मूलं भुजङ्गैः कुसुमानि भृङ्गैः । शाखाः प्लवङ्गैः शिखराणि भल्लैः । नास्त्येव तच्-चन्दन-पादपस्य । यन्नाश्रितं दुष्टतरैश्च हिंस्रैः ॥
mūlaṃ bhujaṅgaiḥ kusumāni bhṛṅgaiḥ | śākhāḥ plavaṅgaiḥ śikharāṇi bhallaiḥ | nāstyeva tac-candana-pādapasya | yannāśritaṃ duṣṭataraiśca hiṃsraiḥ ||
Its roots are held by snakes, its flowers by bees, its branches by monkeys, its crown by bears: there is no part of the sandalwood tree not taken over by the wicked and the harmful.
जड़ पर साँप, फूलों पर भौंरे, डालियों पर बंदर, चोटी पर भालू: चंदन के पेड़ का ऐसा कोई भाग नहीं जिस पर दुष्ट और हिंसक जीव न बसे हों।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Whatever is valuable draws people who want to use it. Those who have something good, money, position, talent, need to watch who gathers around them.
जो चीज़ क़ीमती होती है, उसका फ़ायदा उठाने वाले उसके आसपास जमा हो जाते हैं। जिनके पास धन, पद या हुनर है, उन्हें देखना चाहिए कि उनके इर्द-गिर्द कौन इकट्ठा हो रहा है।
In the story of the lion Piṅgalaka and the bull Sañjīvaka, Damanaka continues to Sañjīvaka: anything good attracts the harmful.