To day's Subhashit.

लोकद्वयमतिभयैक  निदानमेत-
द्धिक् प्राणिनामृणमहो परिणाम घोरम् |
एकः स एव हि पुमान्परमस्त्रिलोके
क्रुद्धस्य येन धनिकस्य मुखम्  न दृष्टं ||

Lokadvyamatibhaika nidaanmet-
Ddhik praaninaamrunamaho parinaam ghoram.
Ekh sa eva hi pumanparmastriloke.
kruddhasya yean dhanikasya mukham na drushtam.

Lokadvayo = both worlds.   Matibhayeka= fear in mind.    Nidaanametad= nidaan+ etad.   Etad= this
Nidaan =primary cause.   Dhik =  shame.   Preaaninaamrunamaho = Praninaam+rina+maho.
Praaninaam =living beings.   Rina =debt, loan.    Maho = mighty, big.    Parinaam = result, effect.
Ghoram = terrible, awful.    Ekh = one    Sa= he.   Eva = really.    Hi =surely.   Pumaan= man
Paramastriloke =Param +triloke .     Param =great, brave..    Triloke =the three Worlds (according to Hindu religion the World is comprised of three components namely Prithvi (earth), Aakash (sky)and Paataal (under-earth).    Kruddhasya = angry person's    Yena = who.    Dhanikasya = a rich person's, a money lender's.     Mukham = face.     Na = not.    Drushtam = seen.

i.e.     The primary cause of fear in the minds of people in this world it the shameful and aweful consequences of incurring debts.   A borrower, who is not afraid of facing an angry money lender, is really a great and brave person.

(There are numerous stories of people being ruined by falling in a debt trap.Even prosperous countries and rich people meet the same fate. The dirty tricks and stern measures adopted by money lenders to recover the loans given by them are also feared by the debtors and they avoid to face the money lenders by hook or crook.  This subhashit outlines this phenomenon in a nice way.)

To day's Subhashit.

उडुगन  परिवारो नायकोSप्योषधीना-
ममृतमयशरीरः कान्तियुक्तोSपि  चन्द्रः  |
भवति विगतरश्मिर्मण्डलं प्राप्य भानोः
परसदननिविष्ठः को लघुत्वं न याति       ||

Udugana parivaaro naayakopyoshadheenaa-
Mamrutamayashareerh kaantiyuktopi chandrah.
Bhavati vigatrashmirmandalam praapya bhaanoh.
parasadannivishthah ko na laghutvam na yaati.

Udugana = stars in the sky.    Parivaro = family.  Naayakopyoshadheenaa=naayako+api+aushdheenaam.
Nayako =leader.  api = even    Aushadheenaam = medicinal herbs. (It is believed that the rays of Moon falling on the vegetation over the Earth impart medicinal qualities in some plants.The rays of Moon are supposed to have the qualities of "Amrit", the nectar, which makes its users immortal).
Amrutamaya = full of 'Amrita'.   Shareera = body.    Kaanti= radiance, grace.  Yuktah = having.
Chandrah = the Moon.    Bhavati =becomes.   Vigata = without, bereft of.   Rashmi = rays.
Mandalam = circle.       Prapya = attainable, arrival.     Bhaano = the Sun.   Para = others.
Sadan = home.    Nivishtha =  encamped, entering into.    Ko = who ?    Laghutvam =  disrespect, disregard.    Na = not.    Yaati = gets, achieves.

i.e.        Although the Moon is the leader of the constellation of Stars in the Sky and also of all medicinal plants, and its body is full of 'Amrit' and it radiates an aura of brilliance,  it loses all this brilliance when it enters the domain  of the Sun during daytime.  Who does not get belittled and disregarded by entering the home of  other powerful person ?

To day's Subhashit.

पापं  कर्तुमृणं  कर्तुं  मन्यन्ते मानवाः सुखम्  |
परिणामोSतिगहनो  महतामपि  नाशकृत्     ||

Paapam kartumrunam kartum manyante maanavah sukham.
Parinaamotigahano mahataamapi naashkruta.

Paapam = sins, misdeeds.   Kartumrunam = Kartum+rinam,     Kartum =to do.    Rinam = debt, loan.
Manyante = think, regard.     Maanavah =  people      Sukham = pleasure.     Parinaamotigahano = parinaam+ ati+ gahano.   Parinaam = result, effect.    Ati = extremely.    Gahano = inexplicable.   Mahataamapi= mahataam+api   Mahataam = great and mighty people.   Naashkruta = ruined, destroyed.

i.e.        People feel pleasure while engaged in misdeeds (proscribed by religion and society) and  in incurring debts, but the result of such acts is extremely inexplicable and even very powerful and great persons are ruined by doing so.

To day's Subhashit.

शोकाSराति भयत्राणम्  प्रीतिविश्राम्भभाजनम् |
केन  रत्नमिदं  स्रष्टं   मित्रमित्याक्षरद्वयम्    |

Shokaaraati bhayatraanam preetivishraambhabhaajanam.
Kena ratnamidam srashtam mitramityaaksharadvyam.

Shokaaraati = Shoka + aarati.     Shoka =grief, sorrow.    Aaraati = enemy.   Bhayatraanam = Bhaya +traanam.    Bhaya = fear.    Traanam = protection (from).   Preetivishraambhabhaajanam =  Preeti +
vishraambh + bhaajanam.     Preeti = love, kindness.    Vishraambha = intimacy, confidence.
Bhaajanam = recipient.     Lena = what.     Ratnamidam = ratna+ idam.    Ratna = jewel.    Idam =this.
Shrashtam = created.    Mitramityaksharadvayam =mitra + mitya + akshara + dvyam.    Mitra = friend.
Mita =frugal.    Akshara = a letter of the alphabet.   Dvyam =two.

i.e.     Who has created this jewel of a short two lettered word (मित्र -mitra), which symbolises protection to a person from grief and enemies, and a repository of love, intimacy and confidence ?

