Publications of Dr. K Parvathi Kumar
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The Doctrine of Ethics
This Doctrine of Ethics is for the Parents who wish to guide their children.
The Doctrine exists since ancient times in India. It is now given in English for the Parents in the West.
May it serve its purpose, for it is called forth, by the parents, for the children in the West.
- 1 -
By the grace of the Divine
I express the simple ethics
in a flow that
inspires the listeners.
- 2 -
Abandon at once
the relative that responds
not in need,
the horse that moves
not in war, and
the Deity that helps
not when prayed
- 3 -
It is wiser
to be self-employed, than
to be employed by a miser
- 4 -
Do not :
Serve the avarice,
cultivate friendship
with the wicked,
move lonely in forest,
manage 'temple'
with selfishness.
- 5 -
Do not :
Associate with persons
that speak not pleasant, and
speak the trivials.
- 6 -
Expensive living,
young spouse in old age,
improper meditation
invite calamities.
- 7 -
Reside not :
in a place devoid of
a healer, a financier,
a teacher and
a flowing river.
- 8 -
Expect not :
understanding son-in-law,
poetry from the ignorant,
white crows and
good seeds from bad grains.
- 9 -
Food is God for the Hungry.
Donor is God for the Needy.
Forbearance is God in Man.
Love is God in The Master.
- 10 -
Indigestion
Dirt in Drinking Water,
Lust for pregnant woman
and Goat milk
are deeply disgusting.
- 11-
The tongue that does not :
Utter words of good will,
invoke light and
express brotherliness
is no better than leather.
- 12 -
Meaningful life
is preferable to long life.
- 13 -
Good results do not
follow bad means.
Gold does not result
from melting brass.
- 14-
Approach not :
The horse that is drinking water,
The elephant that is ferocious,
The bull charging towards the cow
and The man that is ignorant.
- 15 -
To help a helper
is mediocrity
To help a non-helper
is Divinity.
- 16 -
Tasty food can be sickly
in the long run.
Hasty friendship can be prickly
in due course.
- 17 -
The skilful one accommodates
the other's view point
and wins friends
in the world.
- 18 -
Do not associate with
Men of ill will.
It's like living under
the shade of the serpent.
- 19 -
Power and money
attract people.
The water in the lake
attracts frogs.
Realize the unfriendly.
- 20 -
Select not unripe fruits.
Ridicule not the relatives.
Retreat not from crises.
Transgress not the commandments
of the Teacher.
- 21 -
A teacher and a ruler
are good enough for a place.
Multiplicity causes confusion.
- 22 -
To hold on to
unfriendly persons,
unmating spouse,
and an unwilling ruler
is utter ignorance.
- 23 -
Fortunes lead to
misfortunes.
Misfortunes lead to
fortunes.
Realize that life is a
swing eternal.
- 24 -
Let not your spouse
lonely for long durations.
It leads to 'letting out'!
- 25 -
A fox remains a fox
Even when placed on
a golden throne.
But a lion is leonine
even in adversities.
Distinguish the cunning
and the Noble
amidst men.
- 26 -
The legless frog,
the sickly serpent,
the immoral matrimony
and the old in poverty
suffer unending misery.
- 27 -
The lotus displaced
from waters
suffers from the
friendly sunray.
The friendliness
too leads to enmity
when limits are transgressed.
- 28 -
Share not your secrets
with a co-professional.
It leads to your fall.
- 29 -
The wheel moves not
when the axle is broken.
Life moves not
when the Law is broken.
- 30 -
The soft administrator,
the prideless elephant,
the biteless snake and
the stingless scorpion
are slighted in the world.
- 31 -
Just ripe fruits and
just matured ladies
deserve admiration
from a distance.
- 32 -
The poetry of
the unimaginative,
the passions of
the inhibitive,
the failing archery of
the hunter
are wasteful vanities.
- 33 -
Evil association
is prohibitive,
social reputation
is exhibitive,
lending money
is selective,
ladies' admiration
is relative.
- 34 -
Purposeless laughter,
expressionless dance,
juiceless mango and
a marriage without orchestra
are lifeless things.
