अनन्त शास्त्रं बहुलाश्च विद्या स्वल्पश्च कालो बहुविघ्नता च |
यत्सारभूतं तदुपासनीयं हंसो यथा क्षॆरमिवाम्बुमध्यात् ||
अर्थ - विभिन्न विषयों के शास्त्रों की संख्या अनन्त है तथा विद्यायें भी बहुत प्रकार की सीखने योग्य होती हैं | परन्तु इन सब् का अध्ययन करने और सीखने के लिये समय बहुत ही थोडा उपलब्ध होता है और इस कार्य में बहुत विघ्न भी उपस्थित होते हैं | अतएव बुद्धिमानी इसी में है कि जो शास्त्र या विद्या ग्रहण करना आवश्यक हो उसी को प्राप्त करना चाहिये , ठीक उसी तरह जैसे कि एक हंस जल में मिले हुवे दूध को अलग कर प्राप्त कर लेता है |
(संस्कृत साहित्य तथा पुराणों की यह मान्यता है कि हंसों मे जल मिश्रित दूध में से दूध को अलग करने की क्षमता होती है जिसे 'नीरक्षीर विवेक ' भी कहते हैं अर्थात सार पदार्थ को ग्रहण कर अनावश्यक पदार्थों को छोड देना | इसी मान्यता को इस सुभाषित में एक उपमा के रूप में प्रयुक्त किया गया है )
Anant shaastram bahulaashcha vidyaa svalpashcha kaalo bahuvighnataa cha.
Yatsaarabhootam tadupaasaneeyam hamso yathaa ksheवे eramivaambumadhyaat.
Ananta = unending, infinite. Shaastram = various treatises on religion, philosophy,literature and various disciplines of learning. Bahulaashcha = bahulaah +cha. Bahulaah = too many.
Cha = and. Vidyaa = knowledge, learning. Svaalpashcha = svalpah +cha. Svaalpah = very
little. Kaalo = time. Bahuvighnataa = too many obstacles and impediments.
Yatsaaarabhootam = yat +saarabhootam. Yat = that, whatever is. Saarabhootam =substantial,best. Tadupaasaneeyam = tad + upasaneeyam . Tad = for that reason. Hamso = swans. Yathaa = for instance, like that of. Ksheeramivaambumadhyaat = khsheeram +iva+ ambu+ madhyaat. Ksheeram = milk. Iva = like. Ambu = water. Madhyaat = from, out of.
i.e. There are infinite number of treatises on various disciplines of learning and too many branches of knowledge to learn, but the time at our disposal to read and learn all these is very limited and too many obstacles and impediments also come in doing so. Therefore, it is advisable that one should read and learn only those books or disciplines of learning which are of essence or best for him, just like a swan, who separates and drinks only milk from a mixture of water and milk, leaving behind the water.
(In Hindu Mythology and Sanskrit Literature there is a legend of a swan having the capability of separating milk from a mixture of milk and water and leaving behind the water. This is termed as 'Neera-ksheera vivek' in literature i.e. accepting whatever is of substance and leaving behind the things unwanted. This legend has been used as a simile in this Subhashita.)
यत्सारभूतं तदुपासनीयं हंसो यथा क्षॆरमिवाम्बुमध्यात् ||
अर्थ - विभिन्न विषयों के शास्त्रों की संख्या अनन्त है तथा विद्यायें भी बहुत प्रकार की सीखने योग्य होती हैं | परन्तु इन सब् का अध्ययन करने और सीखने के लिये समय बहुत ही थोडा उपलब्ध होता है और इस कार्य में बहुत विघ्न भी उपस्थित होते हैं | अतएव बुद्धिमानी इसी में है कि जो शास्त्र या विद्या ग्रहण करना आवश्यक हो उसी को प्राप्त करना चाहिये , ठीक उसी तरह जैसे कि एक हंस जल में मिले हुवे दूध को अलग कर प्राप्त कर लेता है |
(संस्कृत साहित्य तथा पुराणों की यह मान्यता है कि हंसों मे जल मिश्रित दूध में से दूध को अलग करने की क्षमता होती है जिसे 'नीरक्षीर विवेक ' भी कहते हैं अर्थात सार पदार्थ को ग्रहण कर अनावश्यक पदार्थों को छोड देना | इसी मान्यता को इस सुभाषित में एक उपमा के रूप में प्रयुक्त किया गया है )
Anant shaastram bahulaashcha vidyaa svalpashcha kaalo bahuvighnataa cha.
Yatsaarabhootam tadupaasaneeyam hamso yathaa ksheवे eramivaambumadhyaat.
Ananta = unending, infinite. Shaastram = various treatises on religion, philosophy,literature and various disciplines of learning. Bahulaashcha = bahulaah +cha. Bahulaah = too many.
Cha = and. Vidyaa = knowledge, learning. Svaalpashcha = svalpah +cha. Svaalpah = very
little. Kaalo = time. Bahuvighnataa = too many obstacles and impediments.
Yatsaaarabhootam = yat +saarabhootam. Yat = that, whatever is. Saarabhootam =substantial,best. Tadupaasaneeyam = tad + upasaneeyam . Tad = for that reason. Hamso = swans. Yathaa = for instance, like that of. Ksheeramivaambumadhyaat = khsheeram +iva+ ambu+ madhyaat. Ksheeram = milk. Iva = like. Ambu = water. Madhyaat = from, out of.
i.e. There are infinite number of treatises on various disciplines of learning and too many branches of knowledge to learn, but the time at our disposal to read and learn all these is very limited and too many obstacles and impediments also come in doing so. Therefore, it is advisable that one should read and learn only those books or disciplines of learning which are of essence or best for him, just like a swan, who separates and drinks only milk from a mixture of water and milk, leaving behind the water.
(In Hindu Mythology and Sanskrit Literature there is a legend of a swan having the capability of separating milk from a mixture of milk and water and leaving behind the water. This is termed as 'Neera-ksheera vivek' in literature i.e. accepting whatever is of substance and leaving behind the things unwanted. This legend has been used as a simile in this Subhashita.)
Wow great thought
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