(The author of this Subhashit has very cleverly and figuratively eulogised the Sanskrit word for a friend, having just two letters of the alphabet  but having very deeper meaning and also outlined the qualities a friend must have.)

To day's Subhashit.

विवादो धनसंबन्धो याचनं स्त्रीषु संगतिः |
आदानमग्रस्थायित्वं मैत्रीभङ्गस्य हेतवः ||

Vivaado dhanasambandho yaachanm streeshu samgatih.
Aadaanamagrasthaayitvam maitreebhangasya hetavah.

Vivaado = disputes, controversy.    Dhanasambandho= dhana + sambandho.     Dhan = money.
Sambandho= relating to.    Dhanasambandho = matters relating to money and wealth.
Yaachanam = requesting, asking.    Streeshu = womens'     Sangatih = company, assocoation  with.
Aadanamagrasthaayitvam = aadanam+ agra+ sthaayitvam.    Aadanam =receiving , accepting.
Agra = forefront, first, prominent.    Sthaayitvam = steadiness,continuance.   Maitree = friendship.
Bhangasya = breaking of.   Hetavah = reason for, cause.

i.e.      Disputes, matters relating to money, frequently making various requests,association with women,
being in the forefront  and very steady in accepting favours (but not in reciprocating the gesture), are the main reasons of breaking of friendships.   

To day's Subhashit.

शुचित्वं त्यागिता शौर्यं सामान्यं सुख दुःखयोः  |
दाक्षिण्यं चानुरक्तिश्च सत्यता च सुह्रद्गुणाः  ||

Shutitvam tyaagitaa shauryam saamaanyam sukhaduhkhayoh.
Daakshinyam chaanuraktishcha satyataa cha suhrudgunaah.

Shuchitvam =virtuousness, honesty.    Tyaagitaa = sacrifice, liberality.    Shaurya = valour, bravery.
Saamaanya = normal, equal.     Sukha= joy, happiness.     Dukhayoh = miseries, sorrow.
Daakshinyam = skillfullness, dexterity.    Chaanuraktishcha = Cha+anurakti+cha.     Cha = and.
Anurakti =affection, devotion.   Satyataa =truthfullness.   Suhrudgunaah =Suhrud + gunaah.
Suhruda = a kind hearted friend.     Gunaah = requisites, virtues.

i.e.        Honesty, willingness to make a sacrifice, bravery, normal and balanced behavior during  both good and bad times, skillfulness, affection, and truthfulness are the pre-requisites in a person to qualify as a kind hearted friend.

To day's Subhashit.

यस्य मित्रेण संभाषा यस्य मित्रेण संस्थितिः  |
मित्रेण सह्  यो भुङ्ग्ते ततो नास्तीह पुण्यवान् ||

Yasya mitrena sambhaasha yasya mitrena samsisthih.
Mitrena sah yo bhungte tato naasteeha punyavaan.

Yasya = whose.    Mitrena = with friends.   Sambhaashaa.= in conversation with, engaged with.
Samsthiti = staying together, nearness.     Sah = with     Yo= who.    Bhungte = share a meal.
Tato = then.    Naasteeha = Na +asti+iha.    Na = not.    Asti + is.    Iha = this Earth.
Punyavaan = virtuous.

i.e.    A person, who has very close relations with  his friends, engages  in  meaningful conversation with them and shares meals with them, then no one else is more virtuous than him in this world.

(This Subhashit underlines the pre-requisites for a meaningful friendship)

To day's Subhashit.

परोक्षे कार्यहन्तारं  प्रत्यक्षे प्रियवादिनम् |
वर्जयेत्तादृशं  मित्रं विषकुम्भं  पयोमुखम ||

Parokshe Kaarya Hantaaram Pratyakshe Priya Vaadinam
Varjayettadrisham Mitram Visha Kumbham Payo Mukham.

Parokshe = in one's absence.     Kaaryahantaaram = Kaarya+ hantaaram .    Kaarya = work, job.
Hantaaram = destroyer, spoiler.    Pratyakshe = before one's face.   Priya = favorable.
Vaadinam =saying.    Priyavaadinam = a flatterer.   Varjayettadrusham = varjayet+taadrusham.
Varjayet =give up, avoid.    Taadrusham = like that, whosoever.   Mitram = a friend.
Vishkumbham = Visha+kumbham.   Visha = poison.    Kumbham = jar, pitcher.
Payomukham = paya+mukham.    Paya =milk.   Mukham =face, surface.

i.e.    One should avoid and shun the friendship with persons who are flatterers and friendly before one's face  but spoiler of work in one's absence, because they  are like a pitcher filled with poison inside it but topped up on the surface  with milk.

To day's Subhashit.

येषां न विद्या न तपो न दानं ज्ञानं न शीलं न गुणो न धर्मः  |
ते  मृत्युलोके  भुवि  भार भूता  मनुष्य  रूपेण मृगाश्चरन्ति ||

Yeshaam na vidya na tapo na daanam gyaanam na sheelam na guno na dharmhh,
Te mrutyaloke bhuvi bhaarbhootaa manushya rupena mrugaascharanti,

Yeshaam = those.     Na = not.  Vidyaa =  learning.  Tapo= religious austerity.  Daanan = charity.
 Gyaan = knowledge.      Sheela = moral character.     Guna = virtues,talent.   Dharma = religion.
Te =  they.    Mrutyuloka =  the earth we live in.   Bhuvi =  the earth.    Bhaar = burden.
Bhoota = become.     Manushya = human beings.   Roopena = in the form of.    Mrugaa = animals, deers.
Charanti = grazing, moving.

i.e.      Those persons who are not learned, are not austere and charitable, do not have moral character, virtues and are not religiously minded, are a burden on the Earth we live in, and are just like animals in the form of human beings .
           (This Subhashit outlines the qualities  of head and heart in human beings , which differentiates them from less intelligent animals and beasts.   A person devoid of these qualities is just like a grazing animal.)

