Today's Subhashita.

दुर्जनस्य  विशिष्टत्वं  परोपद्रवकारिणं |
व्याघ्रस्य चोपवासेन पारणं पशुमारणं  ||

अर्थ -   दुष्ट व्यक्तियों  का विशिष्टत्व भी अन्य व्यक्तियों  के लिये उपद्रव कारक होता है  जैसे कि एक भूखा व्याघ्र अपनी  क्षुधा शान्ति के लिये  जंगल के अन्य पशुओं  की मृत्यु का कारण बनता है |

Durjanasya vishishthatvam paropadravakaarinam.
Vyaghrasya chopavaasena paaranam pashumaaranam.

Durjanasya = a wicked person's.    Vishishtatvam = superiority.   Paropadravakaarinam = Para +
upadrava + kaarinam.       Par = others.       Upadrava = trouble, misfortune., harmful .
Kaarinam =  cause of, instrumental for.    Vyaaghrasya =  a tiger's.   Chopavaas = Cha + upvasasena.
Cha = also.     Upavaasena  = due to fasting (abstaining from taking food).  Paaranam = breakfast.
Pashumaaranam = Pashu + maaranam.      Pashu = animals.     Maaranam = slaying, killing.

i.e.      Superiority of wicked persons also causes misfortune and trouble to others, just like a fasting and hungry tiger for breaking its fast causes the death of  other animals in the  forest. .    

Today's Subhashita.

विशिखव्यालयोरन्त्यवर्णाभ्यां यो विनिर्मितः  |
परस्य  हरति प्राणान्नैतच्चित्रं   कुलोचितम्  ||

अर्थ -  'विशिख'  तथा  'व्याल' - इन दो शब्दों के अन्तिम  अक्षरों से  (अर्थात 'ख' तथा 'ल') से निर्मित, एक खल (दुष्ट व्यक्ति) अपने कुल के अनुरूप अन्य व्यक्तियों  के प्राण हरण करने में  यदि तत्पर रहता है तो यह  कौन से आश्चर्य की बात है ?

Vishikhavyaalayorantyavarnaabhyaam yo vinirmitah.
Parasya harati praanaannaitacchitram kulochitam.

Vishikhvyaalayorantyavarnaabhyaam = Vishikh +vyaalayoh +antya+varnaabhyaam.
Vishikh = an arrow or spear.    Vyaalyoh = snakes.   Antya = last.   Varnaabhyaam = the alphabets.
Yo = who.     Vinirmitah = formed, prepared.     Parasya = others'.    Harati =takes away, deprives.
Praannaitacchitram = Praanan +na+etat+chitram.   Praanaan = one's life.   Na = not.
Etat = this.     Chitram = wonder, surprising.    Kulochitam = Kula+uchitam .   Kula = lineage.
Uchitam = proper, logical.   Khala = a wicked person.
  
Formed by using the last alphabets of the words 'Vishikha' and  'vyaala' ,  (i.e. 'Kha" and 'La' - both
combined as khala)   a wicked person does not hesitate to take away other persons' life, which is not at all surprising having regard to the lineage of a 'khala' , derived from an arrow and a poisonous snake.

(This Subhashita is a fine example of penmanship and playing with words.  An arrow and a poisonous snake, both are capable of killing a person, and so also a wicked person called 'Khala" in Sanskrit language, a word formed by combining the last letters of two words  meaning an arrow and a snake respectively)

Today's Subhashita.

अन्तर्भूतविषो  बहिर्मधुमयश्चाSतीव मायापटुः  |

को नामाSयमपूर्वनाटकविधिर्यः शिक्षितो दुर्जनैः ||

अर्थ  -    दुष्ट व्यक्ति यद्यपि बाहर से मधुर भाषी होते है पर अन्तर्मन मे विषमय, छलावा  करने वाले तथा नाटकीय व्यवहार मे  कुशल होते हैं |

Antarbhoot visho  vahirmadhumayashchaateeva maayaapatuh.

