Friday, 12 July 2013

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.

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