Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 115
GaP 1 115.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ११५ सूत उवाच । कुमार्यां च कुमित्रं च कुराजानं कुपुत्रकम् । कुकन्यां च कुदेशं च दूरतः परिवर्जयेत्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 115 sūta uvāca / kumāryāṃ ca kumitraṃ ca kurājānaṃ kuputrakam / kukanyāṃ ca kudeśaṃ ca dūrataḥ parivarjayet
Sūta said: A bad daughter, a bad friend, a bad king, a bad son, a bad girl, and a bad country — one should avoid (these) from afar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.2
धर्मः प्रव्रजितस्तपः प्रचलितं सत्यं च दूरं गतं पृथ्वी वन्ध्यफला जनाः कपटिनो लौल्ये स्थिता ब्राह्मणाः । मर्त्याः स्त्रीवशगाः स्त्रियश्च चपला नीचा जना उन्नताः हा कष्टं खलुजीवितं कलियुगे धन्या जना ये मृताः
dharmaḥ pravrajitastapaḥ pracalitaṃ satyaṃ ca dūraṃ gataṃ pṛthvī vandhyaphalā janāḥ kapaṭino laulye sthitā brāhmaṇāḥ / martyāḥ strīvaśagāḥ striyaśca capalā nīcā janā unnatāḥ hā kaṣṭaṃ khalujīvitaṃ kaliyuge dhanyā janā ye mṛtāḥ
Dharma has gone forth, austerity has slipped away, and truth has gone far off; the earth's fruit is barren, people are deceitful, brahmins are set on greed; men are under the sway of women, and women are fickle, the low are exalted — alas, life in the Kali age is misery indeed; fortunate are those people who have died.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.3
धन्यास्ते ये न पश्यन्ति देशभङ्गं कुलक्षयम् । परचित्तगतान् दारान्पुत्रं कुव्यसने स्थितम्
dhanyāste ye na paśyanti deśabhaṅgaṃ kulakṣayam / paracittagatān dārānputraṃ kuvyasane sthitam
Fortunate are those who do not see the breaking of their country, the ruin of their family, a wife whose heart has gone to another, and a son sunk in evil addiction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.4
कुपुत्रे निर्वृतिर्नास्ति कुभार्यायां कुतो रतिः । सुमित्र नास्ति विश्वासः कुराज्ये नास्ति जीवितम्
kuputre nirvṛtirnāsti kubhāryāyāṃ kuto ratiḥ / sumitra nāsti viśvāsaḥ kurājye nāsti jīvitam
There is no contentment in a bad son; in a bad wife, where is pleasure? In a good friend there is no trust; in a bad kingdom there is no living.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.5
परान्नं च परस्वं च परशय्याः परस्त्रियः । परवेश्मनि वासश्च शक्रादपि हरेच्छ्रियम्
parānnaṃ ca parasvaṃ ca paraśayyāḥ parastriyaḥ / paraveśmani vāsaśca śakrādapi harecchriyam
Another's food, another's property, another's beds, another's women, and dwelling in another's house — these would steal away prosperity even from Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.6
आलापाद्गात्रसंस्पर्शात्संसर्गात्सह भोजनात् । आसनाच्छयनाद्यानात्पापं संक्रमते नृणाम्
ālāpādgātrasaṃsparśātsaṃsargātsaha bhojanāt / āsanācchayanādyānātpāpaṃ saṃkramate nṛṇām
From conversation, from bodily contact, from association, from eating together, from a shared seat, bed, or vehicle, sin passes over to men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.7
स्त्रियो नश्यन्ति रूपेण तपः क्रोधन नश्यति । गावो द्वरप्रचारेण शूद्रान्नेन द्विजोत्तमः
striyo naśyanti rūpeṇa tapaḥ krodhana naśyati / gāvo dvarapracāreṇa śūdrānnena dvijottamaḥ
Women are ruined through beauty, austerity is ruined through anger, cows through roaming far, and the best of the twice-born through a śūdra's food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.8
आसनादेकशय्यायां बोजनात्पङ्क्तिसङ्करात् । ततः संक्रमते पापं घटाद्धट इवोदकम्
āsanādekaśayyāyāṃ bojanātpaṅktisaṅkarāt / tataḥ saṃkramate pāpaṃ ghaṭāddhaṭa ivodakam
From a shared seat, from a shared bed, from eating, from mixing in the dining row — from that sin passes over, like water from pot to pot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.9
लालने बहवो दोषास्ताडने बहवो गुणाः । तस्माच्छिष्यं च पुत्रं च ताडयेन्न तु लालयेत्
lālane bahavo doṣāstāḍane bahavo guṇāḥ / tasmācchiṣyaṃ ca putraṃ ca tāḍayenna tu lālayet
In coddling there are many faults, in chastising many virtues; therefore one should chastise a pupil and a son, and not coddle them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.10
अध्वा जरा देहवतां पर्वतानां जलं जरा । असंभोगश्च नारीणां वस्त्राणामातपो जरा
adhvā jarā dehavatāṃ parvatānāṃ jalaṃ jarā / asaṃbhogaśca nārīṇāṃ vastrāṇāmātapo jarā
For embodied beings the road brings decay; for mountains water brings decay; for women lack of enjoyment; for clothes the sun's heat is decay.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.11
