Monday 24 November 2014

Today's Subhashita.

गुणाः गुणज्ञेषु गुणा: भवन्ति
ते निर्गुणं प्राप्य भवन्ति दोषाः |
आस्व्याद्य  तोयाः प्रवहन्ति नद्यः
समुद्रमासाद्य भवत्यपेयाः     ||

अर्थ -     गुण  विद्वान और गुणी  व्यक्तियों के पास गुण के ही रूप में सुरक्षित रहते है  परन्तु वे ही  गुण
गुणहीन और नीच व्यक्तियों के संसर्ग से दूषित हो कर दोषों में परिणित हो जाते हैं | उदाहरणार्थ नदियों में अच्छे स्वाद वाला पीने योग्य जल प्रवाहित होता है परन्तु वही जल समुद्र के जल से मिल कर अशुद्ध हो कर खारा हो जाता है और  पीने के योग्य नहीं रहता है |

Gunaah gunagyeshu gunaah bhavanti.
Tey nirgunam praapya bhavanti doshaah.
Aasvaadya toyaah pravahanti nadyah.
Samudramaasaadya bhavatyapeyaah.

Gunaah = virtues, qualities.     Gunagyeshu = virtuous persons.    Bhavanti = become, reman.
Tey = they.   Nirgunam = reference to persons without any virtues.     Prapya =  by getting or associating with.    Doshaah = defects, faults, deficiencies.    Aasvaadya = having good taste.
Toyaah = waters.    Pravahanti = flow.    Nadyah = rivers.      Samudramasaadya = samudram +
aasaadya.       Samudram = ocean.    Asaadya = reaching.     Bhavatyapeyaah = bhavati +apeyaah.
Bhavati = becomes.    Apeyaah =  unfit for drinking.


i.e.      Virtues remain intact with knowledgeable and virtuous persons, but when they come in
contact with bad persons without any virtues they turn into defects. For example potable and sweet water flows in rivers, but when they merge in the ocean, the same water mixing with the brakish
water of the ocean it becomes unfit for drinking..

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