Today's Subhashita.

एकेनाSपि सुपुत्रेण सिंही स्वपिति निर्भयम्  |
सदैव  दशभिः  पुत्रैर्भारं   वहति  गर्धभी       ||

अर्थ -      एक सिंहिनी का मात्र एक ही पर योग्य शावक हो तो भी वह् चैन की नींद सोती है  (क्योंकि उसे अपने शावक की वीरता पर विश्वास है कि वह निद्रित अवस्था में उसकी रक्षा  करने में समर्थ होगा ) परन्तु एक  गधी के दस शावक भी हों  तब भी उसे बोझा ढोना ही पडेगा |
(इस सुभाषित द्वारा प्रकारान्त से यह तथ्य प्रतिपादित किया गया है कि कई अयोग्य पुत्रों की तुलना में एक ही सुयोग्य पुत्र होने से व्यक्ति अधिक सुखी होता है )

Ekenaapi suputrena simhee svapiti nirbhayam.
Sadaiva dashbhih putrairbhaaram vahati gardhabhee.

Ekenaapi = eken +api.      Eken = one.     Api = even,     Suputrena =  by a worthy son .
Simhee = Lioness.    Svapiti = sleeps, relies upon.    Nirbhayam = without any fear.
Sahaiva = together.    Dashbhib = ten.    Putrairbhaaram = putraih + bhaaram .
Putraih = sons.    Bhaaram = load.      Vahati = carries.    Gardhabhee = she-ass.

i.e.      Even if a lioness may have only one worthy cub, she sleeps without any fear ( because she she is confident that the cub will protect her while she is asleep). In contrast a she-ass may have ten foals, but still she is destined to carry heavy loads.

(The idea behind this Subhashita is that it is preferable to have only one son who is worthy and supports  his parents, rather than having a number of unworthy sons, who only aggravate the  hardships of their parents.)

Today's Subhashita.

प्रज्ञया वा विसारिण्या  यो बलेन धनेन वा |
धुरं  वहति  गोत्रस्य  जननी  तेन  पुत्रिणी ||

अर्थ -     जो व्यक्ति अपनी चतुराई , शक्ति या धन के माध्यम  से अपने कुल का  सम्मान बढा कर महत्त्वपूर्ण पद प्राप्त कर लेता है , उसकी माता सचमुच ही  पुत्रवान है  (आदर और सम्मान की पात्र है ) |  

Pragyayaa vaa visaarinyaa yo balen dhanen vaa.
dhuram vahati gotrasya jananee tena putrinee /

Pragyayaa = through intelligence    Vaarinyaa =  spreading,stretching over,     Yo = whosoever.
Balena = through force.    Dhanen = through money.    Vaa = or.     Dhuram = distinguished,
an important aspect.    Vahati = bears, carries.    Gotrasya = of his family's name.
Jananee = mother.    Tena = his.       Putrinee = begetting illustrious sons.

i. e.      A person, who through his wisdom, use of power and wealth attains a prominent position and brings name and fame for his family, his mother is really proud of having  an illustrious son.

Today's Subhashita.

राजानं  प्रथमं  विन्देत्ततो  भार्या  ततो   धनम्  |
राजन्यसति लोकेSस्मिन्कुतो भार्या कुतो धनम्  ||

अर्थ -      बुद्धिमान व्यक्तियों को सर्वप्रथम वरीयता राजा  (शासकों)  से अच्छे और मधुर सम्बन्ध बनाने को देनी चाहिये और तत्पश्चात् अपनी पत्नी को और अन्त में धनार्जन को देनी चाहिये | क्योंकि यदि राज्य की व्यवस्था ही सही नहीं हो तो  पत्नी (सुखी वैवाहिक जीवन) और धन संपत्ति कहां से आयेगी ?

Raajaanam prathamam vindettato bhaarya tato dhanam.
Rajanyasati lokesminkuto bhaaryaa kuto dhanam.

Raajaanam = kings, rulers.    Prathamam = first, foremost.    Vindettato = vindet +tato.
Vindet = seek out, be in good books of.    Tato = thereafter, afterwards.    Bhaaryaa = wife.
Dhanam = wealth, money.     Raajya = kingdon, the State.    Nyasati = let down, does not function properly.    Lokesmin = loke + asmin.     Loke =  worldly matters.     Asmin = in this.
Kuto = from where, whence.  

i.e.      One should give foremost importance to being in the good books of the King (rulers) and thereafter take care of his wife and then to acquiring wealth, because if in worldly matters the Kingdom (or the State) deteriorates and is dysfunctional, where are the prospects of having a wife (a cosy family life)  and acquiring wealth ?

Today's Subhashita.

युक्तियुक्तं वचो ग्राह्यं बालादपि शुकादपि |
अयुक्तमपि  न  ग्राह्यं  साक्षादपि वृहस्पते: ||

अर्थ -    यदि कोई युक्तियुक्त बात आपसे कही जाती है, चाहे वह् एक बालक या एक बोलने वाले तोते द्वारा कही गयी हो, तो उसे ग्राह्य करना श्रेयस्कर है | परन्तु कोई अयुक्तियुक्त बात यदि साक्षात देवगुरु वृहस्पति भी  आपसे कहें तो उसे नहीं मानना चाहिये |

Yuktiyuktam vacho grahyam baalaadapi shukaadapi.
Ayuktamapi na graahyam saakshaadapi vruhaspate.

Yuktiyuktam = rational, proper.    Vacho = talk, words.    Graahyam = to be taken,
Baaladapi = baalaat +api.     Baalat = by children.    Api = even.    Shukaadapi = shukaat + api.
Shukaat = by a parrot.       Ayuktmapi =  ayuktam+ api.      Ayukta = unsuitable, unreasonable.
Na = not.     Saakshaadapi = saakshaat + api.     Saakshaat = straightway, in person.
Vruhaspati =  The high priest  or Guru of Gods as per Hindu Mythlogy, an epitome of knowledge.

i.e.    If some rational and proper advice is given to you even by a child or a talking parrot, it should be taken seriously and heeded, whereas any thing irrational told to you should not be accepted, even if such advice is given personally by Vruhaspati, the guru of Gods.

Today's subhashita.

