Thursday 25 June 2015

Today's Subhashita.


अश्वं स्नातं गजं मत्तं वृषभं काममोहितं  |
शूद्रमक्षरसंयुक्तं  दूरतः परिवर्जयेत्         ||     -  महासुभषितसंग्रह  (3533)

अर्थ =     नहलाया हुआ घोडा,  मदमत्त हाथी , काममोहित सांड  तथा
कम  पढा लिखा  शूद्र, इन सभी से सदैव दूरी बना कर बचना चाहिये  (क्यों
कि इनके  व्यवहार का  पूर्वानुमान नहीं किया जा सकता है ) |

Ashvm snaatm gaajm matatm vrushabham kaamamohitaam.
Shoodramaksharasamyuktam dooratah parivarjayet

Ashvm = a horse.      Snatm =  bathed.       Gajm = an Elephant.
Mattm =  drunken, mad.     Vrushabham = a Bull.    Kaamamohita=
sexually aroused.    Shoodramaksharsmyuktm = shoodram +akshar+
samyuktam.   Shoodram = man of lowest caste.   Aksharasmyuktam =
a person who can just read and write but is not learned.    Dooratah =
from a distance.     Parivarjayet = avoided, shunned.

i.e.      One should always keep a safe distance from a bathed horse, a
drunken elephant,  a sexually aroused bull and a lowly person who can
just read and write (because their behaviour is always unpredictable.

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