Verse 90

Śataka
Nīti Śatakaनीतिशतकम्
Chapter
Way of Destinyकर्मपद्धतिः
Chhanda
Hariṇīहरिणी

[neeti-90]

विरम विरमायासादस्मादुरध्यवसायतोविपदि महतां धैर्यध्वंसं यदीक्षितुमीहसे ।अयि जडविधे कल्पापायेऽप्यपेतनिजक्रमाःकुलशिखरिणः क्षुद्रा नैते न वा जलराशयः ॥९०॥

virama viramāyāsādasmāduradhyavasāyatovipadi mahatāṃ dhairyadhvaṃsaṃ yadīkṣitumīhase |ayi jaḍavidhe kalpāpāye'pyapetanijakramāḥkulaśikhariṇaḥ kṣudrā naite na vā jalarāśayaḥ ||90||

Translation

(THE NOBLE NEVER BEND DOWN IN FRONT OF DIFFICULTIES)

0वरम 0वरमायासादमा9ुर<यवसायतो Hey dumb destiny! Take rest; take rest from exhausting yourself in this impossible task, if you are interested in seeing the destruction of courage in the noble! (The noble will not break down when faced with adversities.) Even at the time of dissolution that will happen at the end of the Kalpa (Brahmaa’s creation-span), they do not swerve from their principles. The Kula Mountains or the ocean waters are not such lowly characters (as you deem them to be). (They never cross their limits.) ॥ 90 ॥