Thursday, 30 May 2013

To day's subhashit.

न चोरहार्यं न च राज्यहार्यं न भ्रातृभाज्यं न च भारकारी |
व्यये कृते वर्धत एव नित्यं विद्या धनं सर्वधनप्रधानम्   ||

Na chor haarym na cha raajya haaryam  na bhraatrubhaajyam na cha bhaarakaari.
Vyaye krute vardhati eva nityam vidyaa dhanam sarva dhanapradhaanam.

Na = not .     Chorahaaryam = chor +haaryam.     Chor= a thief.     Haryam = capable of being stolen or taken away..    Raajyahaaryam = capable of being confiscated by the Government.
Bhraatrybhaajyaam = bhraatru + bhaajyam.    Bhraatru = brothers.   Bhaajyam = divisible as an inheritance.     Bhaarakaari = as a burden (like a heavy load on one's back or head)      Vyaya = spending.    Krute = doing.    Vardhat = increases.   Eva = surely.    Nityam = every day.
Vidyaa = learning, scholarshiop.     Dhanam = wealth, riches, money.    Sarva =  all..Pradhaanam = foremost, most important.

i.e.        Unlike other forms of wealth,  scholarship and learning can neither be stolen by a thief nor can the Government  confiscate it,  It is also not divisible among brothers as a share in ancestral wealth. On the other hand the more you spend it (shared with others) the more it increases day by day. No doubt, wealth in the form of knowledge, scholarship and learning is the foremost among all forms of wealth.

(Through this Subhashit the author has eulogised 'Vidyaa Dhan" and termed it as the foremost among all forms or wealth and riches.)

5 comments:

  1. can you give me the reference of this sloka; the text, the chapter and sloka number

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  2. can you give me the reference of this sloka; the text, the chapter and sloka number

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  3. I have copied this subhashita from a book 'Subhashita Ratnakar' published in the year 1888 The source of the Subhashita has been referred as a book namerd 'Sabha Tarang'
    In Subhashita Ratnakar the shloka has been classified under the caption 'Vidya Prasanshaa' shloka number 4 on page no 50. You can refer to the preface of my Blog for other details. You can daily get the subhashitas being posted by me if you
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    Yours faithfully, Mohan Chandra Joshi.

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  4. Such a great Subhashitam. Thank you for sharing this.🙏

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