उपकाराच् च लोकानां निमित्तान् मृग-पक्षिणाम् ।
भयाल् लोभाच् च मूर्खाणां मैत्री स्याद् दर्शनात् सताम् ॥ ३६ ॥
upakārāc ca lokānāṃ nimittān mṛga-pakṣiṇām |
bhayāl lobhāc ca mūrkhāṇāṃ maitrī syād darśanāt satām || 36 ||
People become friends by helping each other. Animals and birds can also become friendly due to some reasons. Fools act friendly because of greed or fear, but good people can become friends just be meeting each other.
मृद्-घट इव सुख-भेद्यो दुःसन्धानश् च दुर्जनो भवति ।
सुजनस् तु कनक-घट इव दुर्भेदः सुकर-सन्धिश् च ॥ ३७ ॥
mṛd-ghaṭa iva sukha-bhedyo duḥsandhānaś ca durjano bhavati |
sujanas tu kanaka-ghaṭa iva durbhedaḥ sukara-sandhiś ca || 37 ||
Friendship with a wicked man is like an earthen pot; It is easily broken into pieces and cannot be brought together again. But friendship with a virtuous man is like a pot of gold, which is difficult to break and can be easily repaired.
इक्षोर् अग्रात् क्रमशः पर्वणि पर्वणि यथा रस-विशेषः ।
तद्वत् सज्जन-मैत्री-विपरीतानां तु विपरीता ॥ ३८ ॥
ikṣor agrāt kramaśaḥ parvaṇi parvaṇi yathā rasa-viśeṣaḥ |
tadvat sajjana-maitrī-viparītānāṃ tu viparītā || 38 ||
Just as sugarcane becomes tastier and juicer as you bite through each node, the friendship of good men becomes sweeter with each passing day. In the case of friendship with wicked men, it starts well, but decreases with each passing day.
आरम्भ-गुर्वी क्षयिणी क्रमेण लघ्वी पुरा वृद्धिमती च पश्चात् ।
दिनस्य पूर्वार्ध-परार्ध-भिन्ना छायेव मैत्री खल-सज्जनानाम् ॥ ३९ ॥
ārambha-gurvī kṣayiṇī krameṇa laghvī purā vṛddhimatī ca paścāt |
dinasya pūrvārdha-parārdha-bhinnā chāyeva maitrī khala-sajjanānām || 39 ||
The friendship of the wicked and the good can be compared to the shadow of the first and second part of the day. The shadow that falls in the first half of the day is long in the beginning and then slowly reduces in size; the shadow that falls in the latter part of the day is small in the beginning, but increases in size with every passing minute.
सतां साप्तपदं मैत्रम् इत्य् आहुर् विबुधा जनाः ।
satāṃ sāptapadaṃ maitram ity āhur vibudhā janāḥ |
The wise say that a friendship is developed even if one walks seven steps with the other.
ददाति प्रतिगृह्णाति गुह्यम् आख्याति पृच्छति ।
भुङ्क्ते भोजायते चैव षड्-विधं प्रीति-लक्षणम् ॥ ५० ॥
dadāti pratigṛhṇāti guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati |
bhuṅkte bhojāyate caiva ṣaḍ-vidhaṃ prīti-lakṣaṇam || 50 ||
There are six signs of friendly love – giving and accepting gifts, sharing each other’s secrets, and feeding each other with care.
नोपकारं विना प्रीतिः कथञ्चित् कस्यचिद् भवेत् ।
उपयाचित-दानेन यतो देवा अभीष्टदाः ॥ ५१ ॥
nopakāraṃ vinā prītiḥ kathañcit kasyacid bhavet |
upayācita-dānena yato devā abhīṣṭadāḥ || 51 ||
Friendship or love cannot develop without the feeling of mutual benefit. Even gods fulfil desires only after being offered something.
तावत् प्रीतिर् भवेल् लोके यावद् दानं प्रदीयते ।
वत्सः क्षीर-क्षयं दृष्ट्वा परित्यजति मातरम् ॥ ५२ ॥
tāvat prītir bhavel loke yāvad dānaṃ pradīyate |
vatsaḥ kṣīra-kṣayaṃ dṛṣṭvā parityajati mātaram || 52 ||
Friendship or love remains only until there is mutual benefit. Even a calf leaves the mother once she stops giving milk.
पश्य दानस्य माहात्म्यं सद्यः प्रत्यय-कारकम् ।
यत्-प्रभावाद् अपि द्वेषो मित्रतां याति तत्-क्षणात् ॥ ५३ ॥
paśya dānasya māhātmyaṃ sadyaḥ pratyaya-kārakam |
yat-prabhāvād api dveṣo mitratāṃ yāti tat-kṣaṇāt || 53 ||
Observe the greatness of ‘giving’, that shows results instantaneously. By ‘giving’ even an enemy becomes a friend in an instant.
पुत्राद् अपि प्रियतरं खलु तेन दानं मन्ये पशोर् अपि विवेक-विवर्जितस्य ।
दत्ते खले तु निखिलं खलु येन दुग्धं नित्यं ददाति महिषी ससुतापि पश्य ॥ ५४ ॥
putrād api priyataraṃ khalu tena dānaṃ manye paśor api viveka-vivarjitasya |
datte khale tu nikhilaṃ khalu yena dugdhaṃ nityaṃ dadāti mahiṣī sasutāpi paśya || 54 ||
Not only humans, animals also prefer benefits to their own children. An ordinary buffalo, who does not have a discriminating mind, gives away all it’s milk to the one who feeds it fodder, even if it has a child who is needy.
Wish you a very happy Friendship Day:)