To day's Subhashit.

छायामन्यस्य कुर्वन्तं तिष्ठन्ताम् स्वयमातपे | 
फ़लानार्पय  परार्थाय  वृक्षाः सतपुरुषाः  इव  ||

Chayamanyasya Kurwantaam Tishtantaam Swaya-maatape.
Phalaanarpaya Pararthaaya vrukshaah satpurushaah iva.

Chaayamanyasya =Chaayaam +anyasya.   Chaayaam = shade.   Anayasya = to others.
Kurvantam = do, provide to.    Tishtantaam = stay, stand.   Svayamaatape = Svayam + aatape.
Svayam = himself.    Aatape = in the scorching Sun.     Phalaanaarpaya = Phalaan + arpay.
Phalaan = fruits.     Arpay = provide, give.   Paraarthaaya = Para + arthay.   Para  other.
Arthaya = for the benefit of.    Vrukshaah = trees.    Satpurushaah =noble and righteous persons.
Iva = like, similar to.

i.e.    Trees provide cool shade to others but themselves stand in the scorching heat of the Sun and also provide their fruits for the benefit of others. Noble and righteous persons are also like the trees and live their life for the benefit of mankind.

To day's Subhashit.

वाणी  रसवती  यस्य  भार्या  पुत्रवती   सती      |
लक्ष्मी दानवती यस्य सफ़लम् तस्य जीवनम्  ||

Vaani rasavatee yasya bhaaryaa putravatee satee.
lakshmi daanvatee yasya saphalam tasya jeenam.

Vaani = speech, language.   Rasavatee = soft spoken, pleasing.    Yasya = whose.    Bhaaryaa = wife.
Putravati = having begotten a son.    Sati = faithful to her husband.     Lakshmi = wealth.
Daanvati = used in charity.     Saphalam =successful,purposeful.    Tasya = his.   Jeevanam =life.

i.e.    A person, who is soft spoken, has a faithful wife who has begotten a son to him, shares his wealtwith needy and poor persons through charity, is considered successful in his life (as he is beneficial to the society).

To day's Subhashit.

लक्ष्मीवन्तो न  जानन्ति  प्रायेण परवेदनाम्  |
शेषे धराभरक्लान्ते शेते नारायणः  सुखम्     ||

Lakshmivanto na jaanantipraayena paravedanaam.
Sheshe dharabharklaante shete Naarayanh sukham.

Lakshmivanto =  Persons who have the blessings of Goddess Lakshmi i.e.wealthy persons.    Na = not.    Jaananti = know, feel.     Praayena = most probably.   Paravedanaam = Par+vedanaam.     Para =another person.    Vedanaam = agony, pain.  Sheshe = the name of the mythological multi-headed serpent, whose coil is used by God Vishnu as a couch, with Goddess Lakshmi ,his consort , in attendance. The Earth is supposed to rest on the hood of Shesh.     Dharaabharaklaante = Dhara+bharaklaant.  Dhara = the Earth we live in.     Bharaklaant = tired by bearing   the weight of the Earth on its forehead.       Shete = sleeps.     Narayana = another name  of God Vishnu.    Sukham = happily.

i.e.       Persons having the blessings of Goddess Lakshmi i.e. wealthy persons, most probably oblivious or know nothing  about the agony and pain of other  persons    Even God Narayana, the consort of Goddess Lakshmi , sleeps .happily over the coil of Shesh Naag, totally oblivious about its  tiredness due to continuously bearing the weight of the Earth on its hood.

(This Subhashit is an example of  using the simile of Lord Vishnu and his consort Lakshmi (the symbol of wealth) in a lighter vein to criticise the tendency among rich persons to remain immune towards miseries and suffering of poor people in the society .)
  

To day's Subhashit.

यत्रास्ति  लक्ष्मीर्विनयो न तत्र  अभ्यागतो  यत्र   न तत्र लक्ष्मी   |
उभौ च  तौ  यत्र  न  तत्र  विद्या नैकत्र  सर्वो  गुणसन्निपातः  
Yatraastil  Lakshmeervinayo na tatra abhyaagato yatra na tatra Lakshmi.
Ubhou cha tou yatra na tatra vidya naikatra sarvo gunasannipaatah.

Yatraasti = yatraa + asti      Yatra = where.    Asti = is, exists.    Lakshmeervinayo = lakshmi + vinayo.
Lakshmi = wealth, riches.    Vinayo =humility, courteous.    Tatra = there.     Abhyaagato =uninvited guests.
Ubhou = both .    Tou = these.    Naikatra =na + aikatra.    Na = not.    Aikatra =in one place.
Sarvo = all.     Gunasannipatah = Guna +sannipatah.     Guna = virtues,talent.   Sannipatah = collection.

i.e.     One who is rich is never humble and courteous, and a person whose house is thronged by uninvited
guests regularly can not become rich. And where both the above conditions prevail, the person concerned can not become a talented person.

To day's Subhashit.

स्वच्छन्दत्वं  धनार्थित्वम्  प्रेमभावोSथ भोगिता |
अविनीतत्वमालस्यं  विद्या विघ्नकराणि षट ||

Svacchandatvam dhanaarthitvam premabhaavoth bhogitaa.
avineetatvamaalasym vidyaa vighnakaraani shat.