कामः क्रोधश्च लोभश्च मानो हर्षो मदस्तथा |
एते हि षड्विजेतव्या नित्यं स्वं देहमाश्रिता  ||

अर्थ -    काम, क्रोध लोभ, मान, हर्ष तथा मद्यपान, ये छः प्रवृत्तियां जो मनुष्य के मन और शरीर में सदैव विद्यमान रहती हैं, इन पर अवश्य  विजय प्राप्त करनी चाहिये |

Kaamah krodhashch lobhashch maano harsho madastathaa.
ete hi shadvijetavyaa nityam svam dehamaashritaa.

Kaam = eroic love, desires.    Krodhashch = krodhah +cha.     Krodhah = anger.    Cha = and.
Lobhashch = and greed.    Maano = pride.    Harsho = happiness.    Madastathaa = madah +tathaa.
Mada = lust, drunkenness.   Tathaa = and.     Ete = these.  Shadvijetavyaa = shad +vijetavyaa.
Shad  = six.      Vijetavyaa = to be subdued or controlled.    Nityam = every day.  Svam = of self. Dehamaashritaa = Deham + aashritaa.    Deham = human body.     Aashritaa = occupied, dwelling in.

i.e.       Erotic love and/or desires, anger, greed,  pride, happiness and addiction to liquor, all these six emotions, which always occupy the mind and body of a person, must be subdued or controlled
assiduously.

Today's Subhashita.

आचारः कुलमाख्याति देशमाख्याति भाषणम्  |
सम्भ्रमः स्नेहमाख्याति वपुराख्याति भोजनम्  ||

अर्थ -      किसी व्यक्ति के आचरण  से उसका  कुल-शील ज्ञात होता  है और उसकी भाषा से यह् भी  ज्ञात हो जाता  है कि वह्  किस देश का निवासी है |        इसी प्रकार सम्मानजनक व्यवहार से आदर और स्नेह प्रदर्शित होता है और किसी व्यक्ति के शरीर सौष्ठव  से अनुमान हो जाता है कि वह् व्यक्ति किस प्रकार का भोजन करता है |

Aachaarah kulamaakhyaati deshmaakhyaati bhaashanam.
Sambhramah snehamaakhyaati vapuraakhyaati bhojanam.

Aachaar = good behaviour, proper conduct.     Kulamaakhyaati = kulam + aaakhyaati.
Kulam - family lineage, clan.    Aakhyaati = communicates, tells.    Desh = a country.
Bhaashanam = speech, way of speaking.     Sambhramah = respectful  behaviour  
Sneha = affection, love.   Vapuraakhyaati = vapuh +aakhyati.     Vapu = body.  
Bhojanam = food.

i.e.     By the behaviour of a person we can know about his family background and lineage, and from his way of speaking we can know about the country to which he belongs.  Similarly, respectful behaviour is indicative of affection and love and physique of a person is indicative of the type of food he consumes.

Today's Subhashita.

हितोपदेशं  शृणुयात्    कुर्वीत   तथोदितम् |
विदुरोक्तमकृत्वाभूत्कौरवाः शोकशल्यभाक् ||

अर्थ -      हमारे हित में दिये गये उपदेश को ध्यान पूर्वक सुनना और तदनुसार उस पर आचरण  करना
चाहिये |   देखो,  महात्मा विदुर द्वारा दिये गये उपदेशों को न मानने के कारण किस प्रकार कौरवों को
अत्यन्त शोक का सामना कारण पडा | ( कौरव नाम से प्रसिद्ध राजा धृतराष्ट्र के सभी 100 पुत्र महाभारत के युद्ध में मारे गये |)

Hitopadesham shrunuyaat kurveet tathoditam.
Viduroktamakrutvaabhootkauravaah shokashalyabhaaak.

Hitopadesh = friendly advice.    Shrunuyaat =  listened to.     Kurveet = done, acted upon.
Tathoditam = accordingly with conviction.         Vidura +uktam +akrutva+abhoot.
Vidur = the name of a sage in the epic of Mahabharata.  He had advised the Kauravas and Pandavas, cousin brothers of Pandu dynasty, to reconcile their differences.  But Kauravas did not listen to his advice, which resulted in a battle and destruction of the Kaurava clan.  
Ukta = spoken by.    Akrutvaabhoot = not heeded and not acted upon.   Shokashalyabhaak =
shoka = sorrow, grief   Shalyabhaak = any thing tormenting

i.e.          One should always listen attentively to sensible and friendly advice and act upon it accordingly.  See, what happened to the Kauravas by not heeding and not acting upon the advice of the sage Vidur, which resulted in extreme grief to them. (All the 100 brothers known as Kauravas were annihilated in the battle with Pandavas.)

Today's Subhashita.

सा श्रीर्या न मदं कुर्यात्स सुखी तृणयोज्झित: |
तन्मित्रं  यत्र  विश्वासः पुरुषः स जितेन्द्रियः |

अर्थ -               वही  धन सम्पत्ति श्रेयस्कर होती है जिस से उसका प्राप्तकर्ता मदान्ध  नहीं होता है और वही  व्यक्ति सुखी होता है जो  धन संपत्ति को तिनके के समान तुच्छ समझता है | सच्चा मित्र  वही होता है जो विश्वासपात्र हो तथा वही  सच्चा पुरुष है जो जितेन्द्रिय हो |

Saa shreerya na madam kuryaatsa sukhee trunayojjhitah.
Tanmitram yatra vishvaasah purushah sa jitendriyah.

Saa = she.   Shreerya = shreeh +yaa.    Shree = wealth, high rank.    Yaa =who.    Na = not/
Mada = liquor, intoxication.     Kuryaatsa = Kuryaat +sa.    Kuryat = does.    Sa = he.
Sukhee = happy.    truna yod=  blades of grass.   Jitah =  given up.     tanmitram = tam +mitram.
Tam = he.    Mitram = friend.    Yatra = where.    Vishvaash = faith.    Purushah = a person.
Jitendriyah = one who hs control over sensory organs, ascetic

i.e.      Wealth and high status is well achieved if it does not intoxicate  its recipient and such a person can be happy only if he considers wealth insignificant like a blade of grass. A person can be considered a friend only when he is trustworthy, and a person can be considered as a noble  person only if he has full control over his sensory organs. 

Today's Subhashita.

