To day's Subhashit.

महाजनस्य संसर्गः कस्य नोन्नतिकारकः
पद्मपत्रास्थितं वारि  धत्ते मुक्ताफलश्रियम .

Mahajanasya sansargh kasya nonnastikaarakh,
Padmapatrasthitam vaari dhatte muktaaphalashriyam.

i.e.   Why not the  association with noble and righteous persons can result in all round progress of  a person ?
Even a drop of water over a leaf of a lotus plant appears like a shining pearl.

        (By citing the example of a drop of water over a lotus leaf appearing like a pearl, the writer extolls the benefits of keeping the company of noble and righteous persons, whereby ordinary persons also get respect and adulation.)

Mahajan =  a noble and righteous person.        Sansarg = keeping company of , remaining in contact with   .Kasya = whose.       Nonnatikarakahh= na + unnati + kaarakh.      Kasya na =  why not.
Unnati = progress.      Karakh = cause, results in.    Padma = lotus flower.      Patra = leaf
Sthitam = situated        Vari = water.         Dhatte = appears as        Muktaaphal =  pearl.
Shriyam = shining, beautiful.        

To day's Subhashit.

विलिखति सद्सद्वा जन्मपत्रं जनानां
फलति यदि तदानीं दर्शयत्यात्मदाक्ष्यम्
न फलति यदि लग्नद्रुष्टुरेवाSSह् मोहं
हरति धनमिवैहं हन्त दैवज्ञ पाशः

Vilikhati sadsadwaa janmapatram janaanaam
Phalati yadi tadaanim darshayatyaatmadaakshyam
na phalati yadi lagnadrushtarewaah moham
Harati dhanmiweaihm hanta daivagya pashh.

i.e.   An astrologer, when he writes both favourable and unfavourable predictions in a person's horoscope and if these predictions turn out to be true, then he attributes this to his expertise. However if these predictions do not materialise, then he attributes this failure to not getting the correct 'Lagna'.    Alas ! in both cases the person in the astrologer's clutches  loses his money.

Vilikhati = writes.          Sadsadwa =  both favourable and unfavourable.       Sad = that what is good .
Asad = that what is not good.    Janmapatra = a horoscope predicting the future of a person.
Phalati =  materialises, fructifies.       Tadaanim = then.      Darshayati =  attributes, shows.Aatma = one's own.           Daakshyam = expertise..       Lagna Drushturewaah = correct time of  birth of a person, which is considered extremely essential for drawing a horoscope, as all further calculations are based on it. A slight difference in it materially affects the predictions.      Daivagya =   an astrologer    .Harati = loses.      Hant = an exclamatory word used  in the beginning of a sentence to express surprise,regret etc.  
Paash =  A device made of a rope or wire to bind a person. Here it signifies having a hold over another person i.e.in the clutches (figuratively).

To dy's Subhashit.

सर्प दुर्जनयोर्मध्ये वरं सर्पो न दुर्जनः 

सर्पं दंशति कालेन दुर्जनस्तु पदे पदे.

Sarpa durjanayormadhye varam sarpo na durjanh

Sarpam damshati kaalen durjanastu pade pade.

i.e.      If one has to choose between a snake and a mischievous person, better choose a snake, because a snake bites occasionally (only on being provoked) whereas a mischievous person harms every now and then (even without provocation).

Sarpa = a snake.          Durjan = a mischievous and mean person.        Madhye = between.

Varam = better choose.            Danshati = bites, strikes.         kaalena = occasionally.

Pade pade =  every now and then.

To day's Subhashit.

दुर्बलस्य बलं राजा बालानां रोदनं बलम्
बलं मूर्खस्य मौनित्वम् चौराणाम् अनृतम् बलम्

Durbalasya balam raja baalanam rodanam balam
balam moorkhasya maunitwam chouraanam anrutam balam.

i.e.     The strength of weak persons lies in the king, that of small children in their weeping. The strength of foolish persons lies in their keeping mum,and that of thieves in telling lies.

{Those persons who are weak in all respects have to depend on the King (State administration in modern times)for their protection, children resort to weeping to get their wishes fulfilled, and a foolish person can pose as a learned person so long he keeps mum ( तावच्च शोभते मूर्खः याव्तकिञ्चिन्न भाषते - Taawachch shobhate moorkhh yaawatkinchinn bhaashate i.e. a fool can be passed on as a learned person so long he does not open his mouth to speak)  and a thief  on being caught saves himself by giving an alibi.}

Durbal = a weak person.      Balam = strength.        Raja = king, Government.    
Baalanaanm = of children.          Rodanam =  weeping            Moorkhsya = of a foolish person.    
 Maunitwam = not speaking, silent.      Chouranam = of thieves.         Anrutam =  lies,  alibi.