Swacchabdatvam = indiscipline, uncontrolled behavior     Dhanaarthitvam = money mindedness.
Premabhava  = indulgence in love affairs.    Bhogitaa = fond of rich food.     Avineetatvamaalasyam = Avinneetatva +aalasyam.  Avineetatva =   insubordination, rude behavior.     Aalasya = laziness.
Vidyaa = learning , knowledge,     Vighnakaraani = impediments, obstructions, hinderance.   Shat = six.

i.e.     Indiscipline, money mindedness,  indulgence in love affairs, fondness for rich food,  insubordination (rude behavior) and laziness, all these six traits in a person are serious impediments  in the way of his getting proper education and become a learned person.

To day's Subhashit.

रहस्य भेदो याञ्च्या च नैष्ठुर्यं चलचित्तता |
क्रोधो नि:सत्यता द्यूतमेतन्मित्रस्य  दूषणम्  ||

Rahasya bhedo yaanchya cha naishthurym chalachittataa.
Krodho nihsatyataa dyootametanmitrasya dooshanam.

Rahasya = secret.    Bhedo =divulting.     Yaanchyaa = mean soliciting.    Cha = also.
Naishthuryam = cruelty, harshness.     Chalachittataa = fickleness of mind.    Krodho = anger.
Nihsatyataa =falsehood, insincerity.     Dyootametanmitrasya = Dyootam +etat +mitrasya.
Dyoota = gambling     Etat = these, this.    Mitrasya = a friend's.    Dooshanam = defects.

     
i.e.      Not keeping/guarding a secret, continually asking for favours,cruelty and arrogance, fickle-mindedness, anger, untruthfulness and fondness towards gambling, are the negative traits, which must not be in one's friend.

(  Moral -   If any of your friends have these bad traits in him, it is better to discontinue such friendship) 

To day's Subhashit.

वंशभवो गुणवानपि संगविशेषेण पूज्यते पुरुषः 
नहि तुम्बीफ़ल् विकलो वीणा दण्डः प्रयाति महिमानम्  

Vanshabhavo Gunwaanapi Sanga Visheshen Poojyate Purushah.
Na hi Tumbiphal vikalo Veena dandah Prayaati Mahimaanam.

Vanshabhavo =  descended from a noble race. Made of bamboo.   Gunavaanapi = Gunvaan + api.   
Gunavaan = talented, virtuous.    Api = even.    Sang =association with, accompanying.    Visheshen = special.
Poojyate = honoured,venerated.     Purushh =person.     Nahi =by no means.    Tumbiphal = a variety of a gourd, whose shell is used for making instruments like Veen, sitar and Taanpura as a sound chamber.
Vikalo = deprived of crippled, impaired.     Veena = an ancient stringed musical instrument.   
Dandh = the staff of a veena over which metal strings are stretched over the frets attached.
Prayaati = gets into a desired state or condition.   Mahimaanam = glory, greatness, majesty.  

i.e.     Even if born in a well-known family and being talented and virtuous , a person gets recognition and is honoured and appreciated only when he is in the special company of illustrious persons e.g.the finger board of a Veena remains impaired and incomplete and is unable to produce the desired musical sound unless it is in the company of two gourds at it's both ends.
(Two gourds are fixed at both the ends of 'Daand'  (finger board) of  a veena or sitar to provide resonance, without which the instrument will not produce the desired musical sound.) 

To day's Subhashit.

कीटोऽपि  सुमनः संगादारोहति सतां  शिरः  |
अश्माSपि याति दैवत्वं महद्भिः सुप्रतिष्ठतः ||

Keetopi sumanh samgaadaarohati sataam shirah.
Ashmaapi yaati daivatvam mahadbhih supratishthitah.

Keetopi = Keet+api.      Keet = a small insect.    Api = even (to emphasise).   Sumanh = a flower.
Samgaadaarohati = samgaad+ aarohati.     Samgaad = in the company of.    Aarohati = climbs.
Sataam = honourable and righteous persons.     Shirah = head.     Ashmaapi =ashma+ api.
Ashma = a stone slab.   Yaati= acquires.     Daivatvam = the status of a God.     Mahadbhih= great.
Supritisthitah = very famous.

i.e.        Even a small insect  in good company of a flower(e.g.being made as a garland or in the hands of a priest) is able to be placed on the forehead of honourable and righteous persons.  Like wise a slab of stone attains the status of a deity after being crafted as an idol by a sculptor,  is worshipped with reverence and becomes very famous.

Today' s Subhashit.

न स्थातव्यं न गन्तव्यं  क्षणमप्यमधमैः सह   |
पयोपि शौण्डिनी हस्ते  मदिरां  मान्यते  जनः  ||

Na sthaatavyam na gantavyam kshnamapyadhamaih saha.
Payopi shaundinee hasteyis pre madiraam maanyate janah.

Na = not.   Sthaatavyam = stay in the company of.    Gantavyam = go along with.
Kshanamapyadhamaih = Kshanam + api +adhamaih.    Kshanam = a smallest measure of time in Hindu Astronomy, like a second in modern Science.    Api = even.
Adhamaih = lowly and wicked persons.   Saha =  with.    Payopi = apya+api .   Paya = milk.
Shaundini = a bartender (a person who serves liquor at a liquor bar)   Hastey= in the hands of. 
Madiraa =  Liquor.    Maanyate = presume as, treat as.     Janah = people.

i.e.     One should not stay and move in the company of mean and wicked persons even for a second, he might also be considered as a wicked person, just like a glass of milk in the hands of a bartender is mistakenly thought to be full of liquor rather than milk.

To day's Subhashit..

मानुष्यं वरवंशजन्म विभवो दीर्घायुरारोग्यता
सन्मित्रं सुसुत: सती  प्रियतमा भक्तिश्च नारायणे
विद्वत्त्वम् सुजनत्वमिन्द्रियजयः सत्पात्र दाने रति
स्ते पुण्येन बिना त्रयोदश गुणाः संसारिणां दुर्लभाः

Maanushyam Var-vansh-janma-vibhwo Deerghaayuraarogyataa.
Sanmitram Susutahh Sati Priyatma Bhaktishcha Naarayane,
Viddwattam Sujanatwa-mindriyajayahh Satpaatra Daane Rati-
ste Punyean bina Trayodash Gunaah Sansarinaam Durlabhaah.