- 35 -
The Lady is the
"Lux" of the house.
Cause not sorrow to her.
Fight not with her.
Impute not insults on her.
- 36 -
Love and friendship
overlook mistakes.
suspicion and malice
invent mistakes.
- 37 -
A bug in the bed
puts the whole bed
to treatment.
An association
with the wicked
puts the whole character
to punishment.
- 38 -
The pest in cane sugar
destroys the sweetness.
The pest in the progeny
destroys the sweetness of life.
- 39 -
The faith of
the fickle minded,
the friendship of
the serpent,
the sweetness of
the cane
and the realibility of
the kings
are mythical !
- 40 -
The accomplished husband
is the source of admiration.
The unaccomplished one is
admonished as
a mobile tomb !
- 41 -
Brood not over spilt milk,
think not over past deeds,
neglect not the present
and look not into the future !
- 42 -
Speak not excessively.
Confide not in the talkative.
Heed not to advice unasked.
Reveal not the personal virtue.
- 43 -
Aspire not for love.
Inspire not the dead.
Perspire not for the unworthy.
Conspire not with the gullible.
- 44 -
Ants toil to build houses
for snakes to live in.
fools toil to build houses
for the clever to live in !
- 45 -
Course not to accumulate
gold and riches.
In due course
they reach the kingly treasure.
- 46 -
Riches attract self-defined
relatives and friends.
Riches are the ditches
for the non-alert to fall !
- 47 -
Donation is the armour
for the hand.
Truth is the armour
for the king.
Ethics is the armour
for all and
Character is the
armour for woman.
- 48 -
The lazy, the hasty
and the impatient
agitate to spoil.
The active, the poised
and the patient one
retrieve even
the spoilt deed !
- 49 -
Irritation and anger
are the enemies to oneself.
Self-poise is the
self-protection
in all ways.
- 50 -
Compassion is the friend,
self-joy is the heaven
and self-pity is the hell.
These are commandments.
- 51 -
The acts of Good will,
the accomplishments
of the son,
the beauty of one's wife
are not for public
aggrandisement.
- 52 -
Riches are heavenly,
poverty is hell
and calamity is death
for the worldly.
- 53 -
Friends, affection and
fertile fields decide the
abode of life.
- 54 -
The mouth that chews
not Pan
the person that mourns
not at faults
the lake devoid of lotuses
and the night
without the moon
are deplorable.
- 55 -
Poison posits only
in the head of the snake,
in the tail of the scorpion
and in man, it
permeates from head to foot !
- 56 -
The foolish rely on
the promises of the Prostitute.
- 57 -
Love based on
physical, emotional and
mental features is human.
Baseless love is Divine !
- 58 -
The busy bee accumulates
for the honey gatherer.
Busy man accumulates
for the tax gatherer.
- 59 -
The king that relies
on hear-say
and judges,
would soon lose
the counsel of
the wise and fall.
- 60 -
The uninhibited service
to the wise leads to
inexplicable inner harmony
and outer splendour in life.
- 61 -
The help rendered to the wise
gathers hidden fortunes,
like the coconut that gathers
nourishing waters in secrecy.
- 62 -
Walk not the path lonely,
eat not at enemy's house,
usurp not others' wealth,
speak not hurting words.
- 63 -
Believe not the tax collector,
the gambler, the goldsmith,
the prostitute, the barber and
the left-handed persons.
They are unpredictable.
- 64 -
Soft words of wisdom
are not heeded to
by the ruffians.
Fear only moulds
them to follow.
- 65 -
Fear is the medicine
to the lazy.
Ambition is the medicine
to the active.
Wisdom is the medicine
to the poised.
- 66 -
Danger awaits when :
The king trespasses the law,
the widow guides a family
and the administrator turns
to priesthood.
- 67 -
Laugh not in the court,
at the parents and the priests.
Laugh not with strangers,
laugh not at the Teacher !
- 68 -
Hate not anyone,
sink not with calamities,
condemn not at meetings,
lose not your heart to women.
- 69 -
Approach not
the spouse, the king,
the Teacher,
the Deity and the son
with empty hands.
- 70 -
Neglect not your lady.
She is a mother when feeds,
a servant when serves,
a counsellor when advises
and a damsel while at bed !
- 71 -
Aspire not for others'
wealth and woman,
fall not to flattery,
sink not to criticism.
- 72 -
Look not to bed
with other's lady.
Manipulate not for self-profit.
Find not fault with others.
Discuss not with inequals.
Shelter not with a relative
while in poverty !
- 73 -
Man living amidst ladies,
woman living amidst men,
are prone for scandal.
Even the wise are
no exception.
- 74 -
Tolerate not the progeny
that lie,
the spouse infatuated
of another,
the servant that knows
no fear,
and the family that is
too demanding.
- 75 -
Mate not on auspicious days.
Depend not on
the king's grace.
Foster not the spouse's pride.
Live not at an unholy place.
- 76 -
The selfish in
the priestly robes
is recognizable
like the water
mixed in milk.
Be not callous
in discrimination.
- 77 -
Help not the wicked
in calamity;
Does not the scorpion
helped out of
the fire sting back ?
- 78 -
Attend not other's work.
Invite not yourself
to functions.
Proceed not with
the unfriendly.
Aspire not for a lady that
loves you not.
- 79 -
The merchant is the life
of the village
Water is the life
for the paddy field.
The trunk is the life
for the elephant.
The woman is the life
for splendour.
- 80 -
Rejoice not as father
at the birth of the son.
Joy is verily yours when
the son is socially honoured.
- 81 -
You may procure
tiger's milk,
pluck out and donate
your heart,
dedicate your total wealth,
yet the stupid is pleased not.
- 82 -
Your acts of good will
nourish during the
days of misfortune.
Your acts of evil help not
even while you are
in fortunes.
- 83 -
Hoard not energy in terms of gold and money.
Seek not favours at shops.
Develop not friendship with the lowly.
Eat not unholy food.
- 84 -
Cooperation is strength, Collectivity is fortification.
Does not the lonely elephant fall prey to the lion?
- 85 -
A king without an adviser
is akin to the elephant
1without a trunk.
- 86 -
A president without a cabinet
is ineffective
like the wheel without the hub.
- 87 -
The life for the word is truth.
The life for the fort
is the soldier.
The life for the man
is character.
The life for the letter
is the writing.
- 88 -
Seek not shelter
under the mean.
Can an elephant
cool the body
in a water tub?
- 89 -
Work not to confirm untruth.
Ridicule not your
well wisher.
Serve not the angry.
Move not in unholy places.
- 90 -
The wise is stronger
than the mere strong ones.
Is not the elephant manned
by the intelligent Mahout.
- 91 -
Approach not relatives
In adversities.
Yield not personal secrets
For value.
Appoint not the timid
As the army general.
Cultivate not marshy land.
- 92 -
The village
without cultivable fields,
without an administrator
and without an adviser
and the house
without the master
are verily graveyards !
- 93 -
Listen with patience.
Analyse without haste.
Comprehend the truth
and the myth.
And conduct
in the world !
- 94 -
The Riches,
The Gold,
The Power,
The Lust,
The Drugs/alcohol
are the Masters
of KALI.
- 95 -
The education that
leads not to splendour.
The dramatic action that
magnetizes not the viewers,
The meetings that
promote not thoughts.
The oratory that
inspires not
are bland in taste.
- 96 -
Excessive attachment
culminates in detachment.
Excessive splendour
results in calamity.
Excessive growth
leads to fall.
- 97 -
The ungrateful, the stupid,
the selfish, the malicious,
the avaricious, the aggressive
invite their own fall.
- 98 -
The riches bulge
like the water in the coconut.
The riches disappear too
as the evaporation of ice.
May the intelligent
rely on virtues
but not on riches.
- 99 -
Argue not with ladies.
Befriend not the childish.
Abandon not the virtue.
Criticize not the superior.
- 100 -
Smiling is Health.
Healing is Love.
Feeling is Glamour.
Sharing is Wisdom.
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First Edition: 2002
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