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 . आहुः सत्यं हि परमं धर्मं धर्मविदो जनाः / 2.14.3

Aahuh satyam hi paramam dharmam dharmavido janaah

Those who have knowledge of dharma say that Truth is the highest dharma

2. दुर्लभं हि सदा सुखं /2.18.13

Durlabham hi sadaa sukham

To be happy always is something which is difficult to achieve. That is to say, happiness and sorrow alternate in one’s life and there cannot be uninterrupted happiness alone.

3. विक्लवो वीर्यहीनो यः स दैवमनुवर्तते ।

वीराः सम्भावितात्मानो न दैवं पर्युपासते॥ 2.23.16

Viklavo veeryaheeno yah sa daivamanuvartate

Veeraah sambhaavitaatmaano na daivam paryupaasate

Only the timid and the weak leave things to destiny (daivam) but the strong and the self-confident never bank on destiny or luck (bhagya)

4. शोको नाशयते धैर्यं शोको नाशयते श्रुतं।

शोको नाशयते सर्वं नास्ति शोकोसमो रिपुः॥ 2.62.15

Shoko naashayate dhairyam shoko naashayate shrutam

Shoko naashayete sarvam nasti shokasamo ripuh

Grief destroys one’s courage. It destroys one’s learning. It destroys one’s everything. There is no enemy like grief.

5. कुलीनमकुलीनं वा वीरं पुरुषमानिनं ।

Qचारित्रमेव व्याख्याति शुचिम् वा यदि वाऽशुचिम् ॥ 2.109.4

Kuleenam akuleenam vaa veeram purushamaaninam

Charitrameva vyaakhyaati shuchim vaa yadi vaashuchim

Only a person’s conduct and character proclaim whether he is born in a good family or whether he is boasting about himself or whether he is unblemished (shuchih) or blemished (ashuchih.)

6. . धर्मादर्थः प्रभवति धर्मात् प्रभवते सुखं।

धर्मेण लभते सर्वं धर्मसारमिदं जगत् ॥3.9.30

Dharmaadarthah prabhavati dharmaat prabhavate sukham

Dharmena labhate sarvam dharmasaaramidam jagat

Wealth springs from dharma, from dharma comes happiness and one gets everything from dharma. Dharma is the essence of this world.

7. स भारः सौम्य भर्तव्यो यो नरं नावसादयेत् ।

तदन्नमपि भोक्तव्यं जीर्यते यदनामयम् ॥ 3.50.18

Sa bhaarah saumya bhartavyo yo naram naavasaadayet

Tadannamapi bhoktavyam jeeryate yadanaamayam

One should lift only such weight as will not exhaust one beyond a limit. One should eat only such food as will easily digest.

8. उत्साहो बलवानार्य नस्त्युत्साहात् परं बलं।

सोत्साहस्यहि लोकेषु न किञ्चिदपि दुर्लभं ॥ 4.1.121

Utsaaho balavaanaarya naastyutsaahaat param balam

Sotsaahasya hi lokeshu na kinchidapi durlabham.

Enthusiasm has great strength. There is no greater strength than enthusiasm. There is nothing which is not attainable in this world for the enthusiastic.

9. गोघ्ने चैव सुरापे च चौरे भग्नव्रते तथा ।

निष्कृतिर्निहिता सद्भिः कृतघ्ने नास्ति निष्कृतिः ॥ 4.34.12

Goghne chaiva suraape cha choure bhagnavrate tathhaa

Nishkritih nihitaa sadbhih kritaghne naasti nishkritih

There is atonement, laid down by men of character, for one who kills a cow, consumes intoxicating drinks, steals or breaks one’s promise but there is no atonement for one who is ungrateful.

10. न कश्चिन्नापराध्यति/ 4.36.11

Na kashchinnaaparaadhyati

To err is human, there is none who has not erred some time or other.

11. न विषादे मनः कार्यं विषादो दोषवत्तरः।

विषादो हन्ति पुरुषं बालं क्रुद्ध इवोरगः॥ 4.64.9

Na vishaade manah kaaryam vishaado doshavattarah

Vishaado hanti purusham baalam kruddhah ivoragah

One should not let one’s mind to be overcome by melancholy. Melancholy or moroseness is a very bad thing. It kills (destroys) a man just as an angered serpent kills a child.

12. अनिर्वेदः श्रियो मूलं अनिर्वेदः परं सुखं /5.12.10

Anirvedah shriyo moolam anirvedah param sukham

Not getting depressed, frustrated or dejected is the basis for all prosperity and happiness.

13. विनाशे बहवो दोषाः जीवन्नाप्नोति भद्रकं /5.13.45

Vinaashe bahavo doshaah jeevannaapnoti bhadrakam

Giving up one’s life produces nothing good, to continue to live is the way to joy and happiness.

14. दृश्यमाने भवेत् प्रीतिः सौहृदं नास्त्यदृश्यतः/5.26.41

Drishyamaane bhavet preetih sauhridam naastyadrishyatah

Love and affection is possible only when a person is being seen and is not out of sight in a far away place.

15. कोपं न गच्छन्ति हि सत्त्ववन्तः

Kopam na gachchhanti hi sattwantah

The strong of heart do not become angry.

16. मन्त्रमूलं च विजयं प्रवदन्ति मनस्विनः/ 6.6.5

Mantramoolam cha vijayam pravadanti manaswinah

Wise men say that the root of victory is consultation and discussion with learned and wise men. 

17. न हि प्रतिज्ञां कुर्वन्ति वितथां सत्यवादिनः/ 6.101.52

लक्षणं हि महत्त्वस्य प्रतिज्ञा परिपालनम्

Nahi pratijnaam kurvanti vithathhaam satyavaadinah

Lakshanam hi mahattwasya pratijnaaparipaalanam

Those who always adhere to truth do not make false promises. Keeping one’s promises is, surely, the mark of one’s greatness.

18. धारणाद्धर्ममित्याहुः धर्मेण विधृताः प्रजाः(7.59 Prakshipta: 2/7)

Dhaaranaaddharmamityaahuh dharmena vidhrutaah prajaah

Dharma is so called because it sustains or supports society (from the root dhri meaning to support). The people of a country are held together and sustained by Dharma.

19. क्रोधः प्राणहरो शत्रुः क्रोधो मित्रमुखो रिपुः।

क्रोधोह्यसिर्महातीक्ष्णः सर्वम् क्रोधोऽपकर्षति॥ (7.59 prakshipta 2/21)

Krodhah praanaharo shatruh krodho mitramukho ripuh

Krodhohyasirmahaateekshnah sarvam krodhopakarshati

Anger is the enemy which takes one’s life. Anger is enemy with the face of a friend. Anger is like a very sharp sword. Anger destroys everything.

20. तपो हि परमं श्रेयः सम्मोहमितरत्सुखम्/7.84.3

Tapo hi paramam shreyah sammohamitaratsukham

Tapas is the highest good. All other pleasures or joys are only delusions.