सिंहस्य शिशुरपि निपतति मदमलिनकपालभित्तिषु गजेषु |
प्रकृतिरियं  सत्ववतां  न  खलु  वयस्तेजसो  हेतु  ||

अर्थ -     एक सिंह शावक भी मदोद्धत्त हाथी के मस्तक पर निर्भीक हो कर झपट कर आक्रमण कर देता है
क्योंकि यह उसकी स्वाभाविक प्रकृति  है |  सचमुच  शक्ति और पराक्रम महान् व्यक्तियों मे जन्मजात होता है  और निश्चय ही उसका कोई संबन्ध  उनकी आयु से नहीं होता है |

      Sinhasya shishurapi nipatati madamalinkapolbhittishu gageshu.
Prakritiriyam satvavataam na khalu vayastejeso hetu.

Singhasya = a Lion's     Shishurapi = shishu + api.     Shishu = child (lion's  cub).    Api = even.
Nipatati = attacks.    Madamalinkapolbhittishu =  mada +malin +kapol +bhittishu.    Mada =intoxication.   Malin = dirtied.    Kapaal = forehead.  Bhittishu = wall (alluded to the forehead of an elephant.   Gajeshu =  elephants' .    Prakritiriyam = prakriti + iyam.    Prakriti = nature.
Iyam = this/     Satvavattam = persons endowed with courage and energy.   Khalu = surely.
Vayastejaso =  Vayah +tejaso.    Vayah = age.    Tejasso = power.     Hetu = reason, means.

i.e.       Even a lion's cub fearlessly pounces upon the wall like forehead of an excited and frenzied elephant, because valour and courage are inherent in the nature of a Lion.  Truly , age is of no consequence in persons endowed with these qualities.

Today's Subhashita.

अति दानात् बलिर्बद्धः अभिमानात् सुयोधनः |
विनष्टो रावणो लौल्यात् अतिः सर्वत्र वर्जयेत् ||

अर्थ -    अत्यधिक दानशील होने के कारण दैत्यराज बलि ने स्वयं को बन्दी बनने दिया  था और अत्यधिक अभिमानी होने के कारण कौरव सम्राट दुर्योधन तथा  लोBल्यता (अस्थिर मन तथा गर्व) के कारण राक्षसराज महाबली रावण का भी नाश हो गया |     अतः किसी भी प्रवृत्ति या परिस्थिति का एक सर्वमान्य  सीमा से अधिक  होने से बचना चाहिये |

(इस सुभाषित में राज बलि  की अत्यधिक दानशीलता का जो संदर्भ दिया है वह् पुराणों में वर्णित है| समस्त देवताओं को जीतने के पश्चात् राज बली अजेय हो गये थे | अतः देवताओं के अनुरोध  पर भगवान विष्णु एक बौने के रूप में बलि के पास गये और उनसे तीन पग भूमि की याचना की | यह  जानते  हुए भी कि छद्म वेश में विष्णु उन्हें धोखा देने आये हैं, अपनी दानशीलता  के वशीभूत उन्होने विष्णु की प्रार्थना स्वॆकार् कर ली और तीन पगों मे सारी पृथ्वी नाप ली और बलि को बन्दी बना लिया |  दुर्योधन और रावण के कथानक से तो सभी परिचित हैं |   "अतिः सर्वत्र वर्जयेत् "  यह  उद्धरण बहुत प्रसिद्ध है |)

Ati daanat balirbaddhah abhimaanaat suyodhanah.
Vinashto raavano laulyaat atih sarvatra varjayet.

At = extreme.    Daanat = charity.    Balirbaddhah = Balih + baddhah ,    Bali = The name of the King of Demons as per Hindu Mythology.     Baddhah = bound.     Abhimanaat = due to pride.
Suyodhanh = reference to the Kaurav King Duryodhan a prominentr character of the epic Mahabharata.     Vinashto = destroyed.     Ravano = King Ravana of Lanka, as mentioned in the
epic Ramayana.     Laulyaat = due to lust and unsteadiness.     Srvatra = every where.
Varjayet =  should be give up.

i.e.    The Demon King Bali made himself a bonded person due to his excessive inclination towards charity, and being too proud resulted in the downfall of King Duryodhan of Kaurav dynesty , and the most powerful Demon King Ravana's downfall was also as a result of his lust and unsteadiness. It is therefore truly said that excess of any thing ,even if for a noble purpose, must be given up.

(In this Subhashita there is reference to the Demon King Bali's charitable nature, as detailed in Indian mythology.  Bali conquered all the Gods and ruled  the entire earth. So at the request of  Gods, Lord Vishnu knowing the weakness of Bali approached him as a dwarf beggar and requested for a piece of land measuring three foot steps.  Knowing very well that Vishnu has come in the disguise of a dwarf, Bali agreed to his request. At this Vishnu measured the entire Earth in three foot steps and made Bali as a captive.   The episodes of Duryodhan and Ravan are well known in Mahabharat and Ramayan epics respectively.   'Atih Sarvatra Varjayet' is one of the oft quoted sentence.   The episode of Bali and Vishnu as a dwarf (vaaman) is known as 'Vaaman Avatar'  among the 10 incarnations of Vishnu knowen as 'Dashaavatar' in Hindu Mythology. To know in detail about this please refer to - Avatar -Wikipedia -the free encyclopedia .)

Today's Subhashita.

नाभिषेको न संस्कारः सिंहस्य क्रियते वने |
विक्रमार्जित राज्यस्य स्वयमेव नरेन्द्रता  ||

अर्थ -      वन्यजीवों मे श्रेष्ठतम  और शक्तिशाली सिंह का कोई राज्याभिषेक या धार्मिक संस्कार उसे वन का राजा  घोषित करने के लिये नहीं होता है |  एक सिंह यह  पदवी अपनी  शक्ति और सामर्थ्य द्वारा स्वयमेव अर्जित करता है |

Naabhisheko na samskaarah simhasya kriyate vane.
Vikramaarjita raajasyas svayameva narendrataa.

Naabhisheko = na + abhisheko.      Na = not.     Abhisheko = coronation.    Sanskaarh = a religious ceremony.      Simhasya = a Lion's.     Kriyate = is done.    Vane = in a forest.     Vikramaarjit =
Vikram + arjit.     Vikram =  valour .     Arjit  = earned.       Rajayasya = a Kingdom's.    Svayameva = himself.    Narendrataa = kingship.

i.e.     The most majestic and powerful Lion among all wild animals does not acquire the title of 'King of forest' through a coronation or any religious ceremony.  A lion earns this kingship himself through its power and valour.

