2 सुभाषितमाला 1

Poem two.

sauBaaiYatmaalaa 1 È

A Garland of Good sayings - 1.

saamnaOva ya~ isaiwna- t~ dNDao bauQaona ivainayaaojya: È

ip<aM yaid Sak-ryaa Saamyait kao|qa-: pTaolaona ÈÈ 1 ÈÈ pHcatn~ 1.378

Sandhi Dissolution:

1) saamnaOva Ä saamnaa + eva È 2) isaiwna- Äisaiw: + na È

3) dNDao bauQaonaÄdND: + bauQaona È 4) kao|qa-: Ä k: + Aqa-: È

Meanings:

saamnaaÄ conciliation, negotiation ya~ Ä where,

isaiw:Ä accomplishment, t~ Ä there,

dND: Ä punishment, bauQaona Ä by a wise man,

na ivainayaaojya: Ä should not be recommended,

ip<aM Ä acidity, bile yaid Ä if,

Sak-ryaa Ä sugar, Saamyait Ä pacified,

k: Aqa-: Ä what is the purpose, pTaolaona Ä of snake-gourd.

Translation: If (the objective is) accomplished by negotiation, there

punishment should not be recommended by a wise man. If bile is

pacified by (rock) sugar, what is the purpose of a snake-gourd?

SanaO: SanaOSca Baao@tvyaM svayaM iva<amaupaija-tma\ È

rsaayanaimava p`a&Oh-olayaa na kdacana ÈÈ 2 ÈÈ

Sandhi Dissolution:

1) SanaOSca Ä SanaO: + ca È 2) iva<amaupaija-tma\ Ä iva<ama\ + ]paija-tma\ È

3) rsaayanaimava Ärsaayanama\ + [va È 4) p`a&Oh-olayaa Äp`a&O: + holayaa È

Meanings:

SanaO: SanaO: Ä slowly, Baao@tvyaM Ä one should enjoy,

svayaM iva<ama\ ]paija-tma\ Ä self-earned money,

rsaayanama\ Ä medicine, [va Ä just as,

p`a&O: Ä by learned people, holayaa Ä hurriedly,

na kdacana Ä never.

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Translation:

Like a medicine, self-earned money should be enjoyed slowly by

learned (people but) never hurriedly.

Aitiqabaa-lak: p%naI jananaI janakstqaa È

pHcaOto gaRihNa: paoYyaa [tro ca svaSai@tt: ÈÈ 3 ÈÈ

Sandhi Dissolution:

1) Aitiqabaa-lak: Ä Aitiqa: + baalak: È 2) janakstqaa Ä janak: + tqaa È

3) pHcaOto Ä pHca + eto È 4) paoYyaa [tro Ä paoYyaa: + [tro È

Meanings:

Aitiqa:Ä Guest, baalak:Ä child,

janak: Ä father, tqaa Ä and also,

pHcaÄ five, eto Ä these,

gaRihNa: Ä family members, paoYyaa: Ä nourished,

[tro Ä others, svaSai@tt: Ä as per one's own capacity.

Translation:

Guest, child, wife, mother and also father, these five members of the

family should be nourished (properly) and others as per own capacity.

Sas~Oh-tastu irpvaao na hta Bavaint

P`a&ahtaSca inatraM sauhta Bavaint È

Sas~M inahint puÉYasya SarIrmaokma\

P`a&a kulaM ca ivaBavaM ca yaSaSca hint ÈÈ 4 ÈÈ

Sandhi Dissolution:

1) Sas~Oh-tastu Ä Sas~O: + hta: + tu È 2) irpvaao na Ä irpva: + na È

3) hta Bavaint Ä hta: + Bavaint È 4) p`&ahtaSca Ä p`&ahta: +ca È

5) sauhta Bavaint Ä sauhta: + Bavaint È 6) SarIrmaokma\ Ä SarIrma\ + ekma\ È

7) yaSaSca Ä yaSa: + ca È

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Meanings:

Sas~O: Ä by weapons, hta: Ä were killed,

irpva: Ä enemies, na hta: Bavaint Ä are not killed,

p`&ahta: Ä killed by intellect, inatraM Ä certainly,

inahintÄ kills, kulaM Ä family,

ivaBavaMÄ prosperity.

Translation:

Enemies killed by weapons are not truly killed. Enemies killed by

intellect are certainly killed by all means. A weapon destroys only

body of a person; but the intellect destroys the (whole) family,

prosperity and fame.

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