Today's Subhashita.

असंभवं  हेममृगस्य  जन्म  तथापि  रामो  लुलुभे   मृगाय |
प्रायः समापन्न  विपत्तिकाले धियोSपि पुंसां मलिना भवन्ति ||
                                                             - महासुभषितसंग्रह (३६२९)
           
अर्थ -     प्रायः जब लोगों पर विपत्ति आती है तो उनकी बुद्धि भृष्ट  हो जाती  है
(वे सही निर्णय नहीं कर पाते हैं )|  देखो न !  यह्  जानते हुए  भी कि स्वर्णमृग का
जन्म होना असंभव  है  मर्यादापूरुषोत्तम श्रीराम भी  स्वर्णमय मृग का छद्मवेश
धारण किये हुए राक्षस मारीच को  स्वर्णमृग समझ कर  उसे मारने का लालच कर
बैठे (जिसके परिणाम स्वरूप सीता का हरण हो गया ) |

Asambhavam hemamrugasya janma tathaapi Ramo lubudhe mrugaaya.
Praayah samaapannavipattikaale dhiyopi pumsaaam malinaa bhavanti.

Ssambhavam = impossible.    Hemamrugasya = a golden deer's.    Janma =
birth.     Tathaapi = even then.     Ramo =  Lord Ram.     Lulubhe = greedy
Mrugaaya = for  the deer.    Praayah = generally.     Samaapanna = meeting
with,   fallen into.      Vipattikale = period of misfortune.     Dhiyopi =
Dhiyo +api.      Dhiyo = intelligence.     Api = even.    Pumsaam =  people.
Malinaa = tarnished, foul.     Bhavanti = becomes.

i.e.        Generally whenever people pass through a period of misfortune in
their life, they tend to lose their intelligence,   Just see !  knowing fully well
that  a golden deer is impossible to be born, even  Lord Ram was tempted to
hunt such a deer (which ultimately resulted in abduction of Sita, the wife of
Lord Ram).

(The episode of abduction of Sita by Ravana, the Demon King, detailed in
the epic Ramayana has been used as a simile in this Subhashita, underlying
the fact that whenever calamities befall upon people they tend to lose even
their basic intelligence.)

Today's Subhashita.

असन्तोषोSसुखायैव      लोभादिन्द्रियविभ्रमः  |
ततोSस्य  नश्यति प्रज्ञा विद्यैवाभ्यासवर्जिताः ||

अर्थ -         सदैव असन्तुष्ट  और सुखी न रहने  के कारण लोगों में लोभ की
भावना उत्पन्न हो जाती है तथा इन्द्रियविभ्रम (सोच समझ कर सही कार्य न
करना ) हो जाता है |   इस के फलस्वरूप बुद्धि तो नष्ट होती ही , नियमित 
अभ्यास न होने के कारण  पूर्व अर्जित विद्या भी नष्ट हो जाती है |

(लोभ की चरम  स्थिति तृष्णा के रूप में परिवर्तित हो जाती है और तब इस
से पीडित व्यक्ति विवेक शून्य हो कर वर्जित कार्य करने मे जरा भी संकोच
नहीं करता है और अन्ततः उसका नाश हो जाता है , जिसके सैकडों  उदाहरण
समाज में सर्वत्र  दिखाई देते हैं | )

Asantoshosukhaayiva  lobhaadindriyavibhramah.
Tatosya nashyati  pragyaa vidyaivaabhyaasavarjitaa.

Asantoshosukhaayaiva = asantosho +asukha+aiva.     Asantrosho =
discontent, displeasure..     Asukha = unhappiness.     aiva = also
Lobhaadindriyavibhramah = loobhaat+indriya +vibhrama
Lobhaat = from des.    Indriya = sensory organs,    Vibhrama =
confusion, disturbance, loss of control.    Tatosya = tato + asya.
Tato = then,     Asya = of this.     Nashyati = perishes, destroyed.
Pragyaa = intelligence.    Vidyaivaabhyaasavarjitaa = vidya+ aiva+
abhyaasa+ varjitaa.     Vidya = knowledge, learning.   Aiva = also.
Abhyaas = regular practise,      Varjitaa = without, deprived of.

i.e.         Always remaining discontented and unhappy creates desires among
people and they lose control over their sensory organs,  As a result they
not only lose their intelligence but for want of regular practise they also lose
their acquired knowledge .