Today's Subhashita;

नमन्ति फलिनो वृक्षाः नमन्ति गुणिनो जनाः |
शुष्क काष्ठस्य मूर्खश्च न नमन्ति कदाचन्   ||

अर्थ -    फलदार वृक्ष अपने फलों के  भार से झुक जाते हैं और इसी प्रकार गुणी व्यक्ति भी सदा नम्र तथा दूसरों की सहायता करने को तत्पर रहते हैं |  इस के विपरीत एक सूखा वृक्ष तथा मूर्ख  व्यक्ति झुकना नहीं जानते हैं (दूसरों के प्रति सहायक और विनम्र नहीं होते हैं ) |

Namanti  phalino vrukshaah namanti gunino janaah.
Shushka kaashthasya moorkhashchas nsa namanti kadaachan.

Namanti = bend, bow to.    Phalino = fruits bearing.    Vrukshaah - trees.    Gunino = possessing many qualities of head and heart.    Janaah = persons.     Shushka = dried.  
Kaashthhashccha = Kaashthah +cha.     Kaashthah = wood.     Moorkhashcha = moorkhah +  cha. Moorkha = dull headed and foolish persons.    Na kadaachan = never.do so.

i.e.      Fruit bearing trees  laden with fruits bow down with their weight and benefit the people and so also virtuous  persons , who always remain humble and helpful to other On the other hand dry wood (a dried tree) and dull headed and foolish persons never do so and are always rigid.

(The underlying idea behind this Subhashita is that noble and virtuous persons  are always humble and  and are always committed to help others and compares them to a tree bowing down with the weight of its fruits. In contrast dull and foolish persons are always rigid and unadjusting like dried wood.)

Today's Subhashita.

मूर्खस्य पञ्च चिह्नानि गर्वो दुर्वचनं तथा |
क्रोधश्च  दृढवादश्च   परवाक्येश्वनादरः    ||

अर्थ -     एक मूर्ख  व्यक्ति इन पांच दुर्गुणों, यथा  बहुत  गर्वीला, कटुभाषी , क्रोधी,  तथा अपने को ही सही समझना वाला और दूसरों की बातों का निरादर करने वाला, द्वारा पहचाना जाता है |

Moorkhasya panch chihnaani garvo durvachanam  tathaa .
Kridhashcha drudhavaadashcha paravaakyaeshvan

moorkhasya = a foolish person's .      Panch = five.     Chinhaani -= symptoms,
Garvo - pride.      Durvachan = harsh and foul language.    Tatha = and .
Krodhashch =  Krodhh +_cha      Krodha =- anger.    Cha = and.
Drudhavaadadashcha = drudhavaadh + cha.    Drudhavaad = obstinacy.
Parvakyeshvanaadarah = paravaakyeshu + anaadarah.   Paravaakyeshu = other persons' statements.      Anadarah = contempt, disrespect.

i.e.      A foolish person's five distinguishing traits are,  pride, use of harsh and foul language, anger, and considering himself always to be correct and showing contempt and disrespect to what others say to him.

Today's Subhashita.

अन्नदानं  परं  दानं  विद्या  दानं   अतः परम्  |
अन्नेन क्षणिका तृप्तिः यावज्जीवं  च विद्ययो ||

अर्थ -        अन्न दान करना करना एक उत्कृष्ट दान माना  जाता है और इसी प्रकार विद्या दान  (किसी
सुपात्र व्यक्ति को बिना मूल्य लिये शिक्षित करना) भी उत्तम है | परन्तु जहां अन्नदान प्राप्त करने वाले व्यक्ति को बहुत थोडे समय के लिये ही  तृप्ति होती है विद्या दान प्राप्त करने वाले को यह्  तृप्ति जीवनपर्यन्त  रहती है |

Anna daanam param daanam vidyaa danaam atah param .
annena kshinikaa truptih yaavajjeevam cha vidyayo.


Annadaan = serving food as  charity.    Param = of a high degree.    Daan = donation, charity.
Vidya daan = making  a person learned by teaching him for free.     Atah = so also.    
Annena = by the food.     Kshanikaa = momentary.   Truptih = satisfaction, contentment.     Yaavajjeevam = lifetime.    cha = and.    Vidyayo = by becoming learned.

i.e.       Serving food to the needy is a charity of high order and so also teaching some one free of charge.    Whereas food gives momentary satisfaction to the recipient,  the satisfaction of becoming learned remains with the recipient throughout his lifetime.

Today's Subhashita/

चन्दनं  शीतलं  लोके  चन्दनादपि  चन्द्रमा.  |
चन्द्र चन्दनयोर्मध्ये शीतला साधु संगितिः ||

अर्थ -     समाज में चन्दन अपनी शीतलता के लिये जाना  जाता है और चन्दन की तुलना में चन्द्रमा अधिक शीतलता प्रदान करता है |   परन्तु  चन्द्न और चन्द्रमा से भी अधिक शीतलता संत महत्माओं
की सुसंगति से प्राप्त होती है |

Chandanam sheetalam loke chandnaadapi chandramaa.
Chandra chandanayormadhye sheetalaa saadhu sangatih

Chandan = sandalwood.     Sheetal = cool.     Loke =  public    Chandanaadapi = chandan +
api.      Api = even ,Chandrama = the Moon.    Chandanyormadhye  = chandanayoh +madhye.
madhye = between.    Sheetalaa = more cool .Saadhu = saints.    sangatih= company.

i.e.      Sandalwood is well known in public for its coolness but the Moon is considered  to be
cooler.    But more than sandalwood and the Moon keeping the company of sages is the coolest.

Today's Subhashita.

लोभं मूलानि पापानि संकटानि तथैव  च  |
लोभात्प्रवर्तते  वैरं  अतिलोभात्विनश्यती  ||

अर्थ =    लोभ सभी पापों और संकटों का मूल कारण है तथा लोभ से ही व्यक्तियों  में  आपस में एक दूसरे के प्रति वैर हो जाता है |  अत्यधिक लोभ से मनुष्य का  विनाश अवश्यम्भावी  है  |

Lobha moolaani paapaani sankatsaani tathaiva cha.
Lobhaatpravartate vairam atilobhaatvinashyati.

