Aapatsu Mitram Jaaniyaat — Complete Lyrics
आपत्सु मित्रं जानीयात्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
आपत्सु मित्रं जानीयाद्युद्धे शूरमृणे शुचिम्।
भार्यां क्षीणेषु वित्तेषु व्यसने च सुहृज्जनम्॥
āpatsu mitraṁ jānīyād yuddhe śūram ṛṇe śucim।
bhāryāṁ kṣīṇeṣu vitteṣu vyasane ca suhṛj-janam॥
A true friend is known in adversity, a real hero in battle, an honest person in the matter of debt, a devoted wife when wealth has dwindled, and a genuine kinsman in times of calamity. The verse teaches that the true worth of people is revealed not in good times but in the hour of hardship.
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