Sunday, 2 February 2014

Today's Subhashita.

अहो  धनमदान्धस्तु  पश्यनापि  न पश्यति |
यदि पश्यत्यात्महिते स  पश्यति न संशयः ||

अर्थ -      अहो ! अपनी धन संपत्ति के नशे मे गर्वित व्यक्ति समाज की समस्याओं की एक अन्धे के समान देख  कर भी अनदेखी करता है,  परन्तु यदि कोई परिस्थिति उस के स्वयं के हित की होती है तो इस में कोई संशय नाही कि वह् उसे अवश्य देखता है  और तदुनासार ही  आचारण करता  है |

Aho dhanamadaandhastu pashyanaapi na pashyati.
Yadi pashyatyaatmahite sa pashyati na samshayah.

Aho = Oh !  .Dhanamadaandhastu = dhana/+ mada +andhastu/     Dhasn = wealth, money.    Mada = pride, intoxication.     Andhastu= andhah + tu.    Andhah = a blind person.   Tu =  and , but.    Pashyanaapi = pashyan +api.      Pashyan = seeing.     Api = even.    Na = not.    Pashyati = sees.      Yadi = if.
Pashyatyaatmahite = Pashyati +aatmahite.   Aatmahite = oner's own interest or profit.    Sa = he.
Na = no.    Samshayah = doubt.

i.e.    Oh !  a person who is  very proud of his wealth is always oblivious of the problems of others in the society, and even if  faced with such problems , he  behaves like a blind person as if he has  not seen them. But on the other hand if the happenings are of his own interest and beneficial to him, there is no doubt that he will  definitely see them and act accordingly.

(This subhashita underlines the mentality of persons who get rich quickly and  has been given them the title of 'a person blinded and intoxicated by his wealth' -(Dhanamadaandh), who is oblivious like a blind and drunken person about the miseries all around him in the society and does not contribute for its welfare.)

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