Lobhaat = desires, craving.    Moolaani = root (cause).      Paapaani = sins. evels, crimes.
Sankataani = dangers, crisis.    Tathaiva = similarly.    cha = and.    Lobhaatpravartate = lobhaat +pravartate.      Lobhaat = due to desires and craving,     Pravartate = arises, results in.
Vairam = enmity.   Atilobhaatvinashyati = ati+lobhaat + vinashyati.     Ati + excessive.
Ati lobha = greed.     Vinashyati = destroyed, perishes.

i.e.       Desire is the root cause of all types of evils and crimes as also dangers, and similarly unfulfilled desires result in enmity between  persons and excessive desires (greed) surely results in total destruction.

Today's Subhashita.

मूलं ब्रह्मा त्वचा विष्णुः शाखा रुद्र महेश्वर:  |

पत्रे  पत्रे  तु  देवानां  वृक्षराज  नमोस्तुते      || 

अर्थ =     हे वृक्षों में श्रेष्ठ ! तुम्हारा  नमन करता हूं |  तुम्हारे  मूल (जड्) मे ब्रह्मा जी  निवास करते हैं  और छाल में  विष्णु भगवान  का निवास है , शाखाओं  मे देवाधिदेव रुद्र (शिव जी) तथा पत्ते पत्ते मे विभिन्न देवगण निवास करते हैं ||

(सनातान हिन्दू धर्म  में वृक्षों को  महत्त्व दिया गया है और उन की पूजा का और संरक्षण भी विधान है | उपर्युक्त श्लोक इसी तथ्य को प्रतिपादित करता है क्योंकि एक वृक्ष के विभिन्न अवयवों में देवताओं की उपस्थिति वर्णित की गई  है |   पूज्य वृक्षों में पीपल, आम्र ,कदम्ब आदि वृक्ष प्रमुख हैं |  पर्यावरण संरक्षण   

हेतु धर्म का उपयोग हमारे पूर्वजों की दूर् दृष्टि  का ही परिचायक है |  किसी कवि ने कहा है - "कहते हैं वेद पुराण, विना वृक्ष के नहि कल्याण ")

Moolam Brahmaa tvachaa Vishnuh shaakhaa Rudra Maheshwarah.

Patre patre to Devaanaam Vruksharaaj namostute.

Moolam = the root of a tree.    Tvachaa = bark of a tree/   Shaakhaa = branches of a tree.

Patre patre = leaves of a tree.    Brahmaa  Vishnu and Rudra Maheshvara are the three main Gods of Hindu Religion, designated the tasks of procreation, preservation and destruction.

Devaanaam = other lesser Gods.   Vruksharaaj = best among the trees.  Namostute =I worship you.

i.e.     O best among all trees !  I worship thee, because God Brahma resides in your roots, God 

Vishnu resides in your bark, and  Lord Rudra Maheshwara resides in your branches. Other lesser 

Gods reside in your leaves.

( In Hindu religion much importance is given to the trees and without their worship no religious  practise is considered as complete. They are treated like the incarnation of the Gods themselves, as described in this Subhashita.  Conservation of the eco-system, of which trees are an integral part,

has been integrated into Religion, which shows the foresight of our ancestors, which, most unfortunately is being neglected now.)

Today's Subhashita.

दुर्जनं  सज्जनं  कर्तुमुपायो  नहि  भूतले |
अपान शतधा धौतं न श्रेष्ठमिन्द्रियम्  भवेत् ||

अर्थ -      इस  संसार में दुर्जन व्यक्तियों को सज्जन व्यक्ति बनाने का कोई  तरीका सफ़ल् नहीं होता है, उदाहरणार्थ  गुदा द्वार को सौ बार भी धोने से वह् अन्य श्रेष्ठ इन्द्रियों (आंखें , नाक आदि ) की समानता  नहीं कर  सकता है |

Durjanam sajjanam kartumupaayo nahi bhootale.
Apaan shatadhaa dhautam na shreshthamindriam bhavet.

Durjan = mean and wicked person.    Sajjan = noble and righteous person.
Kartumupaayo = kartum +upaayo.    Kartum = doing.     Upaaya = method, remedy.   Nahi = not. Bhootale = in this world.   Apaan = anus lower opening of the alimentary canal or the digestive system.      Shatadhaa =in a hundred ways.    Dhautam = cleansed.      Na = not.   Shreshthamindriyam = Shreshtha +indriam.     Shreshtha = best.     Indriam =  an organ of human body.      Bhavet= becomes .

i.e.      There is no method available in this world  to transform a mean and wicked person in to a noble and righteous person e.g. even washing the anus in hundreds of ways can not make it one of the best  organs of  the human body like eyes, nose etc. 

Today's Subhashita.

यथा देशस्तथा भाषा  यथा राजा तथा  प्रजा |
यथा भूमिस्तथा तोयं यथा बीजस्तथाङ्कुर: ||

अर्थ -    विभिन्न परिस्थितियों का मानव जीवन पर सर्वाङ्गीण प्रभाव होता हैउदाहरणार्थ जैसा देश होता  वैसी ही  उसकी भाषा होती है और जिस स्वभाव  का देश का शासक (राजा) होता है उसी के अनुसार उस देश की प्रजा का आचारण होता है |  इसी प्रकार जिस तरह्  की भूमि होती है उसी के अनुसार वहां के  जल की गुणवत्ता (सुस्वादु या खारा) होती है तथा जैसा बीज होता है उसी तरह्  का उसका अङ्कुर प्रस्फुटित होता है |
(उपर्युक्त सुभाषित का यह्  अंश - "यथा राजा तथा प्रजा "बहुत उद्धृत किया जाता है |और इस उद्धरण  की सत्यता के  उदाहरण हमें विश्व के अनेक देशों मे देखने को मिलते हैं जहां शासकों की निरंकुशता  के कारण वहां की जनता भी अराजक हो गयी है )

Yathaa deshastathaa bhaasha yathaa raajaa tathaa prajaa.
yathaa bhoomistathaa toym yathaa beejastathaankurah.