Ko naamaayamapoorvanaatakvidhiryah shikshito durjanaih.

Antarbhootvisho = Antarbhoot +visho.     Antarbhoot = containing inside.   Visho = poison.

Vahirmadhumayashchaateeva = Vahih +madhumayah+cha+ateeva .   Vahih = outwardly.

Madhumayah = sweet like honey.    Cha = also.    Ateeva = extremely. Maayaapatuh = deceitful,

cunning.    Ko = who.    Naamaayamapoorvanaatakvidhiryah =  naam+ayam+poorva+naatak+

vidhih +yaha.     Naam = name.    Ayam = this.    Poorva =initial,    Naatak = drama.

Vidhi =method , means.      Naatakvidhi = dramatic action.  Yah = who..   Shikshit = skilled.

Durjanaih = wicked persons, scoundrels.

i.e.        Wicked persons are always soft spoken like honey and are also very expert in speaking dramatically, but inwardly they are extremely full of poison(hatred), and are always deceitful and cunning.

Today's Subhashita.

यत्रात्मीयो जनो नाSस्ति भेदस्तत्र न विद्यते   |
कुठारैर्दण्डनिर्मुक्तैर्भिद्यन्ते  तरवः कथम्       ||

अर्थ  -   जहां व्यक्तियों मे आपस में आत्मीयता होती है, वहां आपस में भेद भाव नहीं होता है | क्या बिना बेंट  की कुल्हाडी से पेड् काटे जा सकते हैं ?

(इस सुभाषित दवारा प्रकारान्त से किसी भी  कार्य को करने मे एकता के महत्त्व को रेखांकित किया गया है |
यदि  किसी भी कार्य को सम्पन्न करने के लिये अनेक व्यक्तियों  की आवश्यकता होती है तो उनके बीच मे ऐक्य होना आवश्यक है | एक साधारण  लकडी के बेंट के अभाव मे कुल्हाडी बेकार हो जाती है | )
         बेंट  =  लकडी का एक गोल लम्बा डण्डा जिसके सिरे मे कुल्हाडी फंसाऎ जाती है 

Yatraatmeeyo jano naasti bhedastatra na vidyate.
Kuthaarairdandanirmuktairbhidyante tarawah katham.

Yatraatmeeyo = yatra +aatmeeyo        Yatre = where.    Aatmeeya = intimate, one's own.
Jano = people.     Naasti = na+asti.      Na = not.    Asti =  is/are there.    Bhedastatra = bhedah +tatra.
Bhedah =difference, duality, schism.    Tatra = there.     Vidyate =exists, not found.
Kuthaarairdandanirmuktairbhidyante = Kuthaaraih +danda +nirmuktaih +bhidyante.
Kuthaaraih = axe's   Danda = wooden handle.   Nirmuktaih = removed, set free.
Bhidyante = cuts, breaks.     Taravah =  trees.      Katham =  how ?

i.e.        Where there is  intimacy among  the people, no differences can exist  there (and on the other hand there is unity of purpose for accomplishing  a task). Can an axe be able to cut down trees if its wooden handle is removed ?

{Through this Subhashita the author indirectly emphasizes the importance of unity among people.If there is unity, there will be no differences among them , which helps in accomplishing various tasks. He cites the example of an axe , which,without a handle (absence of unity)  can not cut trees and becomes useless.}

Today's Subhashita..

दुर्जनं  सुजनं  कर्तुं   नोपकारशतैरपि |
अपानं मृत्सहस्रेण धौतं चास्य कथं  भवेत् ||

अर्थ -   दुष्ट व्यक्तियों को सज्जन व्यक्तियों में परिवर्तित  करना  उनके उपर सौ बार उपकार करने पर भी संभव नहीं होता, उसी प्रकार जैसे हजारों बार मिट्टी  और जल से धोने के बाद भी गुदा द्वार  पर कोई   प्रभाव नहीं पडता है (वह् पुन: अपवित्र हो जाता है ) |

Durjanam sujanam kartum nopakaarashatairapi.