Maanushyam = manhood, humanism.     Varavanshjanma = Vara+vansh+janma.     vara =best.
Vansha = family, dynasty.   Janma = birth.     Vibhavo = power, riches.   Deerghaayu =long lived.
Aarogyataa = healthy, free from diseases.     Sanmitram = noble and reliable friends.
Susutah = worthy sons.    Sati = a woman faithful and obedient to her husband.  Priyatamaa = wife.
Bhaktisch = devotion towards.      Naraayanh = another name of Lord Vishnu.
Viddvatvam = wise and learned.   Sujantvamindriyajayah = Sujanatva +indriyajayah.  
Sujanatva = kindness.    Indriyajayah = full control  over the sensory organs, particularly baser instincts.
Satpatradaane = satpatra +daane.    Satpaatra = worthy and deserving recipient.  Daane =charity.
Rati =fondness, inclination.   Ste = these.    Punyen= virtues.   Bina = without. 
Trayodash = thirteen (13)  Gunaah = qualities.   Samsaarinaam =ordinary people in society.
Durlabhaah = difficult to acquire.   

i.e.      Humanism , birth in a renowned family, riches, good health and longevity, reliable and noble friends, worthy children, faithful wife,devotion to God (Naarayan), being a scholar, kindhearted. having full control over base instincts(Indriya Jaya),fondness to giving charity to deserving persons (Satpaatra Daanm), all these thirteen special attributes and qualities  one acquires only if he has earned Punya@ and these  qualities are beyond reach of ordinary mortals.

(@  Punya is a concept in Hindu Religion,which one acquires by doing noble deeds in his previous birth as also present life.)

To day's Subhashit.

दुर्जनः प्रियवादी च नैतद्विश्वास कारणं
मधु तिष्टति जिह्वाग्रे हृदि हालाहलं विषं

Durjanah Priyavaadi Cha Naitad-vishwas-kaaranam,
Madhu Tishthati Jihwaagre Hridi Halaahalam Visham.

Durjan = wicked person.    Priyavaadi = a flatterer, soft-spoken person.  Naitadvishvaas = na + etad+vishvaas.
Na = not.   Etad = their.     Vishvaas = inspiring confidence, reliance upon.      Kaaranam = cause, reason.
Madhu = honey.    Tishthati = stays.     Jihvaagre=- Jihvaa+agre.     Jihvaa = toung.    Agre = ahead, tip.
Jihvaagra = tip of the tounge.    Hrudi = heart.     Haalaahalam = the name of the most potent poison mentioned in Hindu mythology.     Visham = poison.
   ( During the process of churning of the ocean many objects were produced, among which were "Amrita" - the necter making a person immortal, and 'Halaahal' - the most potent poison.To save the humanity Lord Shiva drank that poison, as a result of which his throat became blue in colour. One of the names of Lord Shiva is, therefore,Neelkahth - the God with a blue throat.)


i.e.      One should never trust a wicked and cunning person  even if he behaves  politely  and  is very soft-spoken, as if his tongue is dipped in honey, because by nature he is very malicious and revels in harming others, as if his  heart is full of poison.

To day's Subhashit..

 पूर्वजन्मजनितं  पुराविदः   कर्म  दैवमिति  संप्रचक्षते  |
 उद्द्यमेन  तदुपार्जितं चिराद्दैवमुद्यमवशं  न तत्कथम्  ||

Poorvajanmajanitm puraavidh karma daivamiti smprachakshate.
uddyamena tadupaarjitm chiraaddaivamiudyamvasham na thakathanm.

Poorvajanmajanitm = Poorva +Janma+Janitm.    Poorva = earlier, previous.   Janma = birth.
Janitam = occuring,       Puraavidh = those who know events of former times.    Karma = deeds, work.
Daivamiti = Daivam + iti.    Daivam = destiny fate.    Iti = this, that.   Samprachakshate = relate,
attribute, illuminate.    Uddyamena = by maaking efforts.    Tadupaarjitam = tad + puaarjitam '
Tad = that.    Upaarjitaam = earned, acquired.     Chiraaddaivamudyamvasham =  Chiraad + daiva +
Uddyam + vasham .    Chiraad = after a long time.    Uddyam = efforts, entrepreneurship.
Vasham = subject to, under control.   Tat = that.    Katham = reporting, telling.

i.e.     Scholars who belive in the concept of rebirth and 'Karma', attribute the wealth a person has during his lifetime, to the good deeds done by him in his previous birth, but if a person acquires  wealth after a long time through his entrepreneurship and hard work (Udyam), then they do not say that it is  due to the bebevolence of Destiny.
 
(I feel that the above translation of the Subhashit under the caption "Udyog Prasamshaa" done by me does not incorporate fully the philosophy behind the Shloka. I will feel obliged if a more detailed and better interprettion of the Subbhashit is done by the erudite members of our Group.)

To day's Subhashit.

न  यत्न कोटि शतकैरपि दुष्टः सुधीर्भवति |
किं मर्दितोपि कस्तूर्यां लशुनो  याति सौरभं  ||

Na yatna kotishatakairapi dushtah sudheerbhavati.
kim marditopi kastooryaam sashuno yaati kaurabha.