Yathaa = for instance.    Deshastathaa =deshah +tathaa.     Desha = country.   Tathaa = such, in that manner.    Raajaa = a king, a ruler of the country.   Prajaa = citizens of a country.
Bhoomi = land, earth.      Toya = water.     Beejastathaankurah = beejah +tathaa+ankurah.
Beejah = seed.    Ankurah = shoot (sprout) from a seed.

i.e.    The prevailing circumstances and conditions have a big impact on the lifestyle of people.For instance their language differs from country to country,  the behaviour of the subjects of a country  is also dependent upon the attitude of its rulers.Similarly the quality of water is also dependent on the type of the land and its terrain,and the size of the shoot (sprout)is dependent on the type of the seed.

(The  line "Yathaa rajaa tathaa prajaa" from the above Subhashita is the most oft quoted one now a days while commentinmg on the anarchy and chaos prevailing in many countries of the world and proves the truth behind it.)

Today's Subhashita.

न प्रहृष्यति  सम्माने नापमाने च कुप्यति |
न क्रुद्धः परुषं ब्रूयात् स वै साधूत्तमः स्मृतः ||

अर्थ -      जो व्यक्ति सम्मानित होने पर न तो प्रसन्न होता है और न अपमानित होने पर  कुपित होता है तथा कटु वचन कहे जाने पर भी क्रोधित नहीं होता है , वही वास्तव मे  एक उत्तम साधु  है |

Na prahrushyati sammaaane naapamaane cha kupyate.
Na kruddhh parusham brooyaat sa vai saadhuttmh smruth.

Na = not.     Prahrushyati=   becomes glad or pleased.    Sammane = on being honoured.
Naapamaane = na + apamaane.    Apamaane = on being insulted or dishonoured.
Kupyati = be angry.     Kruddhm = angry.    Parushm = harsh (words), unkind. bitterly.
Brooyaat = spoken.     Sa = he.    Vai = a word generally placed after a word to emphasise on it.
Saadhuttmah = saadhu +uttmah.     Saadhu = a saintly and virtuous person.   Utttmah = best.
Smruth = termed, mentioned  as.

i.e.        A person,  who does not become glad on being honoured and does not become angry on being dishonoured, nor does he become angry on being addressed with harsh words, is  termed as a real (best) saintly and noble person. 

Today's Subhashita.

अजायुद्धं  मुनिश्राद्धं  प्रभाते  मेघडम्बरम्  |
दम्पत्त्यौ कलह्श्चैव परिणामे न किञ्च्नः ||

अर्थ -           दो बकरियों का  आपस में युद्ध, किसी मुनि का श्राद्ध , प्रातःकाल के समय  आकाश मे बिजली का  चमकना , तथा एक स्त्री और उस के पति का आपस में कलह (वाद विवाद ),  इन सभी घटनाओं का अन्त में कुछ भी परिणाम नहीं होता है |

Ajaayuddham munishraaddham prabhate meghadambaram.
dampattyau kakahashchaiva parinaame  na kinchanah.

Ajaa = a goat.     Yuddham = fight.     Muni = a holy man, a sage.   Shraadh = a religious ceremony on the death or death anniversary of a person.      Prabhaate = morning.
Meghadambaram = thunder.      Dampattyau = husband and wife.   Kalahashshaiva = kalahashcha + aiva.      Kalahashch = a quarrel.     Aiva = only.    Parinaame = end result, effect.   Na = not.
kinchanh = something.  Na  kinchanah = futile, useless and producing no result.

i.e.      A fight between two goats, 'Shraaddha' ceremony of a sage,  lightening strike during morning hours, and a quarrel between a husband and wife,  all these are futile exercises, producing no results.

Today's Subhashita.

यथायथैव  स्नेहेन  भूयिष्ठमुपचर्यते |
धत्ते तथातथा तापं महावैश्वानरः खलः ||

अर्थ =      जिस प्रकार जलती  आग  मे प्रचुर मात्रा में तैल डालने से वह्  और भी प्रज्ज्वलित  हो जाती है, उसी प्रकार किसी खल (दुष्ट और नीच) व्यक्ति के प्रति स्नेहपूर्ण व्यवहार से उस व्यक्ति की दूसरों को दुःख और कष्ट पहुंचाने की क्षमता में भी वृद्धि हो जाती है | अतः खल एक महाग्नि के समान होते हैं |

(इस सुभाषित मे 'स्नेह' शब्द के दो विभिन्न अर्थों का उपयोग करते हुए नीच व्यक्तियों की तुलना आग से की गई है | दोनों को ''स्नेह'  (तैल/स्नेह ) देने का विपरीत प्रभाव होता है और उनकी दूसरों को तापित करने की क्षमता मे ही वृद्धि होती है )
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Yathaayathaiva snehhena bhooyishthamupacharyate.
Dhatte tathaatathaa tapam mahaavaishvaanarah khalah.

Yathaayatheva = Yathaa + yatheva.     Yathaa = for instance.     Yathaiva= just as, similarly.
Snehena = by putting oil, by showing affection.     Bhooy ishthamupacharyate = bhooyishtha +
upacharyate.     Bhooyishtha = copiously, abundantly.      Upacharyate = served, approached.
Dhatte =  exists, gives.     Tatha tathaa = thus, such.    Taapm = heat , pain.   Maha =mighty, big.
Vaishvaanara = fire.       Khalah = mean and wicked person.

i.e.     Just as by putting copious amount of oil on a  fire, the intensity of a big fire increases, similarly showing kindness and affection to a mean and wicked person results in increase in his meanness and capacity to torment others. So, wicked persons are like a raging fire.

( In this Subhashita the two different meanings of the word 'Sneha' have been skillfully used in a simile for the fire and wicked persons.   By putting oil or showing courtesy to the fire and wicked persons respectively, results in increasing the intensity of their capacity to harm others.So the author says that wicked persons are like a raging fire.)

Today's Subhashita.

