Garuda Purana

आकारैरिङ्गितैर्गत्या चेष्टया भाषितेन च । नेत्रवक्रविकाराभ्यां लक्ष्यतेऽन्तर्गतं मनः ॥ १,१०९.

By appearance, gestures, gait, actions, speech, and by the changes in the eyes and face, the inner mind is discerned.

अनुक्तमप्यूहति पण्डितो जनः परेङ्गितज्ञानफला हि बुद्धयः । उदीरितोर्थः पशुनापि गृह्यते हयाश्च नागाश्च वहन्ति दर्शितम् ॥ १,१०९.

Even when nothing is spoken, a wise person infers the meaning; for intelligence is the fruit of understanding gestures. The meaning that is spoken can be grasped even by animals, and horses and elephants carry out what is shown to them.

अर्थाद्भ्रष्टस्तीर्थयात्रां तु गच्छेत्सत्याद्भ्रष्टो रौरवं वै व्रजेच्च । योगाद्भ्रष्टः सत्यधृतिञ्च गच्छेद्राज्याद्भ्रष्टो मृगयायां व्रजेच्च ॥ १,१०९.

One who strays from wealth should go on a pilgrimage; one who strays from truth should go to Raurava hell. One who strays from yoga should seek steadfastness in truth; one who loses a kingdom should go hunting.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् ११० सूत उवाच । योध्रुवाणि परित्यज्य ह्यधुवाणि निषेवते । ध्रुवाणि तस्य नश्यन्ति ह्यध्रुवं नष्टमेव च ॥ १,११०.

Sūta said: Abandoning what is lasting, if one pursues what is fleeting, then what is lasting is lost to him, and the fleeting is already lost.

वाग्यन्त्रहीनस्य नरस्य विद्या शस्त्रं यथा कापुरुषस्य हस्ते । न तुष्टिमुत्पादयते शरीरे ह्यन्धस्य दारा इव दर्शनीयाः ॥ १,११०.

For a man lacking the power of speech and expression, knowledge is like a weapon in the hand of a coward; it does not bring satisfaction to the body, just as a beautiful wife does not bring joy to a blind man.

भोज्ये भोजनशक्तिश्च रतिशक्तिर्वरस्त्रियः । विभवे दानशक्तिश्च नाल्पस्य तपसः फलम् ॥ १,११०.

The power to eat is in food, the power of enjoyment is in a worthy woman, the power to give is in wealth; there is no fruit of austerity for one who is insignificant.

अग्निहोत्रफला वेदाः शीलवृत्तिफलं शुभम् । रतिपुत्रफला दारा दत्तभुक्तफलं धनम् ॥ १,११०.

The Vedas yield fruit through the fire sacrifice; good conduct yields auspicious results; a wife yields the fruit of pleasure and sons; wealth yields the fruit of what is given and enjoyed.

वरयेत्कुलजां प्राज्ञो विरूपामपि कन्यकाम् । सुरूपां सुनितम्बाञ्च नाकुलीनां कदाचन ॥ १,११०.

A wise man should choose a girl from a good family, even if she is unattractive; but never a beautiful, well-shaped girl from a bad family.

अर्थेनापि हि किं तेन यस्यानर्थे तु संगतिः । को हि नाम शिखाजातं पन्नगस्य मणिं हरेत् ॥ १,११०.

What use is wealth that is joined to misfortune? Who would ever take the jewel from the crest of a snake?

हविर्दुष्टकुलद्वाह्यं बालादपि सुभाषितम् । अमेध्यात्काञ्चनं ग्राह्यं स्त्रीरत्नं दुष्कुलादपि ॥ १,११०.

One should accept sacrificial offerings, a bride from a good family, good speech even from a child, gold even from something impure, and a gem of a woman even from a bad family.

विषादप्यमृतं ग्राह्यममेध्यादपि काञ्चनम् । नीचादप्युत्तमां विद्यां स्त्रीरत्नं दुष्कुलादपि ॥ १,११०.

One should accept nectar even from poison, gold even from something impure, excellent knowledge even from a lowly person, and a gem of a woman even from a bad family.

न राज्ञा सह मित्रत्वं न सर्पो निर्विषः क्रचित् । न कुलं निर्मलं तत्र स्त्रीजनो यत्र जायते ॥ १,११०.

One should never be friends with a king, nor ever trust a snake without venom; there is no family entirely pure where women are born.

कुले नियोजयेद्भक्तं पुत्रं विद्यासु योजयेत् । व्यसने योजयेच्छत्रुमिष्टं धर्मे नियोज्येत् ॥ १,११०.

In the family, one should appoint a devoted son; in learning, one should appoint the learned; in adversity, one should employ an enemy; in righteousness, one should appoint the beloved.

स्थानेष्वेव प्रयोक्ताव्या भृत्याश्चाभरणानि च । न हि चूडामणिः पादे शोभते वै कदाचन ॥ १,११०.

Servants and ornaments should be used only in their proper places; for a crest-jewel never looks beautiful on the foot.

चूडामणिः समुद्रोऽग्निर्घण्टा चाखण्डमम्बरम् । अथवा पृथिवीपालो मूर्ध्नि पादे प्रमादतः ॥ १,११०.

A crest-jewel, the ocean, fire, an unbroken sky, or a king of the earth—if placed on the foot instead of the head, it is due to ignorance.

कुसुमस्तबकस्येव द्वे गती तु मनस्विनः । मूर्ध्नि वा सर्वलोकानां शीर्षतः पतितो वने ॥ १,११०.

Just as a cluster of flowers has only two destinies, so too for the high-minded: either on the head of all people, or fallen to the ground in the forest.

कनकभूषणसंग्रहणोचितो यदि मणिस्त्रपुणि प्रतिबध्यते । न च विरौति न चापि स शोभते भवति योजयितुर्वचनीयता ॥ १,११०.

If a jewel fit for a golden ornament is set in lead, it neither cries out nor shines; it becomes subject to the will of the one who sets it.

वाजिवारणलौहानां काष्ठपाषाणवाससाम् । नारीपुरुषतोयानामन्तरं महदन्तरम् ॥ १,११०.

There is a great difference between horses, elephants, and iron, and between wood, stone, and cloth; so too between women, men, and water.

कदर्थितस्यापि हि धैर्यवृत्तेर्न शक्यते सर्वगुणप्रमाथः । अधः खलेनापि कृतस्य वह्नेर्नाधः शिखा याति कदाचिदेव ॥ १,११०.

Even when harassed, the nature of one who is steadfast cannot be destroyed by all faults; just as the flame of fire, even when pressed down by the wicked, never goes downward.

न सदश्वः कशाघातं सिंहो न गजगर्जितम् । वीरो वा परनिर्दिष्टं न सहेद्भीमनिः स्वनम् ॥ १,११०.

A noble horse does not endure the lash, a lion does not tolerate the roar of an elephant, nor does a hero accept the fearful cries directed at him by others.

यदि विभवविहीनः प्रच्युतो वाशु दैवान्न तु खलजनसेवां काङ्क्षयेन्नैव नीचाम् । न तृणमदनकार्ये सुक्षुधार्तोऽत्ति सिंहः पिबति रुधिरमुष्णं प्रायशः कुञ्चराणाम् ॥ १,११०.

Even if deprived of wealth or cast down by fate, one should never desire to serve the wicked; just as a hungry lion does not eat grass, but drinks the warm blood of elephants.

सकृद्दुष्टञ्च यो मित्रं पुनः सन्धातुमिच्छति । स मृत्युमेव गृह्णीयाद्गर्भमश्वतरी यथा ॥ १,११०.

One who seeks to reconcile with a friend who has once betrayed him is as if embracing death, like taking the embryo of a mule.

शत्रोरपत्यानि प्रियंवदानि नोपेक्षितव्यानि बुधैर्मनुष्यैः । तान्येव कालेषु विपत्कराणि विषस्य पात्राण्यपि दारुणानि ॥ १,११०.

Wise people should not ignore the affectionate words of the enemy's children; at the right time, they become causes of misfortune, like vessels of poison that are truly dreadful.

उपकारगृहीतेन शत्रुणा शत्रुमुद्धरेत् । पादलग्नं करस्थेन कण्टकेनैव कण्टकम् ॥ १,११०.

One should use an enemy who has been won over by favors to defeat another enemy, just as a thorn stuck in the foot is removed by another thorn held in the hand.

अपकारपरान्नित्यं चिन्त येन्न कदाचन । स्वयमेव पतिष्यन्ति कूलजाता इव द्रुमाः ॥ १,११०.

Those who are always intent on harming others will inevitably fall by themselves, like trees growing on the riverbank.

अनर्था ह्यर्थरूषाश्च अर्थाश्चानर्थरूपिणः । भवन्ति ते विनाशाय दैवायत्तस्य वै सदा ॥ १,११०.

Misfortunes sometimes appear as wealth, and wealth sometimes takes the form of misfortune; these always lead to destruction for one whose fate is governed by destiny.

कार्यकालोचितापापा मतिः सञ्जायते हि वै । सानुकूले तु दैवे शं पुंसः सर्वत्र जायते ॥ १,११०.

The mind gives rise to sin according to the demands of the moment; but when fate is favorable, auspiciousness arises everywhere for a person.

धनप्रयोगकार्येषुः तथा विद्या गमेषु च । आहारे व्यवहारे च त्यक्तलज्जः सदा भवेत् ॥ १,११०.

In matters of spending money, acquiring knowledge, seeking food, and conducting business, one should always be free from shame.

धनिनः श्रोत्रियो राजा नदी वैद्यस्तु पञ्चमः । पञ्च यत्र न विद्यन्ते न कुर्यात्तत्रत्र संस्थितिम् ॥ १,११०.

Where there is no wealthy person, no learned one, no king, no river, and no physician, one should not remain in such a place.