अधमाः कलिमिच्छन्ति सन्धिमिच्छति मध्यमाः । उत्तमा मानमिच्छन्ति मानो हि महतां धनम्
adhamāḥ kalimicchanti sandhimicchati madhyamāḥ / uttamā mānamicchanti māno hi mahatāṃ dhanam
The lowest want quarrel, the middling want an agreement, the highest want honour — for honour is the wealth of the great.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.12
मानो हि मूलमर्थस्य माने सति धनेन किम् । प्रभ्रष्टमानदर्पस्य किं धनेन किमायुषा
māno hi mūlamarthasya māne sati dhanena kim / prabhraṣṭamānadarpasya kiṃ dhanena kimāyuṣā
Honour indeed is the root of prosperity; when honour is there, what need of money? For one whose pride of honour has fallen away, what use is wealth, what use is life?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.13
अधमा धनमिच्छन्ति धनमानौ हि मध्यमाः । उत्तमा मानमिच्छन्ति मानो हि महतां धनम्
adhamā dhanamicchanti dhanamānau hi madhyamāḥ / uttamā mānamicchanti māno hi mahatāṃ dhanam
The lowest want wealth, the middling want both wealth and honour, the highest want honour — for honour is the wealth of the great.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.14
वने ऽपि सिंहा न नमन्ति कं च बुभु क्षिता मांसनिरीक्षणं च । धनैर्विहीनाः सुकुलेषु जाता न नीचकर्माणि समारभन्ते
vane 'pi siṃhā na namanti kaṃ ca bubhu kṣitā māṃsanirīkṣaṇaṃ ca / dhanairvihīnāḥ sukuleṣu jātā na nīcakarmāṇi samārabhante
Even in the forest lions bow to no one, and when hungry they look only to flesh; (so) men born in good families, though destitute of wealth, do not undertake base deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.15
नाभिषेको न संस्कारः सिंहस्य क्रियते वने । नित्यमूर्जितसत्त्वस्य स्वयमेव मृगेन्द्रता
nābhiṣeko na saṃskāraḥ siṃhasya kriyate vane / nityamūrjitasattvasya svayameva mṛgendratā
No consecration and no rite of investiture is performed for the lion in the forest: for one whose strength is always mighty, lordship over beasts comes of itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.16
वणिक्प्रमादी भृकश्च मानी भिक्षुर्विलासी ह्यधनश्च कामी । वराङ्गना चाप्रियवादिनी च न ते च कर्माणि समारभन्ते
vaṇikpramādī bhṛkaśca mānī bhikṣurvilāsī hyadhanaśca kāmī / varāṅganā cāpriyavādinī ca na te ca karmāṇi samārabhante
A negligent merchant, a proud hireling, a pleasure-loving mendicant, a lustful man without money, and a fair woman who speaks unkindly — these do not (successfully) undertake their tasks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.17
दाता दरिद्रः कृपणोर्ऽथयुक्तः पुत्त्रो ऽविधेयः कुजनस्य सेवा । परोपकारेषु नरस्य मृत्युः प्रजायते दुश्चरितानि पञ्च
dātā daridraḥ kṛpaṇor'thayuktaḥ puttro 'vidheyaḥ kujanasya sevā / paropakāreṣu narasya mṛtyuḥ prajāyate duścaritāni pañca
A giver who is poor, a miser possessed of wealth, a disobedient son, service to a base man, and a man's death while doing good to others — five ill-turned things come about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.18
कान्तावियोगः स्वजनापमानं ऋणस्य शेषः कुजनस्य सेवा । दारिद्रयाभावाद्विमुखाश्च मित्रा विनाग्निना पञ्च दहन्ति तीव्राः
kāntāviyogaḥ svajanāpamānaṃ ṛṇasya śeṣaḥ kujanasya sevā / dāridrayābhāvādvimukhāśca mitrā vināgninā pañca dahanti tīvrāḥ
Separation from one's beloved, contempt from one's own people, an unpaid remainder of debt, service to a base man, and friends turned away because of poverty — these five burn fiercely without fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.19
चिन्तासहस्रेषु च तेषु मध्ये चिन्ताश्चतस्रो ऽप्यसिधारतुल्याः । नीचापमानं क्षुधितं कलत्रं भार्या विरक्ता सहजोपरोधः
cintāsahasreṣu ca teṣu madhye cintāścatasro 'pyasidhāratulyāḥ / nīcāpamānaṃ kṣudhitaṃ kalatraṃ bhāryā viraktā sahajoparodhaḥ
And among those thousands of cares, four cares are like the edge of a sword: humiliation by a low man, a starving household, a wife grown cold, and hindrance from a brother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.20
वश्यश्च पुर्त्रेर्ऽथ करी च विद्या अरोगिता सज्जनसङ्गतिश्च । इष्टा च भार्या वशवर्तिनी च दुः खस्य मूलोद्धरणानि पञ्च
vaśyaśca purtrer'tha karī ca vidyā arogitā sajjanasaṅgatiśca / iṣṭā ca bhāryā vaśavartinī ca duḥ khasya mūloddharaṇāni pañca
An obedient son, learning that brings wealth, freedom from sickness, the company of good people, and a beloved and compliant wife — five uprootings of sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.21
