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Proverbs 9 सुलेमनो हितोपदेशः 9
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पश्चन्paścan जघानja·ghā·na मांसाधंmāṃsādhaṃ मदयच्चामिश्चयत्madayaccāmiścayat तथाta·thā। रचयामासracayāmāsa भोाज्यायbhoājyāya खकीयान्यासनानिkhakīyānyāsanāni चca।। खदासीःkhadāsīḥ प्रेष्यpreṣ·ya साsā पुयpuya घोषयgho·ṣa·ya त्युचश्दूमिषुtyucaśdūmiṣu।
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paścan jaghāna māṃsādhaṃ madayaccāmiścayat tathā| racayāmāsa bhoājyāya khakīyānyāsanāni ca|| khadāsīḥ preṣya sā puya ghoṣaya tyucaśdūmiṣu|
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
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च्यायातास्नीतcyāyātāsnīta भच्छंbhacchaṃ मेme मदंmadaṃ पिवतpi·va·ta मत्कुतंmatkutaṃ।। मन्द्mand बुद्धोनbuddhona परित्यज्यpa·rit·yaj·ya जीवनंjī·va·naṃ परिरत्ततparirattata।
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cyāyātāsnīta bhacchaṃ me madaṃ pivata matkutaṃ|| mand buddhona parityajya jīvanaṃ parirattata|
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
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निन्दकःnindakaḥ शिक्चतेśikcate येनye·na तेनाtenā वच्छेवvaccheva लभ्यतेlabh·ya·te। दुर्जनोdurjano भत्छतेbhatchate येनye·na जायतेjā·ya·te सsa कलङ्कितंka·laṅ·ki·taṃ।। निन्दकंnindakaṃ भव्छयेथाbhavchayethā नna सsa त्वांtvāṃ देच्छतिdecchati भष्सिंतःbhaṣsiṃtaḥ। ज्ञानिनंjñā·ni·naṃ भत्संयेbhatsaṃye यास्त्वंyāstvaṃ तस्मात्tas·māt सsa प्रेष्यतेpreṣ·ya·te त्वयिtva·yi।।
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nindakaḥ śikcate yena tenā vaccheva labhyate| durjano bhatchate yena jāyate sa kalaṅkitaṃ|| nindakaṃ bhavchayethā na sa tvāṃ decchati bhaṣsiṃtaḥ| jñāninaṃ bhatsaṃye yāstvaṃ tasmāt sa preṣyate tvayi||
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
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परमशात्तparamaśātta याyā भीतिःbhī·tiḥ साsā प्रज्ञायाprajñāyā उपक्रमःupakramaḥ। तथाta·thā धर्म्मस्यdhar·mas·ya यज्ज्ञानंyajjñānaṃ मन्येman·ye तत्tat सुविवेचनाsuvivecanā।।
paramaśātta yā bhītiḥ sā prajñāyā upakramaḥ| tathā dharmmasya yajjñānaṃ manye tat suvivecanā||
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
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मन्तस्वदीयघखाणांmantasvadīyaghakhāṇāṃ सह्याsah·yā दडद्धिमवाइ्यतिdaḍaddhimavāiyati। सखदीघौश्चsakhadīghauśca भविष्यन्तिbha·viṣ·yan·ti वत्सराvat·sa·rā खायुवस्तवkhāyuvastava।।
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mantasvadīyaghakhāṇāṃ sahyā daḍaddhimavāiyati| sakhadīghauśca bhaviṣyanti vatsarā khāyuvastava||
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
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यदिya·di त्वन्तुtvan·tu भवेbhave ज्ञानीjñā·nī स्वार्थsvārtha ज्ञानीjñā·nī भविष्यसिbha·viṣ·ya·si। निन्दाचारीnindācārī भवेbhave वीvī चेत्cet साधsādha दोषीdo·ṣī भविष्यसिbha·viṣ·ya·si।।
yadi tvantu bhave jñānī svārtha jñānī bhaviṣyasi| nindācārī bhave vī cet sādha doṣī bhaviṣyasi||
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
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मृएताख्यातुmṛetākhyātu याyā योषित्yo·ṣit साsā मद्दाश्ब्द्कारिणौmaddāśbdkāriṇau। स्थूलबद्धिखभावाsthūlabaddhikhabhāvā साsā नna जानीतेjā·nī·te चca किञ्चनkiñ·ca·na।।
mṛetākhyātu yā yoṣit sā maddāśbdkāriṇau| sthūlabaddhikhabhāvā sā na jānīte ca kiñcana||
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
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प्रगच्छतःpragacchataḥ च्यागच्छन्मन्दधीcyāgacchanmandadhī रत्रrat·ra निबाधांस्वnibādhāṃsva ब्रवीतिbra·vī·ti साsā।।
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pragacchataḥ cyāgacchanmandadhī ratra nibādhāṃsva bravīti sā||
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
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प्रेताpretā वसन्तिvasanti यत्yat तत्रtat·ra तन्नtan·na जानन्तिjā·nan·ti तेte नाnā! तयाta·yā निमन्त्रिताःnimantritāḥ सर्व्वsar·va चाधघाभुवनगामिनःcādhaghābhuvanagāminaḥ।।
pretā vasanti yat tatra tanna jānanti te nā! tayā nimantritāḥ sarvva cādhaghābhuvanagāminaḥ||
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.