Na = not. =      Yatna = efforts.   koti = 10 million.    Shatakairapi = shatakai +api,
Shatakai = one hundred.      Api = even (to emphasise)    Dushtah = a wicked person.
Suheerbhavati =  Sudhi + bhavati.     Sudhi = a noble and righteous person.     Bhavati = becomes.
Kim = can        Marditopi = mardit + api.    Mardit = rubbed.     Kastooryaam =  Musk, a serection
from the gland inside a musk deer's stomach, which has got a very sweet smell.   Such deers are found in upper reaches of Himalayas and are poached just to get the 'Kastoori'  i.e. musk.
Lashuna =garlic, known for hit pungent smell.      Yaati = acquires.        Saurabham = sweet smell,fragrance.

i.e.      Even by making millions of attempts a wicked person does not become a noble and righteous person, just like a bulb of garlik even rubbed with 'kastoori' does not become sweet smelling.

 

To day's Subhashit.

काकतालीयवत्प्राप्तं   दृष्ट्वाSपि  निधिमग्रतः  |
न  स्वयं   दैवमादत्ते  पुरुषार्थमुपेक्षते                ||

Kaaktaaliyavatpraaptam drushtwaapi nidhimagrathh.
Na svyam daivamaadatte purushaarthmupekshate,

kaaktaaleeyavatpraaptam = Kaaktaali + vat +praaptam.    Kaaktaali= irrational, unforeseen,sudden(just as by clapping a crow flies away suddenly)    Vat = like a.     Praaptam = acquired, received.
Drushtwaapi = Drushtwa + api.    Drushta = seen.     Api = even.     Nidhimagratah = Nidhi +agrathh
Nidhi =  treasure, hoard of money.    Agratah =  in front.     Na = not .    Svyam = himself.        Daivamaadatte = Daiva+ aadatte.      Daiva =destiny,fate.     Aadatte =  grants,bestows.     Purushaarthmupekshate = Purushaartham + upekshate.    Purushartham = human effort or exertion, entrepreneurship.        Upekshate = expected.

i.e.     Unforeseen wealth even appearing before one's eyes is not bestowed upon him personally by the Destiny, but he is expected  to make strenuous efforts to acquire it.

To day's Subhashit.

दैवं पुरुषकारेण  साध्यसिद्धिनिबन्धनम्  |
योSतिक्रामितुमिच्छेत्स  न लोकेश्ववसीदति   ||

Daivam purushkaarena saadhyasiddhi nibandhanam.
Yotikraamitumicchetsa na lokeshwavaseedati.

Daivam = destiny, fate,     Purushkaar =  human effort,  manly action. 
Purushkaaren = by manly action or effort.     Saadhyasiddhinibandhanam = Saadhya + siddhi+ nibandhanam ,      Saadhya = attainable goal.     Siddhi =solution of a problem, achievement of the goal.   Nibandhanam = act of binding together, linking up.       Yotikraamitumicchetsa = Yah+
atikramitu+ icchet +sa.     Yah = whosoever.        Atikramitu = violating, overstepping.   
 Icchet = wishes,desires. Sa = he.    Na = not.     Lokeshvavaseedati = Lokeshu + avaseedati.     Lokeshu = in this world/    Avaseedati =gets depressed,  perishes.

i.e.        For a successful achievement of  the desired objective, a bonding of manly action with  luck is essential.    Whosoever wishes to overstep this winning combination, becomes unsuccessful in his efforts and gets depressed.

(It is one of the characteristics of Sanskrit Subhashitas, that it is both one sided and exhaustive - one sided when viewed only in parts, and exhaustive when viewed as a whole. I have posted many subhashits in the past extolling the efforts and denegrating the 'Daiva'.  But here is a subhashit which says that both luck (daiva) and entrepreneurship (Purushkaar) must bond together for the success of a venture. In this context see the subhashit posted by me on 24th June and 6th July.)

Who is responsible for thr tragedy of Uttarakahand ?

 

     Now a days a debate is hotting up in newspapers and TV on the above subject.  and many thought provoking articles have appeared in the news papers.  One article by Smt. Smruti Koppikar published in Hindustan Times dt.3rd July, 2013  titled "Clearance Mela .Experts raise questions over Government panel going too easy on hydel projects -

-.POWER THAT RUINE UTTARAKHAND"   is a real eye opener.  It states that in utter disregard to the warnings by eminent scientists, engineers, enviornmentalists the Central Government and the State Government, in utter disregard of all norms, went ahead  with their plan.  Another article in the same newspaper dt.5th July by Smt.Vandanaa Shiva titled -Mountains into molehills - is equally damning.

 

     Now there is talk of the hoteliers being compensated for their loss. instead of them as also the administration allowing construction of these hotels in the flood pane of the rivers, being booked for causing death of thousands of affluent tourists and poor pilgrims.  In this crime against humanity both the Congress and BJB Governments of Uttarakhand are equally responsible.  This process was earlier very slow or not there and acclerated after creation of Uttarakhand.  The tourists were left totally at the mercy of hotel and transport mafia in utter disregard to all norms.  There was no check on the number of tourists being allowed to go to these pilgrimage sites through trecherous terrain and hostile weather throughout the year, far beyond the carrying capacity of the infrastructure , resulting in this human tragedy, which is entirely man made and is now being attributing to the Nature.

 

     During the British Rule  there were very strict rules for plying of heavy vehiles in Hills and  also the standards for construction of roads.  All these rules and regulations were ignored with impunity by the Admonistration.   Now trucks carrying loads beyond 10 tons and vehicles carrying 30-40 persons, leaving aside thusands of SUVs, Boleroes, Toyatas etc of rich tourists, are tearing the heart of the hills on roads build just besides the river bed without any provision for masonary walls to protect them from the fury of rivers during rainy season.  Compare the alignment of these roads with the Kathgodam -NainiTal road built by the  Britishers and one can easily understand why these roads have become death traps.

