Thursday 16 January 2014

Today's Subhashita.

उपदेशो  न  दातव्यो यादृशे तादृशे  नरे |
पश्य वानर मूर्खेण सुगृही  निगृही  कृता  ||

अर्थ -       बुद्धिमानी इसी में है कि हर किसी को बिना मांगे  उपदेश या राय नहीं देनी चाहिये |   देखो किस प्रकार मूर्ख बन्दर ने 'सुगृही ' पक्षी को गृहविहीन कर दिया था |

(इस सुभाषित में जिस कथा का संदर्भ दिया गया है वह् इस प्रकार है  -   "एक भयङ्कर तूफान  में  एक बन्दर ठण्ड से सिकुड कर एक पेड्  की डाल पर बैठा हुआ था | उसी डाल पर एक बया का घोंसला भी लटका हुआ था|
बन्दर को भीगते हुए देख कर बया ने उस से कहा कि मजबूत हाथों के होते हुए भी तुमने अपने लिये एक आश्रय स्थल क्यों नहीं बनाया | इस बात पर क्रुद्ध हो कर बन्दर ने बया का घोंसला भी तोड् दिया | इस कथानक का तात्पर्य यह है कि उपदेश हर किसी को बिना मांगे कभी नहीं देना चाहिये  |)


Upadesho na daatavyo yaadrushe taadrushe nare.
pashya vaanar moorkhena sugrahe nigrahee krutaa .

upadesho = advice, guidance.    Na = not.     Daatavyo =to be given.    Yaadrushe = anybody
Taadrushe = anybody whosoever.     Nare = people.       Pashya = see,  look.     Vaanar = monkey.
Moorkhena = by a fool.      Sugrahee = (i) one having a nice house (ii) name of a particular bird.
Nigrahee = homeless,   overthrown.       Krutaa = made, turned into.

i.e.       One should not give (unsolicited) advice to anybody whosoever.   Look !  what the foolish monkey did  to 'sugrahee' bird, by destroying its beautiful nest and making it homeless.

(Here the reference is to a fable about a monkey and a bird known for its beautifully crafted nests dangling firmly from the branches of trees. During a winter storm a monkey was shivering  on a branch of a tree, whereas the bird was cosily settled inside its nest.  Seeing the pitiable condition of the monkey, the bird gave advice to the monkey as to why he did not construct a shelter for himself,  he being better equipped to do so Enraged by this unsolicited advice, instead of appreciating it, the monkey broke down the nest of the bird, thus making it also homeless.  So, the moral of the story is that unsolicited advice should not be given to all and sundry, which may even cause harm to the giver of the advice.)

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