विन्ध्यमन्दरसुमेरुभूभृतां यत्पतिस्तुहिनपर्वतोSभवत् |
ईश्वरश्वशुररताप्रभावतस्तद्ध्रुवं जगति जृम्भते यशः || -शार्ङ्गधर
भावार्थ - इस संसार में विन्ध्याचल आदि अनेक पर्वत तथा देवलोक में भी
सुमेरु पर्वत है | परन्तु उन सब में श्रेष्ठ और सारे संसार में प्रसिद्ध और हिमाच्छदित
पर्वतराज हिमालय है क्यों कि उसे देवाधिदेव शंकर का श्वसुर होने का सम्मान
जो प्राप्त है |
(यह सुभाषित 'पर्वतान्योक्ति' के अन्तर्गत संकलित है | लाक्षणिक रूप से इस का
तात्पर्य यह है कि महान व्यक्तियों से सम्बन्धित होने से सामान्य जन भी आदर
और प्रसिद्धि प्राप्त कर लेते हैं | )
Vindh-mand ar-sumeru-bhoobhrutaam yatpatistuhina-parvatobhavat.
Eeshvara-svashura-rataa-prabhaavatas-tada-dhruvam jagati jrumbhate yashah.
Vindhya = name of a Mountain range of central India. Mandara = heaven.
Sumeru = name of the mountain in heaven. Bhoobhrutaam = king.
Yatpatistuhinah = yat + patih =+ tuhinah. Yat = that. Patih = master.
Tuhinah = snow. Parvatobhavat = parvato + abhavat Parvato =mountain.
Abhavat = happened. (indirect reference to the snow clad Himalaya Mountain)
Eeshvar = God ( reference to God Shiva ) Svashura = father-in-law. Rataa =
bestowed with. Prabhaavatah= due to the effect of . . Tada =that. Dhruvam
=certainly. Jagati = in this World. Jrumbhate = opens one's mouth. Yashah = fame.
i.e. There are many famous mountains in this world such as the Vindhya, as also
Sumeru mountain in the Heaven. But the most grand and famous one is the snow
clad and mighty mountain Himalaya , only because it has been bestowed the honour
of being the father-in-law of Lord Shiva. ( According to the Hindu mythology the
consort of Lord Shiva is the goddess Parvati, the daughter of Himalaya.)
(This Subhashita is also an 'Anyokti' (allegory in English) and has been classified as
a'Parvataanyokti' . The idea behind it is that even ordinary persons also get name and
fame, if they are associated with great persons.)
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