Today's Subhashita.

अनव्यये व्ययं याति व्ययं याति सुविस्तृतिं  |
अपूर्वस्तव  कोशोSयं  विद्याकोशेषु   भारति  ||

अर्थ -    हे माता सरस्वती  !   तुम्हारा विद्याकोश  भी अपूर्व  है कि  जो  व्यय न करने से  (अन्य व्यक्तियों को विद्या का दान  न करने से ) तो नष्ट हो जाता है परन्तु  जितना अधिक व्यय किया जाय उतना ही अधिक विस्तृत हो जाता है ( और भी अधिक व्यक्ति लाभान्वित हो कर  विद्वान् हो जाते हैं ) |

(भारतीय धर्म और साहित्य में विद्या दान सर्वोत्तम दान माना जाता है | इस से न केवल दान दाता के ज्ञान की वृद्धि होती है वरन्  उसे  प्राप्त करने वाले को जीवन भर उसका लाभ मिलता है  और विद्या का प्रसार चारों ओर् होता है | इसी भावना को इस सुभाषित में व्यक्त किया गया है |)

Anavyaye vyayam yaati vyayam yaati suvistrutim.
Apoorvastava koshoyam kidyaakisheshu bhaarati.

Anavyaya =  by not spending.   Vyayam = spending, dissipation, loss.    Yaati = becomes.
Suvistriti = gets widespread and further developed.    Apoorvastava = apoorvah +tava.
Apoorvah = unique, novel.       Tava = yours.        Koshoyam = kosho +ayam .
Kosho = treasure.  Ayam = this one.      Vidyaakosheshu = treasure houses of Knowledge.
Bhaarati = Knowledge and learning personified as Goddess Sarasvati.

O Goddess Sarasvati !   your treasure house of knowledge is unique in all respects. If not spent (knowledge not imparted to others) it tends to get lost,but the more it is spent (knowledge imparted to others) it tends to become  widespread and further developed.

(Imparting knowledge to others is considered the best form of charity in Hindu Religion and literature.  In doing so not only the receiver becomes enriched throughout his lifetime,the giver also gets enriched by doing so, as the level of his knowledge also increases and knowledge spreads and develops further.  This aspect has been beautifully outlined in the above Subhashita. )























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