As you needed the first 8 only. It is a long one which I shall release in parts KR IRS 8623
*भर्तृहरेः* *शतक* *त्रिशति** - **नीति* *शतकम्* दिक्कालाद्यनवच्छिन्नानन्तचिन्मात्रमूर्तये । स्वानुभूत्येकमानाय नमः शान्ताय तेजसे ॥ 1.1 ॥ बोद्धारो मत्सरग्रस्ताः प्रभवः स्मयदूषिताः । अबोधोपहताः चान्ये जीर्णं अङ्गे सुभाषितम् ॥ 1.2 ॥ अज्ञः सुखं आराध्यः सुखतरं आराध्यते विशेषज्ञः । ज्ञानलवदुर्विदग्धं ब्रह्मापि तं नरं न रञ्जयति ॥ 1.3 ॥ प्रसह्य मणिं उद्धरेन्मकरवक्त्रदंष्ट्रान्तरात् समुद्रं अपि सन्तरेत्प्रचलदूर्मिमालाकुलम् । भुजङ्गं अपि कोपितं शिरसि पुष्पवद्धारयेत् न तु प्रतिनिविष्टमूऋखजनचित्तं आराधयेथ् ॥ 1.4 ॥ लभेत सिकतासु तैलं अपि यत्नतः पीडयन् पिबेच्च मृगतृष्णिकासु सलिलं पिपासार्दितः । क्वचिदपि पर्यटन्शशविषाणं आसादयेत् न तु प्रतिनिविष्टमूर्खचित्तं आराधयेथ् ॥ 1.5 ॥ व्यालं बालमृणालतन्तुभिरसौ रोद्धुं समुज्जृम्भते छेत्तुं वज्रमणिं शिरीषकुसुमप्रान्तेन सन्नह्यति । माधुर्यं मधुबिन्दुना रचयितुं क्षारामुधेरीहते नेतुं वाञ्छन्ति यः खलान्पथि सतां सूक्तैः सुधास्यन्दिभिः ॥ 1.6 ॥ स्वायत्तं एकान्तगुणं विधात्रा विनिर्मितं छादनं अज्ञतायाः । विशेषाअतः सर्वविदां समाजे विभूषणं मौनं अपण्डितानाम् ॥ 1.7 ॥ यदा किञ्चिज्ज्ञोऽहं द्विप इव मदान्धः समभवं तदा सर्वज्ञोऽस्मीत्यभवदवलिप्तं मम मनः यदा किञ्चित्किञ्चिद्बुधजनसकाशादवगतं तदा मूर्खोऽस्मीति ज्वर इव मदो मे व्यपगतः ॥ 1.8 ॥ On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 at 22:55, G Ramachandran <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. > > It will be good if the shlokas of Bhartruhari are written in the > devanagari script also. > > Regards. > > G. Ramachandran > > On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 2:21 AM Rajaram Krishnamurthy < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> *Niti-sataka of Bhartri Hari: Part I "The Fool"* >> >> This is the first of three centuries, or works of a hundred verses each, >> written by the very influential Sanskrit poet Bhartrihari. Many legends are >> told of this Bhartrihari and perhaps I will later recount some of them. His >> style of writing *subhāṣitas*, or "well-turned verses," have affected >> many poets throughout the history of Sanskrit literature, including most >> notably for Gaudiya Vaishnavas, Prabodhananda Saraswati. Bhartihari’s three >> *śatakas* have the themes of *nīti *(moral philosophy)*, śṛṅgāra * >> (love) and *vairāgya *(renunciation). >> >> *The first theme of the Nīti-satakam is “the fool.”* >> >> *dik-kālādy-anavacchinnānanta-cin-mātra-mūrtaye |* >> >> *svānubhūty-eka-mānāya namaḥ śāntāya tejase || 1 ||* >> >> I bow down to the Supreme Lord >> >> whose form is infinite and spiritual, >> >> unrestricted by time and space, >> >> who can only be measured by subjective perception, >> >> who is peaceful, who is all-powerful. >> >> KR only a few can measure by subjective perception (fools cannot >> comprehend) >> >> *boddhāro matsara-grastāḥ* >> >> *prabhavaḥ smaya-dūṣitāḥ |* >> >> *abodhopahatāś cānye* >> >> *jīrṇam aṅge subhāṣitam || 2 ||* >> >> The learned are envious, >> >> the powerful are contaminated by pride, >> >> and others are afflicted by ignorance— >> >> so my wise sayings have grown old in my mouth. >> >> KR: Like a few in our group who cannot but man slaughter by >> hecklings. >> >> *ajñaḥ sukham ārādhyaḥ* >> >> *sukhataram ārādhyate viśeṣajñaḥ |* >> >> *jñāna-lava-durvidagdhaṁ* >> >> *brahmāpi taṁ naraṁ na rañjayati || 3 ||* >> >> The ignorant are easy to please, >> >> it is even easier to please the cultured; >> >> but even Brahma himself could not satisfy >> >> someone who is puffed up with a little knowledge. >> >> KR Like minimum 2 in the group N and G >> *Jñāna-lava-durvidagdha *has entered the Sanskrit language as an epithet >> of the fool. >> >> *prasahya maṇim uddharen makara-vaktra-daṁṣṭrāntarāt* >> >> *samudram api santaret pracalad-ūrmi-mālākulam |* >> >> *bhujaṅgam api kopitaṁ śirasi puṣpavad dhārayet* >> >> *na tu pratiniviṣṭa-mūṛkha-jana-cittam ārādhayet || 4 ||* >> >> You may be able to forcibly pluck a jewel >> >> from the tooth-filled mouth of a crocodile; >> >> you may swim across the stormy ocean >> >> or you may be able to carry a cobra >> >> like