कुरङ्गमातङ्गपतङ्गंभृग मीना हताः पञ्चबिरेव पञ्च । एकः प्रमाथी स कथं न घात्यो यः सेवते पञ्चभिरेव पञ्च
kuraṅgamātaṅgapataṅgaṃbhṛga mīnā hatāḥ pañcabireva pañca / ekaḥ pramāthī sa kathaṃ na ghātyo yaḥ sevate pañcabhireva pañca
Deer, elephant, moth, bee, and fish — five were destroyed by just five (senses); how then is that one destroyer not to be slain, who serves five by all five?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.22
अधीरः कर्कशः स्तब्धः कुचेलः स्वयमागतः । पञ्च विप्रा न पूज्यन्ते बृहस्पतिसमा अपि
adhīraḥ karkaśaḥ stabdhaḥ kucelaḥ svayamāgataḥ / pañca viprā na pūjyante bṛhaspatisamā api
The unsteady, the harsh, the stiff-necked, the ill-clothed, and the one who comes of his own accord — five (kinds of) brahmins are not honoured, even if they are the equals of Bṛhaspati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.23
आयुः कर्म च वित्तं च विद्या निधनमेव च । पञ्चैतानि विविच्यन्ते जायमानस्य देहिनः
āyuḥ karma ca vittaṃ ca vidyā nidhanameva ca / pañcaitāni vivicyante jāyamānasya dehinaḥ
Lifespan, deeds, wealth, learning, and death as well — these five are determined for an embodied being as it is being born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.24
पर्वतारोहणे तोये गोकुले दुष्टनिग्रहे । पतितस्य समुत्थाने शस्ताः पञ्च (ह्येते) गुणाः स्मृताः
parvatārohaṇe toye gokule duṣṭanigrahe / patitasya samutthāne śastāḥ pañca (hyete) guṇāḥ smṛtāḥ
In climbing a mountain, in water, in a cow-pen, in restraining the wicked, and in raising up one who has fallen — these five are held to be commendable qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.25
अभ्रच्छाया खले प्रीतिः परनारीषु संगतिः । पञ्चैते ह्यस्थिरा भावा यौवनानि धनानि च
abhracchāyā khale prītiḥ paranārīṣu saṃgatiḥ / pañcaite hyasthirā bhāvā yauvanāni dhanāni ca
The shade of a cloud, affection in a scoundrel, union with the wives of others, youth, and wealth — these five are indeed unstable conditions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.26
अस्थिरं जीवितं लोके अस्थिरं धनयौवनम् । अस्थिरं पुत्त्रदाराद्यं धर्मः कीर्तिर्यशः स्थिरम्
asthiraṃ jīvitaṃ loke asthiraṃ dhanayauvanam / asthiraṃ puttradārādyaṃ dharmaḥ kīrtiryaśaḥ sthiram
Life in this world is unstable, wealth and youth are unstable, sons, wife and the rest are unstable; righteousness, renown and fame are what endure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.27
शत जीवितमत्यल्पं रात्रिस्तस्यार्धहारिणी । व्याधिशोकजरायासैरर्धं तदपि निष्फलम्
śata jīvitamatyalpaṃ rātristasyārdhahāriṇī / vyādhiśokajarāyāsairardhaṃ tadapi niṣphalam
A life of a hundred (years) is very short, and night steals half of it; and half of that too is fruitless through disease, grief, old age and toil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.28
आयुर्वर्षशतं नृणां परिमितं रात्रौ तदर्धं गतं तस्यार्धस्थितकिञ्चिदर्धमधिकं बाल्यस्य काले गतम् । किञ्चिद्वन्धुवियोगदुः खमरणैर्भूपालसेवागतं शेषं वारितरङ्गगर्भचपलं मानेन किं मानिनाम्
āyurvarṣaśataṃ nṛṇāṃ parimitaṃ rātrau tadardhaṃ gataṃ tasyārdhasthitakiñcidardhamadhikaṃ bālyasya kāle gatam / kiñcidvandhuviyogaduḥ khamaraṇairbhūpālasevāgataṃ śeṣaṃ vāritaraṅgagarbhacapalaṃ mānena kiṃ māninām
The lifespan of men is measured at a hundred years; half of it is gone in the night; of the remaining half, somewhat more than half is gone in the time of childhood; some part is spent in separation from kin, in sorrow and death, and in service to kings; the rest is as fickle as the inside of a wave of water — what then is the use of pride to the proud?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.29
अहोरात्रमयो लोके जरारूपेण संचरेत् । मृत्युर्ग्रसति भूतानि पवनं पन्नगो यथा
ahorātramayo loke jarārūpeṇa saṃcaret / mṛtyurgrasati bhūtāni pavanaṃ pannago yathā
Made up of days and nights, it moves through the world in the form of old age: death swallows beings, as a snake swallows the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.30
गच्छतस्तिष्ठतो वापि जाग्रतः स्वपतो न चेत् । सर्वसत्त्वहितार्थाय पशोरिव विचेष्टितम्
gacchatastiṣṭhato vāpi jāgrataḥ svapato na cet / sarvasattvahitārthāya paśoriva viceṣṭitam
If, whether he goes or stands, whether he wakes or sleeps, (a man's action) is not for the welfare of all beings, then his striving is like that of a beast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.31