Apaanam mrutsahasrena dhootam chaasym katham bhavet.

Durjan =wicked persons.    Sujan = noble and virtuous persons.     Kartum = doing, making.

Nopakaarashatairapi =  Na +upkaar+ shataih +api.     Na = not.    Upakaar = favour,  help.

Shataih = hundred (100).             Api = even (to emphasize) .         Apaan = anus.  

Mrutsahasrena =  Mrut(tikaa) = clay.    Sahasrena = one hundred times.   Dhautam = washed.

Chaasya = cha +asya.     Cha = and.    Asya = this.    Katham = how, what.  Bhavet =happen.

i.e.       Even by being helped one hundred times, a wicked person can not be transformed  into a noble person, just like anus of a person again becomes unclean even if it is washed  thousands of times with 

clay.

Today's Subhashita.

दह्यमानाः सुतीक्ष्णेन नीचाः परयशोSग्निना |
अशक्तास्तत्पदं गन्तुं  ततो  निन्दां  प्रकुर्वते ||

अर्थ -   नीच व्यक्ति सज्जन व्यक्तियों के यश रूपी अग्नि मे अपने को जला हुआ अनुभव करते हैं | चूंकि  वे सज्जन व्यक्तियों  के पद चिन्हों का अनुसरण नही कर सकते हैं , वे उनकी निन्दा करने  लगते हैं  |


Dahyamaanaah = in flames     Suteekshnena = severe.     Neechaah = mean and inferior  persons.
Parayashogninaa = para+yashh+agninaa.     Para = others'    Yashh =fame.   Agninaa = fire of ..
Ashaktaastatpadam = ashakta +tat+padam.     Ashakta = unable to.    Tat = that.   Padam = steps
Gantum = to go.   Padam gantum = follow the footsteps  .   Tato = afterwards.  Nindaam = abuse, defame.        .Prakurvate = have recourse to.

i.e.      Mean and inferior persons feel like burning in the raging flames on seeing other persons' name and fame.  As they are  unable to follow the footsteps of such noble and righteous persons,  they then take recourse to abusing them.

(In this subhashita, by using the simile of fame of righteous person as a burning fire and the envy of mean persons as its scorching flames, the author has highlighted the predicament of such mean persons, who are not able to reconcile with this situation and instead of praising start abusing them.)

Today's Subhashita.

खलः   सर्षपमात्राणि  परच्छिद्राणि   पश्यति |
आत्मनो बिल्वमात्राणि पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति ||

अर्थ -   दुष्ट  व्यक्ति दूसरों के सरसों के दाने के समान  नगण्य दोषों को भी देख  लेते हैं पर अपने बेल के फल के समान  बडे दोषों को देख  कर भी अनदेखा कर देते हैं  |


Khalh sarshapamaatraani paracchidraani pashyati.
Aatmano Bilvamaatraani pashyannapi pashyati.

Khalh + wicked and mean persons.         Sarshap = mustard seed.    Maatraani = degree (here relating to size) .    Paracchidraani =parah  +chidraani.     Para = others'     Chidraani =defects, weak points,
small holes.    Pashyati -  looks at.     Aatmano = one's own,  self.    Bilva = wood apple, a large fruit also called 'Bale' (बेल)    -  (botanical name- Aegle Marmelos). .         Pashyannapi = Pashyan +api.  
Api =even.     Pashyan = on seeing    Na = not.     Pashyati = sees.

i.e.     Wicked persons find faults in other persons so minuscule like a mustard seed , whereas they willfully ignore their own faults as big as the  'bilva'  fruit.

(In this subhashita the tendency of wicked persons of finding faults in others for very minor shortcomings and ignoring their own major shortcomings, has been highlighted by using the simile of  the size of a mustard seed compared  with a big fruit of a 'bilva' tree.)