 

     There is another thought provoking article in Navabharat Times - titled "Lesser culprits have done their lot and now let be prepared for the bigger culprits"  In Sanskrit language there is a term"Gruddha Bhoj" i.e.a feast for vultures.   This will now soon happen in Uttarakhand in the name of providing succour tto the victims and all the aid will be cornered by the lackyies of politicins hand in glove with corrupt administration.  Thousands of Crores  Ruppees will be squandered and sub-standard work steeped in corruption will be undertaken without any supervisoion.

 

     It is now high time for the people to be vigilant and not allow the 'Gruddha bhoj' to happen. They should also not allow the mushroom growth of these so called hotels pandering to 'Tourists' wanting 5 star amenities every where regardless of its cost. Strict rules should be framed to regulate the flow of tourists and pilgrim and there should be no compromise with security, safety of the travellers and the enviornment.

 

     Let us hope that the Government will take a belated lessson from this calamity so that such things do not recur in future  

To day's Subhashit.

कामापि  श्रियमासाद्य  यस्तद्र्षौ न चेष्टते   |
तस्याSयतिषु  न श्रेयो बीजभोजि कुटुम्बवत्  ||

Kaamaapi shriyamaasaadya yastadrusho na cheshtate.
Tasyaayatishu na shreyo beejbhoji kutumbavat.

Kaamapi = Kaam +api.      Kaam = wish, desire.      Api = simply, even.     Shriyamaasaadya = Shrium +aasaadya.      Shriyam = prosperity.      Aasaadya = desired, obtained.    Yastadrusho =
Yah + tadrusho.       Yah =who.       Tadrusho = accordingly, such like.     Na = not.
Cheshtate = makes efforts.     Tasyaayatishu = tasya +ayatishu.    Tasya =  his .    Ayatishu = not making any efforts.   Na = not.     Shreyo = credit (for an achievement).  Beejbhoji = beej + bhoj.
Beej = seeds (for sowing a crop)    Bhoj = eating.    Beejbhoj = a farmer, who, instead of  sowing the seeds meant for a future crop eats them.      Kutumbvat = Kutumb+vat.   Kutumb = family, household.    Vat = like,   resembles to.

i.e.       A person, who simply desires to become prosperous and does not make sincere efforts  accordingly, his inaction results in not achieving his objective,  just like a farmer's family, who, instead of sowing the seeds kept for the next crop,  consume them as a food item.

(This subhashit condemns the tendency among the people in misusing and diverting their capital meant for furthering the business for their unimportant needs and cites the example of a farmer using the seeds meant for growing future crop for meeting his family's food needs. It also emphasises the need for making strenuous efforts for becoming rich.   This phenomenon is common in industrial and agricultural financing by banks, resulting in bankruptcy of the borrowers .)

To day's Subhashit.

न  दैवमिति  संचित्य  त्यजेदुद्योगमात्मनः  |
अनुद्यमेन कस्तैलं तिलेभ्यः प्राप्तुमिच्छति  ||

Na daivamiti samchitya tyajedudyogamaatmanh.
Anudyamen kastailm tilebhyah praaptumicchati.

Na = not.   Daiva = fate, destiny.    Iti = this     Sanchitya = having thought, gathered.
Tyajedudyogamaatmanah = Tyajet +Udyog+aatmanh.    Tyajet = give up.    Udyog =endeavour, zeal.
Aatmanah = one's self.      Anudyamen =  not exerting one's self, being idle.   Kastailam=Kah+tailam.
Kah = where ?     Tailam = vegetable edible oil.     Tilebhyah = sesame seeds, from oil is extracted.
Praaptumicchati = Praptm + icchati.      Prapta = to obtain .     Icchati = wishes.

i.e.       One should never give up one's zeal and endeavour for doing a job, simply by resigning to his fate. Without exerting one's self how can a person expect to extract oil from sesame seeds ?

(Through this subhashit the author has emphasised the importance of entrepreneurship and hard work and shed the tendency of resigning to one's fate.  There is a Hindi couplet on this very theme - " कायर मन कर एक अधारा , दैव दैव आलसी पुकारा "  (Kaayar man kar ek adhaaraa, daiva daiva aalasee pukaaraa) i.e. only cowards and unenterprising persons rely on their destiny, and without doing any efforts of their own, leave every thing to their destiny.)

To day's Subhashit

वाञ्छा सज्जन संगमे परगुणे प्रीतिर्गुरौ नम्रता
विद्यायां व्यसनं स्वयोषिति रतिर्लोकापवादद्भयम्
भक्तिः शूलिनि शक्तिरात्मदमने संसर्गमुक्तिः खलै
श्वेते येषु वसन्ति निर्मल् गुणास्तेभ्यो नरेभ्यो नमः

Vaanchha Sajjan sangame parguney preetirgurour namrataa
Vidyayaam vyasanam swayoshiti ratirlokaapawadaad-bhayam
Bhaktihi Shoolini shaktiraatmadamane sansargamuktih khale-
-shwate yeshu vasanti nirmalgunestebhyo narebhyo namahh.

 

Vaanchaa =desire.    Sajjan =  noble and righteous person.   Sangame = in the compny of..     Paragune = virtues of others.

Preetirgurou = Preeti + gurou.     Preeti = Love, liking.     Gurou = Teacher.   Namrataa = modesty, submission.  

Vidyaayaam = towards learning and knowledge.   Vyasanam = addiction.     Swa = one's own.    Yoshiti = wife.

Ratirlokaapavaadaadbhayam = Rati + lokaapaavaad + bhayam.     Rati = sexual relations.    Lokaapavaad = censure by people.     Bhayam = fear.    Bhakti = worship.    Shoolini = Lord Shiva ( Shool i.e.a trident is the weapon of LordShiva. So he is also called Shoolini, one who holds a Trident).    Shaktiraatmadamane = Shakti +aatmadamane.    Shakti = strength.

Aatmadamanw = self restraint.   Sansargamuktih = Sansarg + mukti.     Sansarg = contact, association.  Mukti = freedom.

