Today's Subhashita.

अविनीतः सुतो जातः कथं न दहनात्मकः |
विनतास्तु सुतो जातः कथं न पुरुषोत्तमः ||    - महासुभाषितसंग्रह  (3359)

अर्थ -    यदि  किसी व्यक्ति का पुत्र अविनीत (दुष्ट तथा दुर्व्यवहार करने
वाला)  हो जाये तो क्यों न उसकी  आत्मा दुःख की आग में  जलती रहेगी ,
और यदि उसका पुत्र विनयशील और आज्ञाकारी हो तो क्यों न वह्  एक
श्रेष्ठतम  पुरुष कहलाया जायेगा ?
 
Avineetah suto jaatah katham na dahanaatmakah.
Vinataastu suto jaatah katham na purushottamah.

Avineet = ill mannered, rude.    Suto = a son.   Jaath = grows as .
Kathm =  how ?      Na = not.    Dahaanatmaka= dahan +aatmakah;
Dahan = causing to burn.    Aatmakah.= one's self.    
Vinataastu = vinat +astu.      Vinat =courteous and obedient.  
Astu = be it so.    Purushottamah=a superior person.

i.e.     If the son of a person becomes ill mannered and rude, then why
not will he feel himself burning in the fire of grief ?  On the other hand
if one's son is courteous and obedient, why should he not feel himself
as a superior person ?

Today's Subhashita.

अविधेयो भृत्यजनः शठानि मित्राण्यदायकः स्वामी |
विनयरहिता  च   भार्या मस्तकशूलानि  चत्वारि      ||      - महासुभषितसंग्रह (३३५४)

अर्थ -  आदेशों का पालन न करने  वाले नौकर,  दुष्ट मित्र,  समय पर  वेतन
न देने वाला स्वामी (प्रयोजक), तथा अविनीत पत्नी , ये चारों सिरदर्द के कारक
होते हैं  |

Avidheyo bhrutyajanh shathaani mitraanyadaayakah svaami.
Vinayarahitaa cha bhaaryaa mastakshoolaani chatvaari.

Avidheya = non-compliant.     Bhrutyajanh = servants.     Shathaani =
wicked, rascals.     Mitraanyadaayakah = mitraani + adaayakah.
Mitraani = friends.     Adaayakah = not giving (the salary or wages.
Svaami = boss, employer.     Vinayarahitaa = vinaya + rahitaa.
Vinaya = humility, modesty.     Rahitaa = devoid of,  without.
Cha = and.    Bhaaryaa - wife.    Mastakshoolaani = head-aches
Chatvaari =  four.

i.e.      non-compliant servants,  wicked persons as friends,  a boss who
does not give wages or salary in time, and a wife devoid of humility and
modesty,  all these four are a source of a big headache.

Today's Subhashita.

अविद्वानपि भूपालो विद्यावृद्धोपिसेवया |
पराश्रियमवाप्नोति   जलासन्नतरुर्यथा   ||     -  महासुभषितसंग्रह (३३५२)

अर्थ -      एक राजा या शासक यद्यपि  विद्वान् न भी हो परन्तु
प्रमुख  विद्वानों के संसर्ग में रह कर उनका समुचित आदर सत्कार
करता हो तो उनके माध्यम  से उसे भी  कीर्ति  और समृद्धि वैसे ही
प्राप्त हो जाती है  जिस प्रकार एक जलस्रोत के निकट उगा हुआ वृक्ष
पोषण प्राप्त कर लेता है |

(इस सुभाषित में व्यक्त   विचार की सत्यता मुगल  सम्राट अकबर की
महानता से प्रमाणित होती है | वह विद्वान तो नहीं था परन्तु उसके
दरबार में विभिन्न विषयों के विद्वान मन्त्री के रूप में कार्यरत थे जिसके
फलस्वरूप अकबर का शासनकाल सर्वोत्तम कहा जाता है | )

Avidvaanapi bhoopaalo vidyaavruddhopisevayaa.
Paraashriyamavaapnoti jalaasannataruryathaa.