प्रदानं प्रच्छन्नं गृहमुपगते संभ्रमविधिः
प्रियं कृत्वा मौनं सदसि कथनं नाप्युपकृते |
अनुत्सेको लक्ष्म्यां निरभिभवसाराः परकथा
सतां केनोद्दिष्टं विषममसिधारावृतमिदं     ||

अर्थ -     सज्जन और परोपकारी व्यक्ति यदि किसी की सहायता करते हैं तो वह् उसी  के घर में  जा कर गुप्त रूप से और आदर पूर्वक करते हैं |  सहायता करने के पश्चात् वे  मौन  रहते हैं और यह नहीं कहते फिरते हैं कि मैने सहायता की है |   उन्हें अपनी धन संपत्ति पर गर्व नहीं होता और वे सदैव विनम्र होते हैं और इस संसार में मोह माया से निर्लिप्त होते हैं |  किसी ने सच कहा है कि सज्जन और परोपकारी होना तलवार की धार मे चलने के समान कठिन होता है |

Pradaanam pracchannam gruhamupagatam sambhramavidhih.
Priyam krutvaa maunam sadasi kathanam naapyupakrute,
Anutseko Laskhmyaam nirabhibhavasaaraah parakathaa
Sataam kenoddishtam vishamamasidhaaraavrutamidam

Pradaan = bestowing. gifting.     Pracchanam = secretly, unobserved.    Graha = house.
Upagate = arrived       Sambhrama vidhih = with respect.    Priyam = favour.   Krutvaa = after doing.      Maunam = observe silence.   Sadasi = kind and noble persons.   Kathanam = tell.
Na = not    Upakrute = helped, assisted.      Anutseko = modesty, absence of pride.
Lakshmyaam = riches. wealth.    Nirabhi = unattached in every way.   Bhavasaaaraah= ocean of
worldly existence.     Parakathaa = another story.    Sataam = noble and righteous persons.
Kena= that is why       Uddishtam = described.     Visham = dangerous, hard to traverse.
Asi dhaar = sharp blade of a sword.   Aavruta = spread.   Idam = this

i.e.     Whenever noble and righteous persons help others they do so by going to their residence
in a clandestine way and with respect.  After doing so they observe complete silence and do not proclaim  that they have helped others.   They are never proud of their material wealth and are always very polite and  remain unattached from petty worldly affairs.      Some one has truly said
that the way of living of noble and righteous persons is  like walking on the sharp blades of swords.

Today's Subhashita.

कारणात्प्रियतामेति   द्वेष्यो   भवति कारणात् |
अर्थार्थी जीवलोकोयं न कश्चित्कस्यचित्प्रियः  ||

अर्थ -       किसी न किसी कारण से लोगों में आपस में प्रेम होता  है और किसी अन्य कारण से आपस मे द्वेष् और शत्रुता हो जाती  है |   इस संसार में धन संपत्ति अर्जित करना ही  मनुष्यों का प्रमुख  लक्ष्य होता है , अतः कुछ समय पश्चात्  (धनार्जन को छोड कर )शायद ही कोई उन्हें प्रिय होता है |

kaaranaatpriyataameti dveshyo bhavati kaaranaat.
Arthaarthee jeevalokoyam n a kaashchitkasyach itpriyah.

Kaaranaatpriyataameti =  Kaaranat + p riyataam +eti.     Kaaranaat = due to a certain reason'
Priyataam = love, fondness.    Eti= arrives, developes.    Dveshyo =enmity, dislike.
Bhavati = happens.     Arthaarthee= artha +arthee.     Artha = wealth.    Arthee = a person who
desires wealth.      Jeevalokoyam jeeva+ loka +iyam.     Jeeva = living being.   loke = this Earth.
Iyam = this.    Na = not.   Kashchitkasyachitpriyah = Kashchid +kasya -chit +priyah.
Na kashchid = no body.     Kasya-chit = after some time.     Priyah = favourite, beloved.

i.e.     Love and fondness develops due to certain reasons and so also enmity and dislike. People  in
this world crave for material wealth and ,therefore. after some time no body is their beloved (other than wealth).

Today's Subhashita.

कामं क्रोधं च लोभं च दम्भं दर्पं च भूमिपः |
सम्यग्विजेतुं   यो  वेद स  महीमभिजायते  ||

अर्थ -     हे राजन ! यही शाश्वत ज्ञान  है कि जो व्यक्ति काम, क्रोध, लोभ, दंभ (झूठी  शान) और घमण्ड
इन सभी प्रवृत्तियों पर विजय प्राप्त कर लेता है , वही इस पृथ्वी पर सम्पूर्ण  विजय प्राप्त कर सकता है |

Kaamam krodham cha lobham cha dambham darpam cha bhoomipah,
samyavijetum yo veda sa maheemabhijaayate.

Kaama = sexual desire.   Krodh = anger.     Lobha = greed.    Dambha =hypocrisy.
Darpa = pride, haughtiness.      Bhoomipah = the King.     Samyagvijetum = samyak +vijetum.
Samyak = exactly, completely.   Vijetum = conquer, control.   Yo =  this.   Veda = true knowledge.
Sa = he.     Maheemabhijaayate = mahem =abhijaayate,         Maheem = this earth.
Abhijaayate = achieves complete victory.

i.e.      O King !  this is the true knowledge and wisdom that a person,who is able to completely control sexual desire, anger, greed, hypocrisy  and  pride, is able to achieve complete victory
over this Earth.

Today's Subhashita.

अपेक्षन्ते  न स्नेहं न पात्रं  न दशान्तरम्  |
सदालोकहितासक्ता रत्नदीपा इवोत्तमा ||

अर्थ -      सज्जन और श्रेष्ठ व्यक्ति सदैव लोकहित के कार्यों कॆ प्रति समर्पित रहते हैं और इस हेतु वे किसी प्रकार के आदर और  स्नेह की अपेक्षा नहीं करते हैं  और न सहायता के पात्रों और विभिन्न परिस्थितियों
में किसी प्रकार का भेदभाव करते हुए  समाज में  एक रत्नदीप के समान स्वयं  प्रकाशमान होते   हैं , जब कि
एक साधारण दीपक को प्रकाश देने के लिये स्नेह (तैल),  पात्र , और अनुकूल परिस्थितियों की आवश्यकता
होती है |

(उपर्युक्त श्लोक अनुपम काव्य कौशल का उदाहरण  है | कवि ने  'स्नेह' , 'पात्र' , और 'दशान्तरम्' इन द्विअर्थी शब्दों का प्रयोग कर सज्जन व्यक्तियों की तुलना एक 'रत्नदीप' से की है और उसके प्रकाश को
एक दीपक के प्रकाश से श्रेष्ठ कहा है क्योंकि 'रत्नदीप' एक साधरण दीपक के समान अन्य परिस्थितियों ओपर् आश्रित न हो कर स्वयं प्रकाशमान होता है |)

Apekshante na sneham na paatram na dashaantaram.
Sadaalokahitaasaktaa ratnadeepaa ivottamaa.

