Today's Subhashita.

बधिरयति  कर्णाविवरं  वाचं  मूकयति नयनमन्धयति  |
विकृतयति  गात्रयष्टि  संपद्रोगोSयमद्भुतो  राजन्     ||

अर्थ -    हे  राजन्  !  अत्यधिक संपत्ति जमा करने का रोग भी कितना अद्भुत है |  इस से ग्रसित व्यक्ति  के कान  बहरे हो जाते हैं , बोलने की क्षमता समाप्त हो जाती है , आंखें अन्धी हो जाती है और शरीर भी विकृत हो जाता है |

 (इस सुभाषित में अतिशयोक्ति अलंकार  के उपयोग  द्वारा यह  प्रतिपादित किया गया है कि  धनलोभी व्यक्ति  की सुनने, बोलने और देखने की क्षमता तथा स्वास्थ्य  उसकी इस प्रवृत्ति के कारण प्रभावित  हो
जाते  हैं और वह सही निर्णय नहीं ले सकता है |)


Badhirati karnavivaram vaacha mookayati nayanamandhayati.
Vikrutayati gatruyashti sampadrogoyamadbhuto Raajan.

Badhirayati = becomes deaf.   Karnavivaram = auditory passage of ears.    Vaacham = speech.
Mookayati = become dumb.   Nayanamandhayati = nayanam + andhayati.    Nayanam = eyes.
Andhayati =  make blind.    Vikrutayati = disfigured.    Gaatruyashti = beautiful shape of the body.
Sampadrogoyamadbhuto = sampat+ rogo +ayam +adbhuto.     Sampat = wealth.   Rogo = disease.
ayam = this.    Adbhuto =surprising, extraordinary..

i.e.     O king !  How extraordinary is the obsession to acquire more and more wealth in some persons is like a disease.  Persons afflicted with this obsession become deaf, dumb , blind and even their body also gets deformed.

( Through the use of a hyperbole the author of this Subhashita  has emphasised the fact that due to the obsession of acquiring more and more wealth in some persons, the faculties of hearing,speaking and seeing as also their personality is affected and they are not able to take correct decisions.)