Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Today's Subhashita.

अल्पोSपि  ह्यरिरत्यन्तं वर्धमान पराक्रमः |
वल्मीको मूलज इव ग्रसते वृक्षमन्तिकात्   ||


अर्थ -    एक शत्रु यद्यपि बहुत छोटा ही क्यों न हो, कुछ समय  के
बाद उसकी शक्ति में अत्यन्त वृद्धि हो जाती है और अन्ततः वह्
अस्तित्व का ही संकट उसी प्रकार उत्पन्न कर देता है जैसे कि  एक
वृक्ष की जड के पास स्थित एक दीमकों की छोटी सी बांबी धीरे धीरे
सारे वृक्ष को ही चट कर जाती है |

Alpopi hyariratyantam vardhmaan paraakramah.
Valmeeko moolaj iva grasate vrukshamantikaat.

Alpopi = alpa =api.    Alpa = a little, small.    Api = even.
Hyariratyantam = hi + arih + atyantam.    Hi =  surely, because.
Arih = enemy.    Atyantyam = excessive, quite.   Vardhamaan=
by growing.    Paraakramah =power, strength.    Valmiko =
white ant, ant hill.   Moolaj = grown at the root (of a tree)
Iva = like  (for comparison)   Grasate = swallows, devours.
Vrukshamantikaat =  Vruksham +antikaat.    Vruksham =
a tree.    Antikaat =  from the proximity.

i.e.         An enemy, however small he may be,  becomes very
powerful with the passage of time and becomes a threat to life, just
like an ant hill at the root of a tree spreads and ultimately destroys
the entire tree.


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