A dumb person speaks fluently, a lame person crosses mountains – with His grace.  To that source of infinite joy, Madhava, I bow down.

मूकं करॊति वाचालं पङ्गुं लङ्घयते गिरिम् /  यत्कृपा तमहं वन्दे परमानन्दमाधवम् //

mUkam karOthi vAchAlam pangum langhayatE girim /  yathkrpA thamaham vandhE paramAnandhamAdhavam //

Knowledge makes you humble; humility gives you character; good character attracts wealth; wealth can be used for doing good deeds.  This in turn leads to happiness in the world.

विद्या ददाति विनयं विनयाद्याति पात्रतम् /  पात्रत्वाद् धनमाप्नोति धनाद्धर्म ततः सुखम् //

vidhyA dhadhAthi vinayam vinayAdhyAthi pAthrathAm / pathrathvAdh DHanamApnOthi DHanAdhDHarma thathaha sukham //

Some people speak words of wisdom, simply repeating the same like parrots; some others are inherently wise, but do not express themselves; there are a few whose speech sparkles, the wise words flowing eloquently from their hearts.

[Note: This quotation is from Vishnu Sharma's 'Panchatantra', an ancient Indian classic on the art of winning friends and influencing people.]

एकेषां वाचि शुकवदन्येषां हृदि मूकवत् / हृदिवाचि तथान्येषां वल्गु वल्गन्ति सूक्तयः //

EkESHAm vAchi shukavadh anyESHAm hrdhi mUkavath /  hrdhivAchi thaTHAnyESHAm valgu valganthi sUkthayaha //

They will help you overcome bad qualities and inspire you to take the right path; they will keep your secrets but advertise your good qualities; they will not desert you when you’re in trouble and give of themselves in your time of need – such is the nature of good friends say the wise.

पापान् निवारयति योजयते हिताय गुह्यानि गूहति गुणान् प्रकटीकरोति /  आपद्गतम् च न जहाति ददाति काले सन्मित्रलक्षणमिदम् प्रवदन्ति सन्तः //

pApAn nivArayathi yOjayathE hithAya guhyAni gUhathi guNAn prakatIkarOthi /  Apadhgatham cha na jahAthi dhadhAthi kAlE sanmithralakSHaNamidham pravadhanthi santhaha //

विद्वत्त्वं च नृपत्वं च नैव तुल्यं कदाचन / स्वदेशे पूज्यते राजा विद्वान् सर्वत्र पूज्यते //

vidhvaththvam cha nrpathvam cha naiva thulyam kadhAchana / svadhEshE pUjyathE rAjA vidhvAn sarvathra pUjyathE //

If you do not rid yourself of enemies and diseases as soon as they set in, they will grow and ultimately destroy you, however strong you may be. [A verse from Vishnu Sharma’s Panchatantra]

जातमात्रं न यः शत्रुं रॊगं च प्रशमं नयेत् /  महाबलोऽपि तेनैव वृद्धिं प्राप्य स हन्यते //

jAthamAthram na yaha shathrum rOgam cha prashmam nayEth /  mahAbalOpi thEnaiva vrdhDHim prApya sa hanyathE //

Day and night, dusk and dawn, and the Law of Right Conduct are witness to man’s every action.

अहश्च रात्रिश्च उभे च सन्ध्ये धर्मोऽपि जानाति नरस्य वृत्तम् /

ahashcha rAthrishcha ubhE cha sanDHyE DHarmOpi jAnAthi narasya vrththam /

O, who on earth is this? With a head full of hair that resembles the rays of the rising sun and flaming red eyes glowering from under thick eyebrows? The thread tied around his neck is like a flash of lightning on a clouded sky and he looks like the Destroyer Himself come at cataclysm.

[For more of the play, go to KAVYANUBHAVAM link in the right margin, under Simply for the Love of Sanskrit]

bhOho kO nu khalvESHaha /

tharuNaravikaraprakIrNakEshO bhrukutiputOjjvalapingalAyathAkSHaha / sathadidhiva ghanaha sakaNTasUthrO yuganiDHanE prathimAkrthirharasya // 4//

भोः को नु खल्वेषः /

तरुणरविकरप्रकीर्णकेशो भ्रुकुटिपुटोज्ज्वलपिङ्गलायताक्षः / सतडिदिव घनः सकण्ठसूत्रो युगनिधने प्रतिमाकृतिर्हरस्य // ४ //

That which is protected by fate survives though it is defenceless whereas that which enjoys protection, perishes if so destined.  Abandoned in the forest, one may survive, yet die sheltered within a home. [A verse from Vishnu Sharma's 'Panchatantra']

arakSHitham thiSHTathi dhaivarakSHitham surakSHitham vinashyathi / jIvathyanATHOpi vane visarhithaha krthapratathnOpi grhE na jIvathi //

अरक्षितं तिष्ठति दैवरक्षितं सुरक्षितं दैवहतं विनश्यति / जीवत्यनाथोऽपि वने विसर्जितः कृतप्रयत्नोऽपि गृहे न जीवति //