Avidvaanapi = avidvaan + api.     Avidvaan = a person who
is not learned.    Api = even.    Bhoopalo = a king or a ruler
of a country.   Vidyavrudhopasevayaa = vidyaavruddha +
upisevayaa       Vidyavruddha = highly learned persons.
Upaisevayaa =  devoted to.        Parashriyamavaapnoti =
Paraashriyam + avaapnoti.     Paraashriyam = happiness and
glory achieved through others.    Avaapnoti = achieves, gets/
Jalasanaataruryathaa = Jalaasanna + taruh + yathaa.
Jalaasanna =  situated near a water body.   Taruh = tree/
Yathaa = for instance,  like a (comparison).

i.e.        A king or a ruler of a country may not be very learned,
but if he remains associated with highly educated persons and is
devoted to them, he gets all the  glory and prosperity through such
association just like a tree grown besides a water body gets all
the nourishment and grows nicely.

( The truth behind this Subhashita can be judged by the example of
the Mugal King Akbar, who was not  learned but had in  his Court
highly educated and learned Ministers, whom he respected and
honoured. Through this association his reign is termed as best and
he was called  as 'Akbar the Great' .)

Today's Subhashita.

अविद्यानाशिनी विद्या भावना भय नाशिनी |
दारिद्र्यनाशनं  दानं  शीलं   दुर्गतिनाशनं    ||      -   महासुभषितसंग्रह (3348)

अर्थ -      विद्या ग्रहण करने से अज्ञान नष्ट हो जाता है और (स्वयं पर ) विश्वास
 की भावना  से भय दूर हो जाता है | दान देने से दरिद्रता का नाश होता है तथा शील
(सच्चरित्रता और सद्व्यवहार) द्वारा दुर्गति (मुसीबतें ) नष्ट हो जाती है

Avidyanaashinee vidyaa bhavanaa bhaya naashini.
Daaridryanaashanam daanam sheelam durgatinaashanam

Avidyaa = ignorance.    Naashinee = remover, destroyer.     Vidya =
knowledge,  learning.     Bhavana = faith in a thing,  /Bhaya = fear.
Daaridrya =  poverty.     Daana = giving wealth as charity to the needy,
Sheela =  ideal moral conduct.     Durgati = misfortune, distress.

i.e.     Knowledge and learning remove the ignorance of a person, and  faith
destroys the feeling of fear.   Poverty gets removed by philanthropic and
charitable  deeds by rich persons, and ideal moral conduct destroys distress
and misfortune.  

Today's Subhashita.

अविद्यं  जीवनं शून्यं दिक्शून्यं चेदबान्धवा |
पुत्रहीनं  गृहं  शून्यं  सर्वशून्या  दरिद्रता       ||      - महासुभषितसंग्रह  (3345)

अर्थ -             विद्या से हीन (मूर्ख) व्यक्ति का जीवन शून्य के  समान  खाली
होता है और मित्रों  और बान्धवों से विहीन व्यक्ति का जीवन दिशाहीन होता है |
पुत्रहीन (संतान से रहित) ग्रहस्थ जीवन भी शून्य के समान होता है , परन्तु
दरिद्रता सभी वस्तुओं  ओर् सम्भावनाओं से मनुष्य को वंचित कर देती  है |

Avidym  jeevanam shoonyam dikshoonyam chedbaandhavaa.
Putraheenam gruham shoonyam sarvashoonyam daridrataa.

Avidyam = foolish, uneducated.    Jeevanam = life.     Shoonyam=
empty, void, cipher.    Dikshoonyam = without any direction.
Chedbandhavaa = chet+baandhavaa.     ched = hole ( devoid of )
Putraheenm = without any son.    Gruham = home, household.
Sarvashoonyaa =  completely empty, devoid of every thing.
Daridrataa = poverty.

i.e.      The life of an uneducated person (fool) is empty like a cipher, and
the life of  a person without any friends and relatives is without any direction.
A household without any son (a child) is also cheerless like a void, but
poverty renders a person devoid of every thing in his life.

