Monday, 19 May 2014

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.)

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