Garuda Purana

यथायथा हि पुरुषः शास्त्रं समधिगच्छति । तथातथास्य मेधा स्याद्विज्ञानं चास्य रोचते ॥ १,११५.

As a person studies scripture more and more, so does his intellect grow, and knowledge becomes pleasing to him.

यथायथा हि पुरुषः कल्याणे कुरुते मतिम् । तथातथा हि सर्वत्र श्लिष्यते लोकसुप्रियः ॥ १,११५.

Just as a person directs his mind toward what is good, so he becomes beloved by all people everywhere.

लोभप्रमादविश्वासैः पुरुषो नश्यति त्रिभिः । तस्माल्लोभो न कर्तव्यः प्रमादो नोन विश्वसेत् ॥ १,११५.

A person is destroyed by three things: greed, carelessness, and misplaced trust; therefore, one should not be greedy, should not be careless, nor place trust unwisely.

तावद्भयस्य भेतव्यं यावद्भयमनागतम् । उत्पन्ने तु भये तीव्रे स्थातव्यं वै ह्यभीतवत् ॥ १,११५.

One should fear danger as long as it has not arrived; but when danger arises and is intense, one must stand firm without fear.

ऋणशेषं चाग्निशेषं व्याधिशेषं तथैव च । पुनः पुनः प्रवर्धन्ते तस्माच्छेषं न कारयेत् ॥ १,११५.

A remaining debt, a lingering fire, and an unfinished illness—all these grow again and again; therefore, one should not leave anything unfinished.

कृते प्रतिकृतं कुर्याद्धिंसिते प्रतिहिंसितम् । न तत्र दोषं पश्यामि दुष्टे दोषं समाचरेत् ॥ १,११५.

One should repay what is done, and return harm for harm; I see no fault in this—one should deal with the wicked as they deserve.

परोक्षे कार्यहन्तारं प्रत्यक्षे प्रियवादिनम् । वर्जयेत्तादृशं मित्रं मायामयमरिं तथा ॥ १,११५.

One should avoid a friend who, in private, hinders your work but, in person, speaks pleasantly—such a friend is false, like an enemy in disguise.

दुर्जनस्य हि संगेन सुजनोऽपि विनश्यति । प्रसन्नमपि पानीयं कर्दमैः कलुषीकृतम् ॥ १,११५.

Even a good person is ruined by association with the wicked, just as clear water is polluted by mud.

स भुङ्क्ते सद्विजो भुङ्क्ते समशेषनिरूपणम् । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन द्विजः पूज्यः प्रयत्नतः ॥ १,११५.

That twice-born who partakes, partakes of everything without exception; therefore, a Brahmin should be honored with all effort and care.

तद्भुज्यते यद्द्विजभुक्तशेषं स बुद्धिमान्यो न करोति पापम् । तत्सौहृदं यक्रियते परोक्षे दम्भैर्विना यः क्रियते स धर्मः ॥ १,११५.

He who eats the remnants of food eaten by a Brahmin becomes wise and does not commit sin; that friendship is true which is shown in secret, and that act is righteous which is done without deceit.

न सा सभा यत्र न सन्ति वृद्धाः वृद्धा न ते ये न वदन्ति धर्मम् । धर्मः स नो यत्र न सत्यमस्ति नैतत्सत्यं यच्छलेनानुविद्धम् ॥ १,११५.

That is not an assembly where there are no elders; those are not elders who do not speak of dharma; that is not dharma where there is no truth; and that is not truth which is mixed with deceit.

ब्राह्मणोऽपि मनुष्याणामादित्यश्चैव तेजसाम् । शिरोऽपि सर्वगात्राणां व्रतानां सत्यमुत्तमम् ॥ १,११५.

Among men, the Brahmin is foremost; among lights, the sun is supreme; among all limbs, the head is chief; among vows, truth is the highest.

तन्मङ्गलं यत्र मनः प्रसन्नं तज्जीवनं यन्न परस्य सेवा । तदर्जितं यत्स्वजनेन भुक्तं तद्गर्जितं यत्समरे रिपूणाम् ॥ १,११५.

That is auspicious where the mind is serene; that is life where one does not serve another; that is wealth which is enjoyed by one's own people; that is glory which is won over enemies in battle.

सा स्त्रीया न मदं कुर्यात्स सुखी तृष्णयोज्झितः । तन्मित्रं यत्र विश्वासः पुरुषः स जितेन्द्रियः ॥ १,११५.

He is happy who does not become intoxicated by women, who is free from craving; that is friendship where there is trust; that man is self-controlled who has conquered his senses.

तत्र मुक्तादरस्नेहो विलुप्तं यत्र सौहृदम् । तदेव केवलं श्लघ्यं यस्यात्मा क्रियते स्तुतौ ॥ १,११५.

That alone is praiseworthy where there is no attachment to pearls and gold, where friendship is lost; that alone is to be praised where a person is praised by his own self.

नदीनामग्निहोत्राणां भारतस्य कलस्य च । मूलान्वेषो न कर्तव्यो मूलाद्दोषो न हीयते ॥ १,११५.

One should not seek the source of rivers, sacrificial fires, the Bharata lineage, or the age of time; for the fault does not diminish from the root.

लवणजलान्ता नद्यः स्त्रीभेदान्तं च मैथुनम् । षैशुन्यं जनवार्तान्तं वित्तं दुः खत्रयान्तकम् ॥ १,११५.

Rivers end in salt water, sexual union ends in separation, youth ends in old age, and wealth ends in three kinds of suffering.

राज्यश्रीर्ब्रह्मशापान्ता पापान्तं ब्रह्मवर्चसम् । आचान्तं घोषवासान्तं कुलस्यान्तं स्त्रिया प्रभो (भुः) ॥ १,११५.

Royal fortune ends with a Brahmin's curse, sin ends with Brahminical splendor, ritual ends with the sound of the conch, and a family ends with a woman, O lord.

सर्वे क्षयान्ता निलयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रयाः । संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं हि जीवितम् ॥ १,११५.

All dwellings end in decay, all heights end in a fall; all unions end in separation, and life itself ends in death.

यदीच्छेत्पुनरागन्तुं नातिदूरमनुव्रजेत् । उदकान्तान्निवर्तेत स्निग्धवर्णाच्च पादपात् ॥ १,११५.

If one wishes to return again, one should not go too far; one should turn back from the edge of the water and from trees with glossy leaves.

अनायके न वस्तव्यं न चैव बहुनायके । स्त्रीनायके न वस्तव्यं वस्तव्यं बालनायके ॥ १,११५.

One should not dwell where there is no leader, nor where there are too many leaders; one should not dwell where a woman is the leader, but should dwell where a child is the leader.

पिता रक्षति कौमारे भत्ता रक्षति यौवने । पुत्रस्तु स्थविरे काले न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति ॥ १,११५.

The father protects during childhood, the husband protects in youth, and the son protects in old age; a woman is not entitled to independence.

त्यजेद्वन्ध्यामष्टमेऽब्दे नवमे तु मृतप्रिजाम् । एकादशे स्त्रीजननीं सद्यश्चाप्रियावादिनीम् ॥ १,११५.

One should abandon a barren woman in her eighth year, a woman whose children have died in her ninth, a woman who gives birth only to daughters in her eleventh, and immediately one who speaks unpleasantly.

अनर्थित्वान्मनुष्याणां भिया परिजनस्य च । अर्थादपेतमर्यादास्त्रयस्तिष्ठन्ति भर्तृषु ॥ १,११५.

Because of the lack of benefit to people and out of fear for the household, three types of women, who have departed from propriety due to wealth, remain with their husbands.

अश्वं श्रान्तं गजं मत्तं गावः प्रथमसूतिकाः । अनूदके च मण्डूकान्प्राज्ञो दूरेण वर्जयेत् ॥ १,११५.

A wise person should avoid from afar a tired horse, a mad elephant, cows in their first calving, and frogs when there is no water.

अर्थातुराणां न सुहृन्न बन्धुः कामातुराणां न भयं न लज्जा । चिन्तातुराणां न सुखं न निद्रा क्षुधातुराणां न बलं न तेजः ॥ १,११५.

For those afflicted by poverty, there is no friend or relative; for those consumed by desire, there is no fear or shame; for those troubled by anxiety, there is no happiness or sleep; for those afflicted by hunger, there is no strength or vigor.

कुतो निद्रा दरिद्रस्य परप्रेष्यवरस्य च । परनारीप्रसक्तस्य परद्रव्यहरस्य च ॥ १,११५.

How can there be sleep for a poor person, for one who serves another, for one attached to another's wife, or for one who steals another's wealth?

सुखं स्वपित्यनृणवान्व्याधिमुक्तश्च यो नरः । सावकाशस्तु वै भुङ्क्ते यस्तु दारैर्न सङ्गतः ॥ १,११५.

A man who is free from debt and disease sleeps happily; but one who is not united with his wife eats with constraint.

अम्भसः परिमाणे उन्नतं कमलं भवेत् । स्वस्वामिना बलवता भृत्यो भवति गर्वितः ॥ १,११५.

When the water is abundant, the lotus rises high; a servant becomes proud when his own master is powerful.