Panchatantra (Illustrated) Quotes

“Some things a man should tell his wife, Some things to friend and some to son; All these are trusted. He should not Tell everything to everyone.”
― Sunita Parasuraman, The Panchatantra

“A friend in need is a friend indeed, Although of different caste; The whole world is your eager friend So long as riches last.”
― Sunita Parasuraman, The Panchatantra

“From feature, gesture, gait, From twitch, or word, From change in eye or face Is thought inferred.”
― Sunita Parasuraman, The Panchatantra

“Money unemployed when opportunities arise, is the same as money unpossessed. Therefore, money once acquired should be guarded, increased, employed.”
― Sunita Parasuraman, The Panchatantra

“where the undeserving ones are worshipped, and
the deserving ones are sidelined, three threats always
loom – death, anarchy, and fear.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“Deer recline in its shade;birds in multitudes gather to roost,darkening its dark-green canopy of leaves;troops of monkeys cling to the trunk;while hollows hum with insect-throngs;flowers are boldly kissed by honey-bees:Oh! What happiness its every limb showerson assemblages of various creatures. Such a tree deserves all praise,others only burden the Earth.”
― Vishnu Sharma, The Pancatantra

“We have to think of a plan quickly, if we want to get that goat’, said the”
― Maple Press, Panchatantra (Illustrated): Classic Tales

“Zloka 4 - "De que te serve a vaca que não pare nem dá leite?
Que vantagens obténs de um filho que viva sem ser sábio nem piedoso?"

Zloka 5 - "A ciência das palavras não tem fim, a vida é curta e os obstáculos são muitos.
É preciso, pois, tomar o essencial das coisas, pondo de parte o inútil, como faz o cisne que tira o leite do meio da água.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“Panchatantra - Livro Um
Zloka 20: "Um ser abandonado de todos, vive protegido pelo destino; enquanto que outro, muito bem atendido, morre ferido pelo destino. Vive, na verdade, um orfão abandonado no bosque, enquanto que em casa morre a criança cuidada com todo o esmero.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“Panchatantra, Conto III, Zloka141

" Aquele que solicite uma mulher e esteja sempre junto dela e lhe faça um pouco a corte, esse é homem de quem as mulheres gostam!”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“He waved at the Brahmin and said, ‘Stop! Stop! Brahmin, drop that donkey at once.”
― Maple Press, Panchatantra (Illustrated): Classic Tales

“Of sons unborn, or dead, or fools, Unborn or dead will do: They cause a little grief, no doubt; But fools, a long life through.”
― Sunita Parasuraman, The Panchatantra

“Money unemployed when opportunities arise, is the same as money unpossessed. Therefore, money once acquired should be guarded, increased, employed. As the proverb says: Release the money you have earned; So keep .it safely still: The surplus water of a tank Must find a way to spill. Wild elephants are caught by tame; With capital it is the same: In business, beggars have no scope Whose stock-in-trade is empty hope. If any fail to use his fate For joy in this or future state, His riches serve as foolish fetters; He simply keeps them for his betters.”
― Sunita Parasuraman, The Panchatantra

“The Panchatantra is a niti-shastra, or textbook of niti. The word niti means roughly “the wise conduct of life.” Western cvilization must endure a certain shame in realizing that no precise equivalent of the term is found in English, French, Latin, or Greek. Many words are therefore necessary to explain what niti is, though the idea, once grasped, is clear, important, and satisfying.”
― Sunita Parasuraman, The Panchatantra

“For if there be no mind Debating good and ill, And if religion send No challenge to the will, If only greed be there For some material feast, How draw a line between The man-beast and the beast?”
― Sunita Parasuraman, The Panchatantra