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চাণক্য নীতি - ত্রযোদশোঽধ্যাযঃ মুহূর্তমপি জীবেচ্চ নরঃ শুক্লেন কর্মণা । A man may live but for a moment, but that moment should be spent in doing auspicious deeds. It is useless living even for a kalpa (4,320,000 1000 years) and bringing only distress upon the two worlds (this world and the next). গতে শোকো ন কর্তব্যো ভবিষ্যং নৈব চিংতযেত্ । We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment. স্বভাবেন হি তুষ্যংতি দেবাঃ সত্পুরুষাঃ পিতা । It certainly is nature of the demigods, men of good character, and parents to be easily pleased. Near and distant relatives are pleased when they are hospitably received with bathing, food, and drink; and pandits are pleased with an opportunity for giving spiritual discourse. আযুঃ কর্ম চ বিত্তং চ বিদ্যা নিধনমেব চ । Even as the unborn babe is in the womb of his mother, these five are fixed as his life destiny: his life span, his activities, his acquisition of wealth and knowledge, and his time of death. অহো বত বিচিত্রাণি চরিতানি মহাত্মনাম্ । O see what a wonder it is! The doings of the great are strange: they treat wealth as light as a straw, yet, when they obtain it, they bend under its weight. যস্য স্নেহো ভযং তস্য স্নেহো দুঃখস্য ভাজনম্ । He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy. অনাগতবিধাতা চ প্রত্যুত্পন্নমতিস্তথা । He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined. রাজ্ঞি ধর্মিণি ধর্মিষ্ঠাঃ পাপে পাপাঃ সমে সমাঃ । If the king is virtuous, then the subjects are also virtuous. If the king is sinful, then the subjects also become sinful. If he is mediocre, then the subjects are mediocre. The subjects follow the example of the king. In short, as is the king so are the subjects. জীবংতং মৃতবন্মন্যে দেহিনং ধর্মবর্জিতম্ । I consider him who does not act religiously as dead though living, but he who dies acting religiously unquestionably lives long though he is dead. ধর্মার্থকামমোক্ষাণাং যস্যৈকোঽপি ন বিদ্যতে । He who has acquired neither virtue, wealth, satisfaction of desires nor salvation (ধর্ম, অর্থ, কাম, মোক্ষ), lives an utterly useless life, like the "nipples" hanging from the neck of a goat. দহ্যমানাঃ সুতীব্রেণ নীচাঃ পরযশোঽগ্নিনা । The hearts of base men burn before the fire of other's fame, and they slander them being themselves unable to rise to such a high position. বংধায বিষযাসংগো মুক্ত্যৈ নির্বিষযং মনঃ । Excessive attachment to sense pleasures leads to bondage, and detachment from sense pleasures leads to liberation; therefore it is the mind alone that is responsible for bondage or liberation. দেহাভিমানে গলিতং জ্ঞানেন পরমাত্মনি । He who sheds bodily identification by means of knowledge of the indwelling Supreme Self (পরমাত্ম), will always be absorbed in meditative trance (সমাধি) wherever his mind leads him. ঈপ্সিতং মনসঃ সর্বং কস্য সংপদ্যতে সুখম্ । Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore one should learn contentment. যথা ধেনুসহস্রেষু বত্সো গচ্ছতি মাতরম্ । As a calf follows its mother among a thousand cows, so the (good or bad) deeds of a man follow him. অনবস্থিতকার্যস্য ন জনে ন বনে সুখম্ । He whose actions are disorganised has no happiness either in the midst of men or in a jungle -- in the midst of men his heart burns by social contacts, and his helplessness burns him in the forest. খনিত্বা হি খনিত্রেণ ভূতলে বারি বিংদতি । As the man who digs obtains underground water by use of a shovel, so the student attains the knowledge possessed by his preceptor through his service. কর্মাযত্তং ফলং পুংসাং বুদ্ধিঃ কর্মানুসারিণী । Men reap the fruits of their deeds, and intellects bear the mark of deeds performed in previous lives; even so the wise act after due circumspection. একাক্ষরপ্রদাতারং যো গুরুং নাভিবংদতে । Even the man who has taught the spiritual significance of just one letter ought to be worshiped. He who does not give reverence to such a guru is born as a dog a hundred times, and at last takes birth as a chandala (dog-eater). যুগাংতে প্রচলেন্মেরুঃ কল্পাংতে সপ্ত সাগরাঃ । At the end of the yuga, Mount Meru may be shaken; at the end of the কল্প, the waters of the seven oceans may be disturbed; but a সাধু will never swerve from the spiritual path. পৃথিব্যাং ত্রীণি রত্নানি জলমন্নং সুভাষিতম্ । There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words -- fools (mudhas) consider pieces of rocks as gems.
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