Apakshante =   desire,expect.      Na = not.     Sneha = (i) affection, friendship. (ii) oil, fat.
Paatra = (i) a deserving person   (ii) a pot, a receptacle eg. an earthen lamp.  
Dashaantaram = dashaa+antaran.     Dashaa =  (i) condition.(ii)  a cotton wick of  a lamp.    
Antaram = (i)  difference (ii) interior.     Sadaalokahitaasaktaa = sadaa + lokahita+aasaktaa.
Sadaa = always.     Lokahita = beneficial to the mankind.    Aasaktaa =fond of, involved in.
Ratnadeepa = a lamp in which jewels give out light.    Ivottamaa = iva + uttamaa.
Iva = like (comparison)     Uttamaa = best (noble and righteous persons.)

i.e.      Nobler and righteous persons do not expect love and affection in return for their benevolent deeds, nor do they discriminate between the recipients of their benevolence, because they are deeply involved in actions beneficial to the mankind and brighten the society like a lamp of jewels (Ratnadeep) which unlike an earthen lamp does not require oil and cotton wick and proper condition to burn and shed light.
 
Note :-  The above Subhashita is a fine example of penmanship. The author has used two different meanings of the words (i)Sneha (ii) Paatra and (iii) Dashaantaram  by using the simile of a lamp to highlight the qualities of  noble and righteous persons.  An ordinary lamp needs oil and cotton wick and favourable conditions for lighting and illuminating the environment, but noble and righteous persons serve the mankind  without differentiating  between recipients and expecting anything in return. like a self illuminating 'Ratnadeep'

Today's Subhashita.

कामं क्रोधं भयं लोभं दम्भं मोहं मदं तथा       |.

निद्रां मत्सरमालस्यं नास्तिक्यं च परित्यज. ||

अर्थ -     काम वासना ,  क्रोध्, भय, दम्भ, मोह, मदिरा पान , निद्रा, ईर्ष्या, आलस्य  तथा  नास्तिकता  (ईश्वर  की सत्ता में  अविश्वास) , इन सभी बुराइयों का परित्याग करना ही श्रेयस्कर है |

Kaamam krodham bhayam lobha, dambham mohasm madam tasthaa.

Nidraam matsaramaalasyam naastikyam cha parityaja

Kaamam = sexual desire.    Krodham = anger.     Bhayam = fear.       Lobham = greed.
Dambham = hypocrisy.   Moham = delusion, perplexity.    Madam = drunkenness, pride.     Tathaa = and.

Nidraam =  sleep,      Matsarmaalasyam  = matsaram + aalasyam .    Matsaram=envy, jealousy. 

Aalasya = laziness. idleness.     Naastikyam = atheism , disbelief in the existence of God.     Cha = and .   Parityaja = give up, renounce.

i.e.     Excessive sexual desire, anger, fear, greed, hypocrisy, delusion, pride and drunkenness,  excessive sleep, jealousy. laziness and atheism (disbelief in the existence of God), all these negative traits should better be renounced for a meaningful and comfortable living. 

Today's Subhasshita.

कामधेनुगुणा  विद्या ह्यकाले  फलदायनी.  |
प्रवासे मातृ सदृशी  विद्या गुप्तं धनं स्मृतं  ||

अर्थ -     विद्या में  (पुराणों में वर्णित) कामधेनु गाय के समान हर समय  सभी इच्छाओं की पूर्ति करने के गुण विद्यामान हैं , और वह्  एक विद्वान् व्यक्ति के  विदेश में निवास के दौरान माता के  उसकी रक्षक  और सहायक  होती है | इसी कारण विद्या को गुप्त धन भी कहा जाता है |

Kaamadhenu Gunaa vidyaa hruyakaala phaladaayanee.
Pravase maatru sadrushee vidyaa guptam dhanam smrutam.

Kaamdhenu =  The legendary cow having powers of  granting all wishes, as mentioned i Hindu Mythology.
(For details please refer to the episode of 'Samudra Manthan' -en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samudra_manthan‎)
Guna = qualities.    Vidyaa = knowledge, learning.  Hyakaale = hi +kaale.    Hi = surely.   Kaale = all times,  .
Phaladaayani = giving fruitful results,       Pravaase =  during stay in foreign countries.    Maatru = mother, 
Sadrushi = similar to. .  Gupta = secret, hidden         Dhanam = wealth.     Smrutam = termed as,  declared as.

i.e.      Knowledge and learning is endowed with the legendary qualities of 'Kaamdhenu" giving fruityful results 
at all times.  During one's stay in foreign lands it nurses and sustains a person like his own mother. That is why
knowledge and learning is termed as a secret and hidden wealth.

Today's Subhashita.

मुण्डे  मुण्डे  मतिर्भिन्ना  कुंडे  कुंडे नवं पयः |
जातौ जातौ  नवाचाराः नवा वाणी मुखे मुखे  ||

अर्थ -     प्रत्येक व्यक्ति का मानसिक स्तर और विचार अन्य व्यक्तियों से अलग होता है और विभिन्न   बर्तनों मे रखे हुए दूध की गुणवत्ता  भी एक दूसरे से अलग होती है |  इसी प्रकार विभिन्न जातियों के आचार व्यवहार में तथा विभिन्न नस्लों और देशों के  मनुष्यों की भाषा और बोलचाल में भी  विभिन्नता होती है  |

Munde munde matirbhinnaa kunde kunde navm payah.
jaatau jaatau navaacharaah navaa vaanee mukhe mukhe.

Munde = heads. persons.   Matirbhinna = Matih + bhinna.      Matih = intelligence, way of thinking.    
Bhinna = different.       Kunde = bowl shaped veassal.     Nava = new, different in quality.
Paya = milk.      Jaatau = castes, breeds.     Navaachaara = Nava +aachaar.    Nava = new,different.
Aachaar = established rules of conduct, customs.    Vaani = language, dialect.
Mukhe Mukhe = from mouth to mouth  (here it means people of different races and countries.)

i.  e.       The level of intelligence and way of thinking is always different from person to person, and so also the quality of milk kept in different bowls.  Likewise, the lifestyle  and customs of different castes and creeds, and the language/dialect of people of different countries and races differ from each other.