अहितहितविचारशून्यबुद्धेः श्रुतिसमये बहुभिर्वितर्कितस्य । उदरभरणमात्रतुष्टबुद्धेः पुरुषपशोश्च पशोश्च को विशेषः
ahitahitavicāraśūnyabuddheḥ śrutisamaye bahubhirvitarkitasya / udarabharaṇamātratuṣṭabuddheḥ puruṣapaśośca paśośca ko viśeṣaḥ
One whose mind is empty of any discernment between harm and good, who is argued at by many at the time of scriptural instruction, whose mind is satisfied with the mere filling of the belly — what difference is there between such a man-beast and a beast?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.32
शौर्ये तपसि दाने च यस्य न प्रथितं यशः । विद्यायामर्थलाभे वा मातुरुच्चार एव सः
śaurye tapasi dāne ca yasya na prathitaṃ yaśaḥ / vidyāyāmarthalābhe vā māturuccāra eva saḥ
He whose fame has not spread in valour, in austerity, in giving, in learning, or in the gaining of wealth — he is nothing but his mother's excrement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.33
यज्जीव्यते क्षणमपि प्रथितं मनुष्यैर्विज्ञानविक्रमयशोभिरभग्नमानैः । तन्नाम जीवितमिति प्रवदन्ति तज्ज्ञाः काको ऽपि जीवति चिरं च बलिं च भुङ्क्ते
yajjīvyate kṣaṇamapi prathitaṃ manuṣyairvijñānavikramayaśobhirabhagnamānaiḥ / tannāma jīvitamiti pravadanti tajjñāḥ kāko 'pi jīvati ciraṃ ca baliṃ ca bhuṅkte
That which is lived, even for a moment, in renown, by men of knowledge, prowess and fame whose self-respect is unbroken — that alone the knowing call life; for a crow too lives long and eats the offered morsel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.34
किं जीवितेन धनमानविवर्जितेन मित्रेण किं भवति भीतिसशङ्कितेन । सिंहव्रतं चरत गच्छत मा विषादं काको ऽपि जीवति चिरं च बलिं च भुङ्क्ते
kiṃ jīvitena dhanamānavivarjitena mitreṇa kiṃ bhavati bhītisaśaṅkitena / siṃhavrataṃ carata gacchata mā viṣādaṃ kāko 'pi jīvati ciraṃ ca baliṃ ca bhuṅkte
What is the use of a life bereft of wealth and honour? What use is a friend who is timorous with fear? Follow the lion's vow, go forth, do not despair — a crow too lives long and eats the offered morsel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.35
यो वात्मनीह न गुरौ न च भृत्यवर्गे दीने दयां न कुरुते न च मित्रकार्ये । किं तस्य जीवितफलेनमनुष्यलोके काको ऽपि जीवति चिरं च बलिं च भुङ्क्ते
yo vātmanīha na gurau na ca bhṛtyavarge dīne dayāṃ na kurute na ca mitrakārye / kiṃ tasya jīvitaphalenamanuṣyaloke kāko 'pi jīvati ciraṃ ca baliṃ ca bhuṅkte
He who shows compassion neither to himself here, nor to his teacher, nor to his servants, nor to the wretched, nor in a friend's affair — what is the use of the fruit of his life in the world of men? A crow too lives long and eats the offered morsel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.36
यस्य त्रिवर्गशून्यानि दिनान्यायान्ति यान्ति च । स लौहकारभस्त्रेव श्वसन्नपि न जीवति
yasya trivargaśūnyāni dinānyāyānti yānti ca / sa lauhakārabhastreva śvasannapi na jīvati
He whose days come and go empty of the three aims (dharma, wealth, pleasure) does not live, though he breathes, like a blacksmith's bellows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.37
स्वाधीनवृत्तेः साफल्यं न पराधीनवर्तिता । ये पराधीनकर्माणो जीवन्तो ऽपि च ते मृताः
svādhīnavṛtteḥ sāphalyaṃ na parādhīnavartitā / ye parādhīnakarmāṇo jīvanto 'pi ca te mṛtāḥ
Success belongs to one whose livelihood is his own; dependence on another is not (success). Those whose work depends on others are dead even while living.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.38
सु(स्व) पूरा वै कापुरुषाः सु(स्व) पूरो मूषिकाञ्जलिः । असन्तुष्टः कापुरुषः स्वल्पकेनापि तुष्यति
su(sva) pūrā vai kāpuruṣāḥ su(sva) pūro mūṣikāñjaliḥ / asantuṣṭaḥ kāpuruṣaḥ svalpakenāpi tuṣyati
Base men are indeed easily filled, as a mouse's cupped palms are easily filled: the discontented base man is satisfied even with a trifle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.39
अभ्रच्छाया तृणादग्निर्नोचसेवा पथो जलम् । वेश्यारागः खले प्रीतिः षडेते बुद्वुदोपमाः
abhracchāyā tṛṇādagnirnocasevā patho jalam / veśyārāgaḥ khale prītiḥ ṣaḍete budvudopamāḥ
The shade of a cloud, a fire of straw, the service of the base, water on the road, a courtesan's affection, the fondness of a scoundrel — these six are like bubbles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.40
वाचा विहितसार्थेन लोको न च सुखायते । जीवितं मानमूलं हि माने म्लाने कुतः सुखम्?
vācā vihitasārthena loko na ca sukhāyate / jīvitaṃ mānamūlaṃ hi māne mlāne kutaḥ sukham?