a flower garland on your head-- >> >> but never, ever, will you be able to satisfy >> >> the mind of the obstinate fool. >> >> KR clap clap >> >> *labheta sikatāsu tailam api yatnataḥ pīḍayan* >> >> *pibec ca mṛga-tṛṣṇikāsu salilaṁ pipāsārditaḥ |* >> >> *kvacid api paryaṭan śaśa-viṣāṇam āsādayet* >> >> *na tu pratiniviṣṭa-mūrkha-cittam ārādhayet || 5 ||* >> >> >> >> You may be able to extract oil >> >> by carefully pressing the sand; >> >> in your thirst, you may be able to drink >> >> water from a mirage; >> >> you may even be able to wander through the world >> >> until you find a horned rabbit, >> >> but never, ever, will you be able to satisfy >> >> the mind of the obstinate fool. >> >> *vyālaṁ bāla-mṛṇāla-tantubhir asau roddhuṁ samujjṛmbhate* >> >> *chettuṁ vajra-maṇiṁ śirīṣa-kusuma-prāntena sannahyati |* >> >> *mādhuryaṁ madhu-bindunā racayituṁ kṣārāmudher īhate* >> >> *netuṁ vāñchanti yaḥ khalān pathi satāṁ sūktaiḥ sudhā-syandibhiḥ || 6 ||* >> >> You may try to secure an intoxicated elephant >> >> with ropes made from the stems of young lotus; >> >> or you may try to cut a diamond >> >> with the petals of a sirisha flower; >> >> you may even hope to sweeten the salty ocean >> >> with a mere drop of honey; >> >> but do you think you can bring a scoundrel >> >> to the path of righteousness with a few wise sayings, >> >> even if they should ooze ambrosia? >> >> KR nailed G and N >> >> *svāyattam ekānta-guṇaṁ vidhātrā* >> >> *vinirmitaṁ chādanam ajñatāyāḥ |* >> >> *viśeṣāataḥ sarva-vidāṁ samāje* >> >> *vibhūṣaṇaṁ maunam apaṇḍitānām || 7 ||* >> >> The creator has given a unique quality >> >> by which one can hide his ignorance, >> >> especially when in the company of the learned: >> >> silence is the ornament of the uneducated. >> >> KR ooosh silence please Court is held >> >> The last line of this verse *vibhūṣaṇaṁ maunam apaṇḍitānām *is also well >> known as a popular maxim. >> >> >> >> *yadā kiñcij-jño'haṁ dvipa iva madāndhaḥ samabhavaṁ* >> >> *tadā sarvajño'smīty abhavad avaliptaṁ mama manaḥ* >> >> *yadā kiñcit kiñcid budhajana-sakāśād avagataṁ* >> >> *tadā mūrkho'smīti jvara iva mado me vyapagataḥ ||8||* >> >> *When I had just a little knowledge,* >> >> *I became intoxicated like an elephant;* >> >> *my mind became quite contaminated* >> >> *thinking I knew everything.* >> >> *But when I had the fortune* >> >> *to associate with learned people,* >> >> *I found out that I was a fool.* >> >> *From that moment, my intoxication* >> >> *disappeared like a bad fever.* >> >> KR what kind of prabathi to recited by g and N >> >> -- >> On Facebook, please join https://www.facebook.com/groups/keralaiyerstrust >> >> We are now on Telegram Mobile App also, please join >> >> Pattars/Kerala Iyers Discussions: https://t.me/PattarsGroup >> >> Kerala Iyers Trust Decisions only posts : https://t.me/KeralaIyersTrust >> >> Kerala Iyers Trust Group for Discussions: >> https://t.me/KeralaIyersTrustGroup >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "KeralaIyers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/keralaiyers/CAL5XZorNfnYiTSSG4gevSwfoEcuL-98NuBt2UA6aKx0LwaXo%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/keralaiyers/CAL5XZorNfnYiTSSG4gevSwfoEcuL-98NuBt2UA6aKx0LwaXo%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > On Facebook, please join https://www.facebook.com/groups/keralaiyerstrust > > We are now on Telegram Mobile App also, please join > > Pattars/Kerala Iyers Discussions: https://t.me/PattarsGroup > > Kerala Iyers Trust Decisions only posts : https://t.me/KeralaIyersTrust > > Kerala Iyers Trust Group for Discussions: > https://t.me/KeralaIyersTrustGroup > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "KeralaIyers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/keralaiyers/CAJFf_iEZqh7fE6jYOUMwbzbXs%3D5VcYM8qy3ASDJDi3upebsGAQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/keralaiyers/CAJFf_iEZqh7fE6jYOUMwbzbXs%3D5VcYM8qy3ASDJDi3upebsGAQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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