Wednesday 2 January 2013

To day's Subhashit.

न कश्चिदपि जानाति किं कस्य श्वो भविष्यति  |
अतः श्वकरणीयानि कुर्यादद्येव बुद्धिमान  ||

अर्थ -   कोई  भी यः नहीं जानता है कि आने वले कल को क्या होगा | इसी लिये बुद्धिमान् व्यक्ति जो कार्य उन्हें करना हो उसे आने वाले कल के लिये न छोड  कर आज ही संपन्न कर लेते हैं |

Na kaschidapi jaanaati kim kasya shwo bhavishyati.
atah shwakaraneeyaani kuryaadddyeva buddhimaan.

Na = never, not      kaschiddapi =  kaschid +api.      kaschid = some one     .
Na Kaschid = nobody    Api = even..    Jaanaati = knows      Kim = what ?
Kasya = whose.    Shwo = tomorrow.  bhavashyati = will happen.
Atah = therefore .  shwakaraneeyaani =   work to be done tomorrow.
Kuryadddyeva = Kuryaad + adyeva     Kuryaad = done.   Adyeva =to day itself.
Buddhimaan = wise person.

i.e.  Nobody knows what is going to happen tomorrow. Therefore, wise men do a job today itself whatever they have to do tomorrow.

There is a Hindi couplet on this very thought as under:-
काल करे सो आज कर आज करे सो अब |,  Kaal kare so aaj kar, aaj kare so ab.
पल मे प्रलय होइगी फेरि करोगे कब ||         Pal me pralaya hoigi pheri karoge kab ?
 i.e.Whatever you have to do tomorrow do it to day itself and whatever you have to do to day do it just now.   Doomsday can happen at any moment, so when  will   you get the opportunity to do your job ?.    The underlying idea  is that we should not unnecessarily postpone the work at our hand, because nobody knows what will happen tomorrow..   

1 comment:

  1. You have given a beautiful explanation of this wonderful Sloka. Sir, I am trying to find some good Sloka on Namrata ( Modesty) and shall be highly grateful to you, if you can kindly help me in giving your valuable guidance with a unique Sloka on Namrata with its explanation and it's recitation in English. I am a writer and a Poet (Premium Member of Poetry Soup )and a Song writer of both English and Hindi.
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