Thursday, 10 October 2013

To day's Subhashita.

भार्ये द्वे पुत्रशालिन्यौ  भगिन्यः पतिवर्जिता  |
अश्रान्तकलहो  नाम योगोSयं  गृहमेधिनाम्  ||

Bhaarye dve putrashaalinyou bhaginyh pativarjitaa.
Ashraantkalaho naam yogoym gruhmedhinaam.

Bhaarye = wifes.     Dve = two.     Putra = Son.     Shaalinyo = shy, bashful, lacking in confidence.
Bhaginyah = sisters.    Pativarjitaa =  a woman abandoned by her husband.    Ashraant= continual,
perennial.           Kalaho = strife, quarrell       Naam = name      Yogoyam = Yogo + ayam.
Yogo = union, combination.    Ayam = this.     Graha = home, house.       Medhinaam = sacrifice.
victim.     Gruhamedhinaam = causing unrest and strife in family life.

i.e.      In a household where a person has two wives , son is shy and lacking in confidence, married sisters have been abandoned by their husbands, this combination of circumstance can be termed as 'Ashraantkalaha Yoga' (continued strife in the family) and results in  the family life becoming a victim.

     (In Astrology a combination of various planets in a particular position is called a 'Yoga'  In this Subhashita the author has used this phraseology to  highlight the aforesaid circumstances prevailing in a household as a 'Yoga' and named it  as 'Ashrant Kalah Yoga" i.e.'perennial strife'.
     "Medha' is a religious practice of Hindu religion under which in the end an animal is given in sacrifice e.g. "Ashwamedh Yagya" performed by Kings. Ashwa means a horse. So in this ceremony a horse nicely bedecked is let loose under the protection of an army and made to cross the boundaries of various kingdoms. If the horse is stopped then there is a war to conquer that kingdom. So in this process the horse passes through many kingdoms compelling them to surrender and returns to its own kingdom and ultimately sacrificed. The winner King is then given the title  of a "Chakravarty King" i.e. an Emperor,  Sovereign of the World.  In this case the family life has been alluded as a sacrificial animal .  ) 

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