Today's Subhashita.

अविज्ञाय फलं यो हि कर्मत्वेवानुधावती  |
स शोचेत्फलवेलायां  यथा किंशुकसेवकः  ||

अर्थ -     बिना यह  जाने हुए कि उसके द्वारा किये कार्य का नतीजा
क्या होगा , यदि कोई व्यक्ति किसी कार्य को करने के लिये जल्द्बाजी
करता है तो निश्चय ही  उस को उसी प्रकार दुःख झेलना पडता है जिस
प्रकार किंशुक वृक्ष को पाल पोस कर बडा करने वाले व्यक्ति को अन्ततः
निराश होना पडता है (क्यों कि उस वृक्ष में फल नहीं लगते हैं ) |

Avigyaaya phalam yo hi karmatvevaanudhaavatee.
Sa shochetphalavelaayaam yathaa kimshukasevakah.

Avigyaaya = due to ignorance.   Phalam = fruits (end result of
any action or deed )      Yo - whosoever.     Hi = surely.
Karmatvevaanudhaavati = karma +tu+iva+anudhavati.
Karma = deed, action.  Tu = but, and.   Iva = like.Anudhaavati =
runs after,  pursues.    Sa = he.     Shochetphalavelaayaam =
shoched +phala+ velaayaam.     Shoiched  = causing to grieve.
Phala = result, fruit.    Velaayaan = at the time of.     Yatha =
for instance, just like a.     Kimshuka = name of a tree which
produces bright red flowers and when it flowers the entire
forest appears to be aflame. That is why it is also called  'flame
of the forest' .  This tree does not produce any fruits etc. useful
to people.     Sevakah = a person who has nurtured the Kimshuka
tree in the hope of getting a harvest of fruits.

i.e.    If a person rushes through a task without knowing what will be
the end result of his efforts, surely he has to suffer just like a person
who nurtures a 'flame of the forest' tree in the hope of getting a harvest
of fruits (and ultimately gets frustrated, as the tree does not produce
any fruits like other fruit bearing trees).

Today's Subhashita.

अविचारेण यत्कर्म कृतं तन्मर्मकृन्तनं  |
प्रहस्य सीताहरणादतीता रावणश्रियः    ||     - महासुभषितसंग्रह (3

अर्थ -    बिन भली प्रकार सोचे विचारे जो कार्य किया जाता है वह्
मर्माहत करने वाला होता है |  देखो ना, जो महाबली रावण पहले
गर्व से अट्टहास करता था भगवान राम की  पत्नी देवी सीता  के
हरण करने के बाद वह् कैसा श्रीहीन  गया था (और अन्ततः श्री राम
के हाथों मारा गया ) |

Avichaarena yatkarma krutam tanmarmakruntanam.
Prahasya Sitaharanaadateetaa Ravamashriyah.

Avichaara = due to thoughtlessness.   Yatkarma = yad +karma.
Yad = whatever.    Karma - action, deed.      Krutam = done.
Tanmarmakruntanam,    Tad +marma + kruntanam.   Tad =
then, consequently.    Marma = vulnerable point.   Kruntanam =
cutting, hurting.      Prahasya = having laughed loudly.
Seetaaharanaadateeta =seetaa=haranaat+ateetaa.  Seeta =name
of the spouse of Lord Rama.   Haranaat = abduction.    Ateetaa =
gone by, afterwards.    Raavanashriyah =  Raavana + shriyah.
Ravana -  Demon King Ravana of Lanka.   Shriyah = majesty.

i.e.      A deed or an action undertaken without proper thought about
its pros and cons, is always  hard hitting at his most vulnerable
spot or point.   Just see,  how the mighty Ravana, the demon king,
who used to laugh at and mock others with pride,lost all his majesty
after abducting Devi Sita, the wife of Lord Rama (and was ultimately
killed  by Lord Rama).