To day's Subhashit.

असज्जनः सज्जनसंगिसङ्गात्करोति दु:साध्यमपीह साध्यम्

पुष्पाश्रयाच्छंभुशिरोSधिरूढा पिपीलिका चुम्बति चन्द्रबिम्बम् .

Asajjnah sajjan sangisangaatkaroti duhsaadhyamapeeh saadhyam,

Pushpaashryaacchambhu shirordhiroodhaa pipeelika chumbati chandra bimbam.

i.e.   An ordinary person in the company of a honourable and kind person is able to accomplish tasks which were hitherto unachievable  by him e.g. an ant under protection of (inside) a flower is able to climb over the head of God Shiva (Shambhu) and is able to kiss the crescent moon on his forehead..

Sajjan = a person who is honourable and kind., a gentleman.           Asajjjan =  an ordinary person, who is not a gentleman.       Sangaat = in the company of .              Karoti =  does, is able to accomplish.
Dussadhya = a task not achievable.             Saadhya = achievable.              Pushpa = a flower.
Aashrya = under protection.             Shambhu = Lord  Shiva.          Shira =  forehead.
Adhirudha =  climbing over               Pipeelika =  ant.             Chimbati = kisses.
Chandra bimbam =  shadow of  Moon.   (Lord Shiva is said to have a crescent  Moon on his foread and is also named as Chandramauli i.e. having Moon on the forehead as an embellishment.).  

To day's Subhashita.

खलं करोति दुर्वृत्तं नूनं फलति साधुषु,
दशाननोSहरत्सीतां बन्धनं च महोदधैः

Khalam karoti durvrittam noonam phalati saadhushu,
Dashaanano-harat-Seetaam bandhanam cha mahodadhaih.

i.e.   A mean and crooked person indulges in wrong doings  but the brunt of it is always borne by righteous  and noble persons e,g,Dashaanan abducted Sita , resulting in a bridge being built accross the Ocean.

(Here the reference is of the abduction of Sita (the consort of Lord Ram) by Ravana, the king of Lanka.
When Lord Ram mounted an attack over Lanka to rescue Sita, the sea between the mainland and Lanka had to be bridged by Lord Ram with the help of his army.)

Khalam =a  mean and crooked person.         Karoti = does.          Noonam = surely, definitely.
Durbritta = a wrong unethical action.              Phalati = bearing the brunt of,     results in.
Saadhushu = righteous and noble persons.      Dashaanan =  ten headed. ( a reference to Ravana, the King of Lanka,who was said to be having ten heads and twenty arms)
Bandhanam =bondage. (here reference is to the bridging of the Ocean by Lord Ram)
Mahodadham = ocean.           Maha = big.           Udadhi = Sea .

To day's Subhashita.

                           Here is a 'Subhashita' eulogising itself.

द्राक्षा म्लान मुखी जाता शर्करा चाश्नताम् गता 
सुभाषित रसं दृष्टवा  सुधा भीता दिवंगता 

Drakshaa mlaan mukhi jaata sharkara chaashnataam jataa.
Subhashita rasam drushtwaa sudhaa bheetaa divamgataa.

i.e.   By seeing the 'Rasa' of a Subhashit, grapes felt ashamed and sugar crystals turned into stone chips, and Amrita (the nectar that makes its users immortal) became so much afraid that it departed to Heaven.

(This is an illustration of a Hyperbole (अतिशयोक्ति -atishayokti in Sanskrit) to emphasize the 'sweetness' of a Subhashita. Grapes and suger, both are known for their sweetness and so also Sudha(Amrita), the drink of Gods)

Draakshaa = Grapes.        Mlaan Mukhi = saddened face, ashamed.   Mlaan = withered, dirty.
Mukh = face.      Jaataa = became.      Sharkaraa = sugar crystals.    Cha + ashmataa = Chaashmataa.
Cha = alphabet used to complete a word.   Ashma = stone .       Drashtwaa = by seeing.
Rasa = juice,  a feeling of emotions, both good and bad, by seeing listening or tasting of any thing through our sensory organs.          Sudhaa=  Amrita, the necter of Gods which gives immortality
to its users.      Bheeta = afraid.       Divangata = departed to Heaven , died.