By speech contrived for self-interest the world is not made happy; for life has honour as its root, and when honour has withered, whence happiness?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.41
अबलस्य बलं राजा बालस्य रुदितं बलम् । बलं मूर्खस्य मौनं हि तस्करस्यानृतं बलम्
abalasya balaṃ rājā bālasya ruditaṃ balam / balaṃ mūrkhasya maunaṃ hi taskarasyānṛtaṃ balam
The king is the strength of the powerless, weeping is the strength of a child, silence is the strength of the fool, and falsehood is the strength of the thief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.42
यथायथा हि पुरुषः शास्त्रं समधिगच्छति । तथातथास्य मेधा स्याद्विज्ञानं चास्य रोचते
yathāyathā hi puruṣaḥ śāstraṃ samadhigacchati / tathātathāsya medhā syādvijñānaṃ cāsya rocate
Just as far as a man masters the sciences, so far will his intelligence go, and discernment becomes pleasing to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.43
यथायथा हि पुरुषः कल्याणे कुरुते मतिम् । तथातथा हि सर्वत्र श्लिष्यते लोकसुप्रियः
yathāyathā hi puruṣaḥ kalyāṇe kurute matim / tathātathā hi sarvatra śliṣyate lokasupriyaḥ
Just as far as a man sets his mind on what is good, so far, everywhere, does he become attached (to others), well loved by people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.44
लोभप्रमादविश्वासैः पुरुषो नश्यति त्रिभिः । तस्माल्लोभो न कर्तव्यः प्रमादो नोन विश्वसेत्
lobhapramādaviśvāsaiḥ puruṣo naśyati tribhiḥ / tasmāllobho na kartavyaḥ pramādo nona viśvaset
By three things a man perishes: greed, carelessness, and trust. Therefore let him not be greedy, nor careless, nor let him trust.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.45
तावद्भयस्य भेतव्यं यावद्भयमनागतम् । उत्पन्ने तु भये तीव्रे स्थातव्यं वै ह्यभीतवत्
tāvadbhayasya bhetavyaṃ yāvadbhayamanāgatam / utpanne tu bhaye tīvre sthātavyaṃ vai hyabhītavat
One should fear a danger only so long as the danger has not arrived; but when the fierce danger has come, one should stand as though unafraid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.46
ऋणशेषं चाग्निशेषं व्याधिशेषं तथैव च । पुनः पुनः प्रवर्धन्ते तस्माच्छेषं न कारयेत्
ṛṇaśeṣaṃ cāgniśeṣaṃ vyādhiśeṣaṃ tathaiva ca / punaḥ punaḥ pravardhante tasmāccheṣaṃ na kārayet
A remnant of debt, a remnant of fire, and likewise a remnant of disease grow again and again; therefore one should leave no remnant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.47
कृते प्रतिकृतं कुर्याद्धिंसिते प्रतिहिंसितम् । न तत्र दोषं पश्यामि दुष्टे दोषं समाचरेत्
kṛte pratikṛtaṃ kuryāddhiṃsite pratihiṃsitam / na tatra doṣaṃ paśyāmi duṣṭe doṣaṃ samācaret
For a deed one should do a deed in return, for an injury an injury in return. In this I see no fault: against a wicked man one may act wickedly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.48
परोक्षे कार्यहन्तारं प्रत्यक्षे प्रियवादिनम् । वर्जयेत्तादृशं मित्रं मायामयमरिं तथा
parokṣe kāryahantāraṃ pratyakṣe priyavādinam / varjayettādṛśaṃ mitraṃ māyāmayamariṃ tathā
One who destroys your business behind your back and speaks kindly to your face — such a friend one should avoid, and likewise an enemy made of deceit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.49
दुर्जनस्य हि संगेन सुजनो ऽपि विनश्यति । प्रसन्नमपि पानीयं कर्दमैः कलुषीकृतम्
durjanasya hi saṃgena sujano 'pi vinaśyati / prasannamapi pānīyaṃ kardamaiḥ kaluṣīkṛtam
By association with a bad man even a good man is ruined; even clear water is made turbid by mud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.50
स भुङ्क्ते सद्विजो भुङ्क्ते समशेषनिरूपणम् । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन द्विजः पूज्यः प्रयत्नतः
sa bhuṅkte sadvijo bhuṅkte samaśeṣanirūpaṇam / tasmātsarvaprayatnena dvijaḥ pūjyaḥ prayatnataḥ
He eats (rightly) who eats after the brahmin, with due regard for what remains for all; therefore the twice-born is to be honoured with every effort, carefully.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.51
तद्भुज्यते यद्द्विजभुक्तशेषं स बुद्धिमान्यो न करोति पापम् । तत्सौहृदं यक्रियते परोक्षे दम्भैर्विना यः क्रियते स धर्मः
tadbhujyate yaddvijabhuktaśeṣaṃ sa buddhimānyo na karoti pāpam / tatsauhṛdaṃ yakriyate parokṣe dambhairvinā yaḥ kriyate sa dharmaḥ
That is eaten (rightly) which is the remainder of what a brahmin has eaten; he is wise who does no evil; that is friendship which is practised behind one's back; that is dharma which is done without hypocrisy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.52
