Wednesday 21 September 2016

Today's Subhashita.

उपकारिषु यः साधुः साधुत्वे तस्य को गुणः  |
अपकारिषु यः साधुः स साधुः सद्भिरुच्यते    ||- महासुभषितसंग्रह 

भावार्थ -    जो व्यक्ति इच्छा पूर्वक अन्य व्यक्तियों  का उपकार
करता है वह ऐसा इस लिये  करता है कि सज्जनता  तो उस का गुण
ही है |  परन्तु जिस व्यक्ति का स्वभाव ही दूसरों को हानि पहुंचाना
हो , तो वह यदि किसी को उपकृत करता है तो वह् एक साधु व्यक्ति की
तरह्  ही प्रशंसित और सम्मानित होता है  |

Upakaarishu yah sadhuh saadhutye tasye ko  gunah.
Apakaarishu yah saadhuh sa saadhuh sadbhiruchyate.

Upakaarishu = a benefactor, person helping others.voluntarily.
Yah =  whosioever.     Saadhuh = noble person.    Saadhutve=
being noble.    Tasya = his    Ko =  what.    Gunah = virtue.
Apakaarishu =  persons harmful to others, mischievious persons.
 Sa = he    Sadbhiruchyate = sat + abhiruuchyate.   Sat = true,
real.     Abhiruchyate = shines.

i.e.      A person who voluntarily helps others does so because
he is a noble person by nature.  But if a person, who by nature is
harmful to others, helps others like a noble person, he too shines
and is appreciated as a noble person.



3 comments:

  1. I think the meaning of this Subhashitam is different.

    If one does good to those who do good to him, of what merit is one's goodness?
    But, if one does good to even those who do not do good to him, then he is called a saint.

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  2. yes ravishankarji, your translation is apt.

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