Thursday 9 August 2012

To day's Subhashit.

प्रथमे नाSर्जिता विद्या द्वितीये  नाSर्जितं धनं
तृतीये  नाSर्जितं पुण्यं  चतुर्थे किं करिष्यति .

Prathame naarjitaa Viddyaa dwiteeye naarjitam Dhanam,
Triteeye naarjitam Punyam Chaturthe kim karishyati.

i. e.     If a person did not acquire knowledge and scholarship during the first phase of his life, did not acquire wealth during the second phase and did not earn 'Punya" during the third phase, then what can he do now in the fourth phase of his life ?

Pratham = first.       Naarjitaa  (na + arjitaa ) -Na = not.  arjitaa = earned ,acquired.
Vidya = knowledge and scholarship.         Dwiteeye = second.            Dhanam = wealth
Triteeya = third .        Chaturth = fourth.        Kim  = what.        Karishyati = does.
'Punya' =  It is a concept of Hindu Religion, which implies that if a person does good and philanthropic deeds  during his lifetime he accumulates certain plus points called 'Punya", which fructify during his next birth cycle and the God bestows upon him all the comforts of life. This is part of the doctrine of 'Karma' deeply embedded in Hindu  Religion. Karma means doing various deeds , further divided into sukarma (virtuous deeds) and dushkarma (wrong deeds). Dushkarma results in acquiring "Paap' (sins), for which one gets punishment from God by way of birth in a very low household  or in another life form destined to struggle and face miseries throughout the life.

Note:-According to Hindu scriptures human life has been divided into  four stages of 25 years each called (i) Brahmacharya - spent as a child and thereafter in acquiring knowledge as a student, (ii) Ghrastha - getting married and bringing up a family and support them, (iii) Vanaprastha - detachment from married life and devoting time in philanthrophy and religious pursuits, (iv) Sanyaas - relinquishing all worldly attachments and desires and becoming a 'Sanyaasi' and wait for salvation..   So, if a person has not lived his life as ordained by the Shashtras, his old age becomes miserable. The author , therefore, forewarns the readers not to disobey the scriptures.

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