न सा सभा यत्र न सन्ति वृद्धाः वृद्धा न ते ये न वदन्ति धर्मम् । धर्मः स नो यत्र न सत्यमस्ति नैतत्सत्यं यच्छलेनानुविद्धम्
na sā sabhā yatra na santi vṛddhāḥ vṛddhā na te ye na vadanti dharmam / dharmaḥ sa no yatra na satyamasti naitatsatyaṃ yacchalenānuviddham
That is no assembly where there are no elders; they are not elders who do not declare the law; that is not law in which there is no truth; that is not truth which is shot through with deceit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.53
ब्राह्मणो ऽपि मनुष्याणामादित्यश्चैव तेजसाम् । शिरो ऽपि सर्वगात्राणां व्रतानां सत्यमुत्तमम्
brāhmaṇo 'pi manuṣyāṇāmādityaścaiva tejasām / śiro 'pi sarvagātrāṇāṃ vratānāṃ satyamuttamam
The brahmin (is highest) among men, the sun among things of splendour, the head among all limbs, and truth is the highest of observances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.54
तन्मङ्गलं यत्र मनः प्रसन्नं तज्जीवनं यन्न परस्य सेवा । तदर्जितं यत्स्वजनेन भुक्तं तद्गर्जितं यत्समरे रिपूणाम्
tanmaṅgalaṃ yatra manaḥ prasannaṃ tajjīvanaṃ yanna parasya sevā / tadarjitaṃ yatsvajanena bhuktaṃ tadgarjitaṃ yatsamare ripūṇām
That is auspiciousness where the mind is serene; that is (real) living which is not service of another; that is (truly) earned which is enjoyed by one's own people; that is (real) roaring which is done to enemies in battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.55
सा स्त्रीया न मदं कुर्यात्स सुखी तृष्णयोज्झितः । तन्मित्रं यत्र विश्वासः पुरुषः स जितेन्द्रियः
sā strīyā na madaṃ kuryātsa sukhī tṛṣṇayojjhitaḥ / tanmitraṃ yatra viśvāsaḥ puruṣaḥ sa jitendriyaḥ
She is a (true) woman who does not cause intoxication; he is happy who is free of craving; that is a friend in whom there is trust; he is a (true) man who has conquered his senses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.56
तत्र मुक्तादरस्नेहो विलुप्तं यत्र सौहृदम् । तदेव केवलं श्लघ्यं यस्यात्मा क्रियते स्तुतौ
tatra muktādarasneho viluptaṃ yatra sauhṛdam / tadeva kevalaṃ ślaghyaṃ yasyātmā kriyate stutau
There one's regard and affection are to be given up, where the friendship has been destroyed; that alone is wholly praiseworthy in which a man's own self is engaged in praising.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.57
नदीनामग्निहोत्राणां भारतस्य कलस्य च । मूलान्वेषो न कर्तव्यो मूलाद्दोषो न हीयते
nadīnāmagnihotrāṇāṃ bhāratasya kalasya ca / mūlānveṣo na kartavyo mūlāddoṣo na hīyate
Of rivers, of agnihotra fires, of Bharata (the Bhārata line/epic), and of a family, the origin should not be investigated; from the origin no fault is ever absent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.58
लवणजलान्ता नद्यः स्त्रीभेदान्तं च मैथुनम् । षैशुन्यं जनवार्तान्तं वित्तं दुः खत्रयान्तकम्
lavaṇajalāntā nadyaḥ strībhedāntaṃ ca maithunam / ṣaiśunyaṃ janavārtāntaṃ vittaṃ duḥ khatrayāntakam
Rivers end in salt water; sexual union ends in estrangement from the woman; childish behaviour ends in people's gossip; wealth ends in the three sufferings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.59
राज्यश्रीर्ब्रह्मशापान्ता पापान्तं ब्रह्मवर्चसम् । आचान्तं घोषवासान्तं कुलस्यान्तं स्त्रिया प्रभो (भुः)
rājyaśrīrbrahmaśāpāntā pāpāntaṃ brahmavarcasam / ācāntaṃ ghoṣavāsāntaṃ kulasyāntaṃ striyā prabho (bhuḥ)
Royal fortune ends with a brahmin's curse; brahminical lustre ends with sin; ... ends with conduct, ... with dwelling in a cowherd village; the end of a family (comes) through a woman, O lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.60
सर्वे क्षयान्ता निलयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रयाः । संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं हि जीवितम्
sarve kṣayāntā nilayāḥ patanāntāḥ samucchrayāḥ / saṃyogā viprayogāntā maraṇāntaṃ hi jīvitam
All dwellings end in destruction, all elevations end in falling, unions end in separation, and life indeed ends in death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.61
यदीच्छेत्पुनरागन्तुं नातिदूरमनुव्रजेत् । उदकान्तान्निवर्तेत स्निग्धवर्णाच्च पादपात्
yadīcchetpunarāgantuṃ nātidūramanuvrajet / udakāntānnivarteta snigdhavarṇācca pādapāt
If one wishes (a departing person) to come back again, one should not follow him too far; one should turn back at the water's edge, or at a tree of glossy hue.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.62
अनायके न वस्तव्यं न चैव बहुनायके । स्त्रीनायके न वस्तव्यं वस्तव्यं बालनायके
anāyake na vastavyaṃ na caiva bahunāyake / strīnāyake na vastavyaṃ vastavyaṃ bālanāyake
