Sanskrit Wisdom - 45

durjanah priyavaadeeti naitad vishwaasakaaraNam |

madhutishThati jivhaagre hrudaye tu halaahalam ||

duja-na: ip`yavaadIit naOtd\ ivaSvaasakarNama\ a
maQauitYzit ijavhaga`o hRdyao tu hlaahlama\ aa

Explanation
Never believe a wicked person even if he/she speaks in (your) favor because there may be honey on his tongue but poison in his heart.

Sanskrit Wisdom - 45

durjanah priyavaadeeti naitad vishwaasakaaraNam |

madhutishThati jivhaagre hrudaye tu halaahalam ||

duja-na: ip`yavaadIit naOtd\ ivaSvaasakarNama\ a
maQauitYzit ijavhaga`o hRdyao tu hlaahlama\ aa

Explanation
Never believe a wicked person even if he/she speaks in (your) favor because there may be honey on his tongue but poison in his heart.

Sanskrit Wisdom - 44

sulabhaah purooshaah rajan satatam priyavaadinah |

apriyasya cha pathyasya vaktaa shrotaa cha durlabhah ||

saulaBaa: pu$Yaa: rajana\ sattM ip`yavaaidna: a
Aip`yasya ca pqyasya va@ta Eaaota ca dula-Ba: aa

Explanation

Sage Vidura advises Dhritarashtra, “Your Majesty, people who engage in pleasantries can be easily found. One speaking bitter [truth] and another who listens to him/her are both difficult to find however.

Sanskrit Wisdom - 43

aham cha tvam cha raajendra lokanaathaavubhaavapi |

bahuveehiraham raajan shashThitatpuroosho bhavaan ||

AhM ca %vaM ca rajaond` laaoknaaqaavauBaavaip a
bahuva`IihrhM rajana\ YaYzI%a%pu$Yaao Bavaana\ aa

Explanation

The beggar declares to the king: “Both of us are Lokanatha. The only difference is that in my case people are my master (when the compound Lokanatha is resolved as “Bahuvrihi”); while the king is the master (ruler) of the people (when the compound is resolved as a 'Shashthitatpurusha).' 

Sanskrit Wisdom - 42

kaakah krushNo pikah krushNo ko bhedo kaakapikayoh |

vasantasamaye prapte kaakah kaakah pikah pikah ||

kak: kRYNaao ipk: kRYNaao kao Baodao kakipkyaao: a
vasaMtsamayao p`aPto kak: kak: ipk: ipk: aa

Explanation

The crow is black, so is the cuckoo bird. Then, what is the difference between the two? It becomes evident with the advent of the spring when the cuckoo bird starts singing in sweet voice, which the crow cannot.

Sanskrit Wisdom - 41

Hamsah shveto bakah shveto ko bhedo bakahamsayoh |

Neeraksheerviveke tu hamsah hamso bako bakah ||

hMsa: Svaotao bak: Svaotao kao Baodao bakhMsayaao: a
naIrxaIrivavaoko tu hMsa: hMsaao bakao bak: aa

Explanation

The swan is white and so is the crane. What is the difference between the two? The swan is able to separate milk even though diluted with water and drink only milk (unlike the crane). The subhāşita stresses the point that it is the inner qualities that make an object not its outer appearance. The wise precisely know what is useful and what is not.

Sanskrit Wisdom - 40

sarvipanishado gaavah dogdhah gopaalanandanah |

paartho vatsah sudeeh bhoktaa dugdham geetamrutam mahat ||

savaa-opinaYadao gaava: daogQaa gaaopalanaMdna: a
paqaao- va%sa: sauQaI: Baao@ta dugQaM gaItamaRtM maht\ aa

Explanation

Upanishads are (like) cows that Krishna milks and intelligent Arjuna feasts on the splendid nectar of the Gita like the calf enjoying the cow’s milk.

Sanskrit Wisdom - 39

Shantitulyam tapo naasti toshaanna paraman sukham |

naasti trushNaaparo vyaadhirna cha dharmo dayaaparah ||

SaainttulyaM tpao naaist taoYaanna prmaM sauKma\ a
naaist tRYNaaprao vyaaiQana- ca Qamaao- dyaapr: aa

Explanation
There is no achievement like peace (the word tapa is probably used here to emphasize hard effort required to keep your mind peaceful). There is no happiness like satisfaction, there is no disease like desire, and there is no dharma like mercy.

Sanskrit Wisdom - 38

udaye savita rakto raktahshchaastamaye tatha |

sampatto cha vipatto cha mahataamekaroopataa || …Mahaabhaarat

]dyao saivata r@tao r@t:Scaastmayao tqaa a
samp<aaO ca ivap<aaO ca mahtamaok$pta aa  ... mahaBaart

Explanation

The sun looks red both at sunrise and sunset. Great men similarly retain their steadfastness (demeanor) through good and bad times.

Sanskrit Wisdom - 37

sthaanabhrashTaah na shobhate dantaah keshaa nakhaa naraah |

iti vignaaya matimaan swasthaanam na parityajet ||

sqaanaBa`YTa: na SaaoBato dnta: koSaa naKa nara: a
iAit iva&aya maitmaana\ svasqaanaM na pir%yajaot\ aa

Explanation

Teeth, hair, nails, and men do not shine when not in their proper places. Knowing this adage, the wise should not leave their place or location.