Khaleshwete = Khaleshu + ete.     Khaleshu = wicked persons.    Ete = these.    Yeshu = in whom.     Vasanti = exist,reside.

Nirmalgunaastebhyo  =Nirmal +gunaa+tebhyo.      Nirmal = pure.       Gunaa = virtues, good qualities. 

Tebhyo = to those.    Narebhyo = persons.      Namah = hail, praise, salutations.

 

i.e.    A person , who always desires and remains in the company of noble and righteous persons,.appreciates the virtues in other persons, is polite and obedient towards his teacher ,is addicted to learning (Vidya-vyasani), remains faithful to his wife , is afraid of criticism by the Society , is a devotee of Lord Shiva ,is strong enough in self-control , and is free from any association with mean and wicked fellows , if all these virtues are found in him, he is to be praised and respected.

To day's Subhashit.

यत्र विद्वज्जनो नाSस्ति श्ल्याघ्यस्तत्राSल्पधीरपि  |
निरस्तपादपे   देश  एरण्डोSपि   द्रुमायते    ||

Yatra vidvajjano naasti shlaaghyasatraalpadheerapi.
Nirastpaadape desh erandopi drumaayate.

Yatra = where.   Vidvajjano = Scholars       Naasti = na + asti.     Na = not    Asti = exist.
Shlaaghyastatraalpadheerapi =Shlyaaghya + tatra +alpa + dhee + api.     Shlyaaghya  = laudable.
Tatra = there.    Alpa = small, very little.     Dhee =  intelligence.     Api = even.
Nirasta = rejected, destroyed.   Padape = trees.     Desh = a country.    Eranda = a wild cotton plant.
Drumaayate = passed for or treated as a tree.

i.e.          In an assembly of people where  scholars and learned persons are not present, even persons of  low intelligence are lauded as learned persons,  just like in an arid country not having any trees a small 'Erand' bush is glorified as a tree. 

To day's Subhashit.

सत्संगाद्भवति हि साधुता खलानां
साधूनां नहि खल संगन्मात्खलत्वम्
आमोदे कुसुमभवं मृदेव धत्ते
मृदगन्धं नहि कुसुमापि धारयन्ति

Satsangad-bhawati hi saadhuta khalaanam.
Saadhunaam nahi khal snagmat-khalatwam.
Aamodam Kusum-bhawam Mradeawa Dhatte
Mradatwam nahi kusumani dharayanti.

Satsangaatbhavati = Satsangaat +bhavati.     Satsanggat = by keeping the company of righteous persons.     Bhavati = happens.     Saadhutaa= righteousness, gentleness,    Khalaanam = wicked
persons.    Nahi = not.      Khalatvam = wickedness.     Aamodam = fragrance.  Kusum = flower.
Bhawam = originating from.     Mrudeva = mrudaa +iva .    Mrudaa = soil.    Iva = like.
Dhatte = acquire, get.    Mrudagandham = the smell of soil.    Nahi = not.    Kusumaani= flowers.
Dhaaryate =  acquires.

i.e.    By associating with righteous persons even mean persons acquire gentleness (Saadhuta),but righteous persons do not acquire meanness by associating with mean persons, just like a flower's fragrance is acquired by the soil where it is grown, but the smell of the soil is not acquired by the flowers.
 

To day's Subhashit.

विद्वत्तं  च नृपत्वं  च नैव तुल्यं कदाचन    |
स्वदेशे पूज्यते राजा विद्वान्सर्वत्र  पूज्यते ||

Vidwattam cha Nrupattwam cha naiwa tulyam kdaachana.
Swadeshe poojyate Raja Vidwaan sarvatra poojyate.

Vidvatwam = Scholars Nrapattwam + Kings, Rulers. Naiva = not at all, hardly. Tulyam = comparable, similar . Kadaachan = ever. Swadeshe = one's own country. Poojyate = reverred , worshipped. Raja = King Vidvaan = a learned person. Sarvatra = every where.

i.e. One should never compare a Scholar with a King, because a King is revered only in his kingdom, whereas a Scholar is revered every where.

To day's Subhashit.

काकः पद्म वने रतिं न कुरुते हंसो न कूपोदके
मूर्ख: पंडित संगमे न रमते दासो न सिंहासने |
कुस्त्री सज्जन संगमने न रमते नीचम जनम् सेवते
या यस्य प्रकृति: स्वभावजनिता केनाSपि न त्याज्यते ||

Kaakh Padma Vane Ratim Na Kurute, Hamso Na Koopodake
Moorkhah Pandit Sangame Na Ramate Daaso Na Singhaasne.
Ku-Stree Sajjan Sangame Na Ramate Neecham Janam Sewate
Ya Yasya Prakritih Swabhaaw-janita Kenaapi Na tyajate.

Kaakh - a crow. Padma = lotus flower. Vane = a garden, forest. Ratim = enjoyment.
Kurute = does. Hamso = a swan. Koopodake = Kppo + udake. Koop = a well
Udake = water. Moorkh = a foolish person. Pandit = a learned person. Sangame = in the company of.
Ramate =be happy or pleased. Daso = slaves, servants. Simhaasane = a throne.
Kustree = a woman of ill repute. Sajjan = a righteous person. Neechm = a mean person.
Janm = person. Sevate = serve. Yaa = whatever. Yasya = whose. Prakriti = nature.
Swabhava = character, nature. Janitaa = occuring. Kenaapi = whichever. Tyajyate = get rid of.


i.e. A crow in a Lotus garden and a Swan in a small ditch or well feels ill at ease. Similarly a fool in the company of learned persons,a slave in the company of a King and a women of ill repute in the company of a gentleman always feels uncomfortable, implying thereby that depending upon their nature people like the company of like minded persons and do not change their nature.