One should not live where there is no ruler, nor where there are many rulers, nor where a woman rules; one may live where a child rules.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.63
पिता रक्षति कौमारे भत्ता रक्षति यौवने । पुत्रस्तु स्थविरे काले न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति
pitā rakṣati kaumāre bhattā rakṣati yauvane / putrastu sthavire kāle na strī svātantryamarhati
The father protects (her) in girlhood, the husband protects (her) in youth, and the son in old age; a woman does not deserve independence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.64
त्यजेद्वन्ध्यामष्टमे ऽब्दे नवमे तु मृतप्रिजाम् । एकादशे स्त्रीजननीं सद्यश्चाप्रियावादिनीम्
tyajedvandhyāmaṣṭame 'bde navame tu mṛtaprijām / ekādaśe strījananīṃ sadyaścāpriyāvādinīm
He should abandon a barren wife in the eighth year, in the ninth one whose children have died, in the eleventh one who bears only daughters, and at once one who speaks unkindly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.65
अनर्थित्वान्मनुष्याणां भिया परिजनस्य च । अर्थादपेतमर्यादास्त्रयस्तिष्ठन्ति भर्तृषु
anarthitvānmanuṣyāṇāṃ bhiyā parijanasya ca / arthādapetamaryādāstrayastiṣṭhanti bhartṛṣu
Because men do not desire them and out of fear of the household, three sorts of women who have overstepped propriety for the sake of gain remain with their husbands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.66
अश्वं श्रान्तं गजं मत्तं गावः प्रथमसूतिकाः । अनूदके च मण्डूकान्प्राज्ञो दूरेण वर्जयेत्
aśvaṃ śrāntaṃ gajaṃ mattaṃ gāvaḥ prathamasūtikāḥ / anūdake ca maṇḍūkānprājño dūreṇa varjayet
A tired horse, a rutting elephant, cows that have calved for the first time, and frogs in shallow water — the wise man should keep far away from these.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.67
अर्थातुराणां न सुहृन्न बन्धुः कामातुराणां न भयं न लज्जा । चिन्तातुराणां न सुखं न निद्रा क्षुधातुराणां न बलं न तेजः
arthāturāṇāṃ na suhṛnna bandhuḥ kāmāturāṇāṃ na bhayaṃ na lajjā / cintāturāṇāṃ na sukhaṃ na nidrā kṣudhāturāṇāṃ na balaṃ na tejaḥ
For those afflicted by (greed for) wealth there is no friend and no kinsman; for those afflicted by desire there is no fear and no shame; for those afflicted by worry there is no comfort and no sleep; for those afflicted by hunger there is no strength and no vigour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.68
कुतो निद्रा दरिद्रस्य परप्रेष्यवरस्य च । परनारीप्रसक्तस्य परद्रव्यहरस्य च
kuto nidrā daridrasya parapreṣyavarasya ca / paranārīprasaktasya paradravyaharasya ca
Whence sleep for a poor man, for one who is another's chief servant, for one attached to another's wife, and for one who steals another's property?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.69
सुखं स्वपित्यनृणवान्व्याधिमुक्तश्च यो नरः । सावकाशस्तु वै भुङ्क्ते यस्तु दारैर्न सङ्गतः
sukhaṃ svapityanṛṇavānvyādhimuktaśca yo naraḥ / sāvakāśastu vai bhuṅkte yastu dārairna saṅgataḥ
The man who is free of debt and free of disease sleeps happily; and he who is not joined with a wife eats at his leisure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.70
अम्भसः परिमाणे उन्नतं कमलं भवेत् । स्वस्वामिना बलवता भृत्यो भवति गर्वितः
ambhasaḥ parimāṇe unnataṃ kamalaṃ bhavet / svasvāminā balavatā bhṛtyo bhavati garvitaḥ
In proportion to the water the lotus rises high; through a powerful master the servant becomes proud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.71
स्थानस्थितस्य पद्मस्य मित्रे वरुणभास्करौ । स्थानच्युतस्य तस्यैव क्लेदशोषणकारकौ
sthānasthitasya padmasya mitre varuṇabhāskarau / sthānacyutasya tasyaiva kledaśoṣaṇakārakau
For a lotus standing in its place, Varuṇa (water) and the sun are two friends; for that same one fallen from its place, they cause its soaking and its withering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.72
ये पदस्थस्य मित्त्राणि ते तस्य रिपुतां गताः । भानोः पद्मे जले प्रीतिः स्थलोद्धरणशोषणः
ye padasthasya mittrāṇi te tasya riputāṃ gatāḥ / bhānoḥ padme jale prītiḥ sthaloddharaṇaśoṣaṇaḥ
Those who are friends of one holding a position turn into his enemies (when he falls); the sun's affection for the lotus is (only) while it is in water — lifted onto dry land, it dries it up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.73
स्थानस्थितानि पूज्यन्ते पूज्यन्ते च पदे स्थिताः । स्थानभ्रष्टा न पूज्यन्ते केशा दन्ता नखा नराः
sthānasthitāni pūjyante pūjyante ca pade sthitāḥ / sthānabhraṣṭā na pūjyante keśā dantā nakhā narāḥ
Things standing in their proper place are honoured, and those set in position are honoured; fallen from their place they are not honoured — hair, teeth, nails, and men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.74
आचारः कुलमाख्यति देशमाख्याति भाषितम् । सम्भ्रमः स्नेहमाख्याति वपुराख्याति भोजनम्
ācāraḥ kulamākhyati deśamākhyāti bhāṣitam / sambhramaḥ snehamākhyāti vapurākhyāti bhojanam
Conduct declares the family, speech declares the country, eager attention declares affection, and the body declares the food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.75
वृथा वृष्टिः समुद्रस्य वृथा तृप्तस्य भोजनम् । वृथा दानं समृद्धस्य नीचस्य सुकृतं वथा
vṛthā vṛṣṭiḥ samudrasya vṛthā tṛptasya bhojanam / vṛthā dānaṃ samṛddhasya nīcasya sukṛtaṃ vathā
Rain on the ocean is useless, food for one who is sated is useless, a gift to a rich man is useless, and a good deed done for a base man is useless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.76
दूरस्थो ऽपि समीपस्थो यो यस्य हृदये स्थितः । हृदयादपि निष्क्रान्तः समीपस्थो ऽपि दूरतः
dūrastho 'pi samīpastho yo yasya hṛdaye sthitaḥ / hṛdayādapi niṣkrāntaḥ samīpastho 'pi dūrataḥ
Even one who stands far off stands near, if he dwells in another's heart; but one who has gone out of the heart, though standing near, is far away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.77
मुखभङ्गः स्वरो दीनो गात्रस्वेदो महद्भयम् । मरणे यानि चिह्नानि तानि चिह्नानि याचके
mukhabhaṅgaḥ svaro dīno gātrasvedo mahadbhayam / maraṇe yāni cihnāni tāni cihnāni yācake
A twisting of the face, a piteous voice, sweating of the limbs, great fear — the signs that appear at death are the same signs in a beggar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.78
कुब्जस्य कीटघातस्य वातान्निष्कासितस्य च । शिखरे वसतस्तस्य वरं जन्म न याचितम्
kubjasya kīṭaghātasya vātānniṣkāsitasya ca / śikhare vasatastasya varaṃ janma na yācitam
Better the birth of a hunchback, or of an insect-killer, or of one driven out by the wind, or of one who lives on a mountain peak — than a begged (livelihood).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.79
जगत्पतिर्हि याचित्वा विष्णुर्वामनतां यतः । कान्यो ऽधिकतरस्तस्य योर्ऽथो याति न लाघवम्
jagatpatirhi yācitvā viṣṇurvāmanatāṃ yataḥ / kānyo 'dhikatarastasya yor'tho yāti na lāghavam
For Viṣṇu, the lord of the world, since he begged, became a dwarf; who else is greater than he? Whose purpose (in begging) does not come to belittlement?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 115.80
माता शत्रुः पिता वैरी बाला येन न पाठिताः । सभामध्ये न शोभन्ते हंसमध्ये बकायथा
mātā śatruḥ pitā vairī bālā yena na pāṭhitāḥ / sabhāmadhye na śobhante haṃsamadhye bakāyathā
The mother is an enemy and the father a foe by whom the children have not been taught; they do not shine in the midst of an assembly, like herons among geese.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.81
विद्या नाम कुरूपरूपमधिकं विद्यातिगुप्तं धनं विद्या साधुकरी जनप्रियकरी विद्या गुरूणां गुरुः । विद्या बन्धुजनार्तिनाशनकरी विद्या परं दैवतं विद्या राजसु पूजिता हि मनुजो विद्यविहीनः पशुः
vidyā nāma kurūparūpamadhikaṃ vidyātiguptaṃ dhanaṃ vidyā sādhukarī janapriyakarī vidyā gurūṇāṃ guruḥ / vidyā bandhujanārtināśanakarī vidyā paraṃ daivataṃ vidyā rājasu pūjitā hi manujo vidyavihīnaḥ paśuḥ
Learning is a beauty surpassing (even) an ugly form; learning is well-hidden wealth; learning makes one good and makes one dear to people; learning is the teacher of teachers. Learning destroys the distress of kinsfolk; learning is the highest deity; learning is honoured among kings — a man devoid of learning is a beast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.82
गृहे चाभ्यन्तरे द्रव्यं लग्नं चैव तु दृश्यते । अशेषं हरणीयं च विद्या न ह्रियते परैः
gṛhe cābhyantare dravyaṃ lagnaṃ caiva tu dṛśyate / aśeṣaṃ haraṇīyaṃ ca vidyā na hriyate paraiḥ
Property in the house, indeed within it, is seen to be attached (to one), and all of it can be carried off; but learning is not carried off by others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 115.83
शौनकीयं नीतिसारं विष्णुः सर्वत्रतानि च । कथयामास वैपूर्वं तत्र शुश्राव शङ्करः । शङ्करादशृणोद्व्यासो व्यासादस्माभिरेव च
śaunakīyaṃ nītisāraṃ viṣṇuḥ sarvatratāni ca / kathayāmāsa vaipūrvaṃ tatra śuśrāva śaṅkaraḥ / śaṅkarādaśṛṇodvyāso vyāsādasmābhireva ca
Viṣṇu related the Śaunakīya Essence of Polity, and all these matters, first of all; Śaṅkara heard it there; from Śaṅkara Vyāsa heard it, and from Vyāsa we ourselves (heard it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain