kaniṣṭheṣu ca sarveṣu samatvenānuvartate / samāpabhogajīveṣu yathaivaṃ tanayeṣu ca

And he should deal with all the younger ones with equality, they having equal enjoyment and livelihood, just as with his own sons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.66

बहूनामल्पसाराणां समवायो हि दारुणः । तृणैरावेष्टिता रज्जुस्तया नागो ऽपि बध्यते

bahūnāmalpasārāṇāṃ samavāyo hi dāruṇaḥ / tṛṇairāveṣṭitā rajjustayā nāgo 'pi badhyate

The combination of many things of little strength is indeed formidable: a rope is twisted out of grasses, and by it even an elephant is bound.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.67

अपहृत्य परस्वं हि यस्तु दानं प्रयच्छति । स दाता नरकं याति यस्यार्थास्तस्य तत्फलम्

apahṛtya parasvaṃ hi yastu dānaṃ prayacchati / sa dātā narakaṃ yāti yasyārthāstasya tatphalam

He who, having seized another's property, then bestows it as a gift — that giver goes to hell, and the fruit of it belongs to him whose wealth it was.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.68

देवद्रव्यविनाशेन ब्रह्मस्वहरणेन च । कुलान्यकुलतां यान्ति ब्राह्मणातिक्रमेण च

devadravyavināśena brahmasvaharaṇena ca / kulānyakulatāṃ yānti brāhmaṇātikrameṇa ca

By destroying the property of the gods, by taking away what belongs to Brahmins, and by slighting a Brahmin, families lose their standing as families.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.69

ब्रह्मघ्ने च सुरापे च चोरे भग्नव्रते तथा । निष्कृतिर्विहिता सद्भिः कृतघ्ने नास्ति निष्कृतिः

brahmaghne ca surāpe ca core bhagnavrate tathā / niṣkṛtirvihitā sadbhiḥ kṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ

For the slayer of a Brahmin, the drinker of liquor, the thief, and likewise the breaker of a vow, an expiation has been laid down by the good; for the ingrate there is no expiation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.70

नाश्रन्ति पितरो देवाः क्षुद्रस्य वृषलीपतेः । भार्याजितस्य नाश्रन्ति यस्याश्चोपपतिर्गृहे

nāśranti pitaro devāḥ kṣudrasya vṛṣalīpateḥ / bhāryājitasya nāśranti yasyāścopapatirgṛhe

The ancestors and the gods do not eat (the offerings) of a mean man who is the husband of a śūdra woman; they do not eat (those) of a man ruled by his wife, in whose house there is a paramour of hers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.71

अकृजज्ञमनार्यञ्च दीर्धरोषमनार्जवम् । चतुरो विद्धि चाण्डालाञ्जात्या जायेत पञ्चमः

akṛjajñamanāryañca dīrdharoṣamanārjavam / caturo viddhi cāṇḍālāñjātyā jāyeta pañcamaḥ

The ungrateful man, the ignoble man, the man of long-lasting anger, and the crooked man — know these four to be cāṇḍālas; a fifth would be one so by birth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.72

नोपेक्षितव्यो दुर्बद्धि शत्रुरल्पो ऽप्यवज्ञया । वह्निरल्पो ऽप्यसंहार्यः कुरुते भस्मसाज्जगत्

nopekṣitavyo durbaddhi śatruralpo 'pyavajñayā / vahniralpo 'pyasaṃhāryaḥ kurute bhasmasājjagat

An enemy, though small, should not be disregarded in contempt by a man of ill judgment; even a small fire, if not contained, reduces the world to ashes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.73

नवे वयसि यः शान्तः स शान्त इति मे मतिः । धातुषु क्षीयमाणेषु शमः कस्य न जायते

nave vayasi yaḥ śāntaḥ sa śānta iti me matiḥ / dhātuṣu kṣīyamāṇeṣu śamaḥ kasya na jāyate

He who is calm in fresh youth — he is (truly) calm, that is my view; when the bodily elements are wasting away, in whom does calm not arise?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.74

पन्थान इव विप्रेन्द्र सर्वसाधारणाः श्रियः । मदीया इति मत्वा वै न हि हर्षयुतो भवेत्

panthāna iva viprendra sarvasādhāraṇāḥ śriyaḥ / madīyā iti matvā vai na hi harṣayuto bhavet

Fortunes, O best of brahmins, are common to all, like roads; thinking "they are mine," one should indeed not become filled with joy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 114.75

चित्तायत्तं धातुवश्यं शरीरं चित्ते नष्टे धातवो यान्ति नाशम् । तस्माच्चित्तं सर्वदा रक्षणीयं स्वस्थे चित्ते धातवः सम्भवन्ति

cittāyattaṃ dhātuvaśyaṃ śarīraṃ citte naṣṭe dhātavo yānti nāśam / tasmāccittaṃ sarvadā rakṣaṇīyaṃ svasthe citte dhātavaḥ sambhavanti

The body depends on the mind and is subject to the bodily elements; when the mind is destroyed, the elements go to destruction. Therefore the mind is always to be guarded; when the mind is sound, the elements thrive.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition