Monday, 4 March 2013

To day's Subhashi

यथा खनन खनित्रेण  भूतले वारि विन्दति  |
एवं  गुरुगतां  विद्यां  सुश्रूषुरधिगच्छति  |

Yathaa khanan khganitren bhootale vaari vindati.
Evam Gurugattaam  vidyaam sushrushuradhigacchati.

Yathaa = for instance, just as.      Khanan = digging.       Khanitra - a spade or a digging tool.
Bhootale = underground.     Vaari = water.      Vindati = found, discovered.      Evam = similarly, so also.
Gurugattam =Guru + gataam.     Guru = A Teacher.     Gataam = approached, coming from.
Sushrushadhigacchatiu =suushrushaa + adhigacchati.      Sushrushaa = service, showing reverence and obedience..     Adhigacchati =  acquired, learnt.

i.e.     Just as ground water is found by consistently digging the earth with a spade (digging a well), similarly knowledge is acquired from a teacher by showing reverence and obedience to the teacher .

(In this Subhashit the process of learning has been compared to digging a well to extract ground water.This process requires consistent and strenuous effort and dedication and then only ground water is available  In Sanskrit Literature the relationship of a teacher and his student (Guru-Shishya sambandh) is considered very pious and the Guru is revered like a God. Only that learning is considered successful, which is acquired by serving the Guru with reverence and obedience.  I will post a few Subhashits on this subject in my next posts)|


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