आत्मार्थे पृथिवीम् त्यजेत्

कुलस्यार्थे त्यजेदेकम् ग्रामस्यार्थे कुलम् त्यजेत् ।

ग्रामम् जनपदस्यार्थे आत्मार्थे पृथिवीम् त्यजेत्॥

For the sake of the family, we may have to sacrifice one person. Sacrifice a family to save a village. Sacrifice a village to save a state. But to save one-self, sacrifice the entire world.

क्षुध्र तृट् आशाः कुटुम्बिन्य

क्षुध्र तृट् आशाः कुटुम्बिन्य

    मयि जीवति न अन्यगाः।

तस्मात् आशा महासाध्वी

    कदाचित् मां न मुञ्चति ॥

Hunger, thirst and desire are like a man's wives. They do not desert a man through out his life. Of them, desire is the most faithful. Others leave at least temporarily after eating and drinking.

वसुधैव कुटुंबकम्

अयं निजः परो वेति गणना लघुचेतसाम् ।

उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुंबकम् ॥

This person is one of us, that one is not... So think only thesmall minded people. For the liberals, the world

itself is one big family.

क्षणे नष्टे कुतो विद्या

क्षणशः कणश्चैव विद्याम् अर्थ च साध्येत् ।

क्षणे नष्टे कुतो विद्या कणे नष्टे कुतो धनम् ॥

One must give a lot of importance to every second (with respect to time) and every grain of cereals. If you lose seconds how will one get educated. If you lose grains, how will you gain wealth.

पापाय परपीडनम्

अष्टादशपुराणां सारं व्यासेन कीर्तितम् ।

परोपकारः पुण्याय पापाय परपीडनम् ॥

In eighteen lenthy episodes of puranas Vyasa (author of the epic Mahabharatha which has 18 episodes named puranas) has described one thing. Helping others is vitue - troubling others is sin. Show me one religious book that deals with something different.

दुर्बलस्य बलं राजा

दुर्बलस्य बलं राजा बालानां रोदनं बलम् ।

बलं मूर्खस्य मौनित्वं चौराणामनृतम् बलम् ॥

A king is the strength of the weak. He protects them. Ability to cry is the strength of a baby. Ability to stay silent is the strength of a fool. Likewise, a theif finds his strength in his ability to lie.

देवो दुर्बलघातकः

अश्वं नैव गजं नैव व्याघ्रं नैव च ।

अजापुत्रं बलिं दधात् देवो दुर्बलघातकः ॥

Not a horse, neither elephant, nor a tiger - it is a goat that is offered as a sacrifice. Seems like even god does not spare the weak.

खल - साधु भेदः

विद्या विवादाय धनं मदाय

    शक्तिः परेषां परिपीडनाय ।

खलस्यः साधोः विपरीतं

    एतद् ज्ञानाय दानाय च रक्षणाय ॥

A wicked man uses his education for needless argument, money to indulge and strength to hurt others. In contrast a virtuous person uses them for aquiring new knowledge, charity and protecting the weak reaspectively.

घातयितुमेव नीचः परकार्यं

घातयितुमेव नीचः परकार्यं वेति न प्रसाधयितुम् ।

पातयितुमस्ति शक्तिर्वायोः वृक्षं न चोन्नमितुम् ॥

-पञ्चतंत्र

 

A wicked person only knows to destroy other people's work, not to help them. Wind can uproot a tree, not to help it grow. 

-Panchatantra

कस्यास्ति सहृदम्

वनानि दहतो वह्ने सखा भवति मारुतः ।

स एव दीप नाशय कृशे कस्यास्ति सहृदम् ॥

Fire that burns down the forest finds a friend in the wind. The same wind kills a small lamp. There is no body who supports the weak.