Sarvajna

A service without flowers, the king without a horse and friendship with one who does not know the language are a waste.

— Sarvajna

While borrowing it is like eating a meal of milk and honey. When the loan is due to be paid, it feels as if the bones in the body are broken.

— Sarvajna

A drunkard is like a pig. The poor pig, however, is helpful. The drunk is worse and useless.

— Sarvajna

What is the use of circling round the temple without any feeling? It is like the ox which circles round the oil crusher.

— Sarvajna

What use is giving advice to a fool a hundred times? It is like raining on a rock for hundred years. Will it ever soak in?

— Sarvajna

If fools claim that they jumped over six mountains, agree to it. It is not worth fighting over.

— Sarvajna

For one who knows how to speak, it is like water pouring out of Eta [a device to draw water from a well]. For one who does not know, it is just the rope hanging down.

— Sarvajna

Learn some things from those who know; Watch some things from those who do; Learn other things by self experience.

— Sarvajna

Offering food [to the hungry], telling the truth and putting others above oneself is a happy way to heaven.

— Sarvajna

A wife who keeps the home warm, watches expenses, knows what is on your mind and acts accordingly is everything. Who cares if the heavens catch fire!

— Sarvajna

One who gives [alms] without advertising is superior. One who gives and talks about it is medium. Only a knave talks much and gives nothing.

— Sarvajna

The company of good men is like enjoying sweet honey. The company of evil men is like the stinking stuff in the sewer.

— Sarvajna

By wearing a mark of ash one were to reach heaven, a donkey (that rolls in ash) should reach there surely.

— Sarvajna

By dipping in the river everyday a Brahmin were to jump to heaven, the frog which is born and lives in water should surely go to heaven.

— Sarvajna

By dabbing sandalwood paste on the forehead one were to reach heaven, the stone used to grind the paste should be first to go there.

— Sarvajna

No one knows everything. The learned are few. There is no guarantee that the smart bring wisdom. Knowledge is not available for all.

— Sarvajna

One who makes a gift to the deserving and needy attains the everlasting abode of Shiva.

— Sarvajna

There is no god greater than Annam [food]. No one can survive without annam, give annadanam (donate food)and save the lives of the hungry.

— Sarvajna

Some eat animals, some eat the plants. None can survive without eating either of them. The doctrine of Ahimsa is difficult to sustain.

— Sarvajna

Control over one’s tongue, and good conduct enhance one’s prestige.

— Sarvajna

A crow when it sees some foodstuff, it crows, gathers other crows and shares it with them. Crows and fowl have a better social etiquette than a man.

— Sarvajna

A fool boasts about what little he knows. A wise man keeps quiet about what he knows and is safe.

— Sarvajna

One who walks a hundred feet in a cool breeze after his meal and one who sleeps on his left side will never need a physician.

— Sarvajna

From woman comes the new life on earth and woman is the source of all prosperity here and hereafter.

— Sarvajna

Worship without a symbol, a garden without a source of water, and the household affairs of one without a woman, all these are doomed to fail.

— Sarvajna

Truth leads one to glory now and forever. In this world truth and falsehood are found confusedly mixed yet it is truth alone that triumphs here and hereafter.

— Sarvajna