अविश्रान्तंम् वहेद्भारम् शीतोष्णं च न विन्दति |
स सन्तोषस्तथा नित्यंम् त्रीणि शिक्षेत् गर्धभात् || - संस्कृत सुभाषितानि
भावार्थ - बिना किसी प्रतिरोध के बडे बडे भारों को ढोना, सर्दी और
गर्मी की भी परवाह न करना, तथा सदैव जो कुछ भी उसे प्राप्त हो उसी
पर संतुष्ट रहना , ये तीन विशेषतायें (गुण) हमें एक गधे से सीखनी
चाहिये |
(संस्कृत साहित्य में ऐसे अनेक सुभाषित है जिन में निम्न बौद्धिक स्तर
के प्राणियों के सामान्य व्यवहार से भी मनुष्यों को सीख लेने की प्रेरणा
दी गयी है | यह सुभाषित भी उसी श्रेणी के अन्तर्गत है | )
Avishraantam vahedbhaaram sheetoshna cha na bindati.
Sa santoshastathaa nityam treeni shiksht gardhabhaat.
Avishraantam = unwearied, incessantly. Vahedbhaaram
Vahet + bhaaram. Vahet = carries away Bhaaram =
burden, heavy weight. Sheetoshnam = cold and heat..
Cha = and. Na = not. Vindati = experiences, feels.
Sa = he, it. Santoshastathaa = santoshah + tathaa.
Santoshah = contentedness, Tathaa = as such, Nityam =
daily. Treeni = (these) three (characteristics). Shikshet =
should learn. Gardhabhaat = from a donkey.
i.e. Bearing very heavy weights incessantly without showing
weariness or protest, unconcerned with cold and hot weather
conditions, and being always contented at whatever he is fed.
are the three characteristics of a donkey, which we should
learn from a donkey.
(In Sanskrit literature there are many Subhashitas ,which exhort
people to emulate some special characteristics of members of the
animal world. This Subhashita is one among such subhashitas.)
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