(Uncontrolled desires turn into greed and a person suffering from it goes
to any extent to satisfy his greed without bothering for its consequences,
which ultimately results in his downfall.) 

Today's Subhashita.

असंपन्नः कथं   बन्धुरसहिष्णु  कथं   प्रभुः |
अनात्मवित्कथं विद्वानसन्तुष्ट कथं सुखी ||  - महासुभषित सं ग्रह  (३६२६)

अर्थ -     जो  व्यक्ति व्यवहार कुशल तथा योग्य नहीं हो तो भला उसके   मित्र
तथा बान्धव क्यों  होंगे, और  यदि वह् असहिष्णु (झगडालू तथा धैर्य रहित )
हो तो कैसे वह् एक उच्च पदस्थ और अधिकारसंपन्न व्यक्ति हो सकेगा  ?
जो व्यक्ति सामान्य ज्ञान से भी रहित हो तो कैसे वह् एक विद्वान हो सकता
है और सदैव असंतुष्ट रहने वाला व्यक्ति भला कभी सुखी हो सकता है ?

Asampannah katham bandhurasahishnu katham prabhuh.
Anaatmavitkatham vidvaanasantusht katham sukhee.

Asampanna = unaccomplished, not talented and able.    Katham =
how ?     Bandhurasahishnu = bandhuh +asahishnu.      Bandhuh =
friends, relatives.     Asahishnu =impatient, quarrelsome.envious.
Prabhuh = a powerful person, a master.    Anatmavit= a person
not having common sense.      Vidvaanasantushtah = vidvaan +
asantushtah.     Vidvaan = a learned person, a scholar.
Asantushtah = unhappy, discontented.    Sukhi = happy.

i.e.       How can a person without any talent and ability have support of his
friends and relatives  and person who is quarrelsome and impatient become
an able administrator and employer ?   Likewise, how can a person without
commonsense become a learned person and a discontented person ever
become happy ?

Today's Subhashita.

अष्टादश पुराणेषु व्यासस्य वचनद्व्यं  |
परोपकार  पुण्याय  पापाय  परपीडनं    ||    -  महासुभषितसंग्रह  (३५८७)

अर्थ -      महर्षि वेदव्यास द्वारा रचित १८  पुराणों  का सारांश  इनहीं  दो वाक्यों मे
है कि दूसरों का उपकार करना पुण्य कार्य है और उन्हें पीडित करना पाप  कर्म  है  |

(महर्षि वेदव्यास द्वारा रचित पुराणों मे सर्वप्रसिद्ध महाभारत पुराण है जिसमें १८
अध्यायों में श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता भी सम्मिलित है |)

Ashtaadasha  Puraaneshu Vyaasasya vachanadvym.
Paropakaar punyaaya paayaaya parapeedanam.

Ashtaadash =  eighteen.          Puraaneshu =  Sanskrit treates in poetry
authored by the great saint poet Vedavyaas.  The most famous among
these is  Mahabharata, the epic about the dynasties of Kauravas and Pandavas.
The famous book Bhagvadgeetaa is also enshrined in this treatise as 18 chapters.
(for details please refer to https//Wikipedia.en.org/wiki/Vyasa.)
Vyasasya = of Vedavyaas.    Vachanadvyam = Vachana + dvyam.
Vachana = statements.     Dvyam = two.      Paropakaar = benevolent deeds
with a view to helping others.     Punyaaya = a virtuous deed.  (In Hindu Religion
if a person does virtuous deeds he earns certain 'plus points' called 'Punya' ,
which entitle him a better life duringf his lifetime as also in his future birth cycle,
whereas if he commits sinful deeds he is consigned to 'Naraka' i.e the Hell.)..
Paapaya = sins,  evil deeds.     Parapeedanam = para +peedanam.    Para = others.
Peeedanam = act of harming and torturing.

i.e.       The essence of the 18 Puranaas authored by the saint poet Vedvyaas
is epitomised in these two statements that by helping others a person earns
'Punya' , and by harming and torturing others he commits 'Paap' (sins).





  

Today's Subhashita.

असन्तोषः  परं  दुःखं  सतोषः परमं  सुखं  |
सुखार्थी पुरुषस्तस्यात्सन्तुष्टः सततं भवेत् ||

अर्थ =     जो व्यक्ति संतोषी नहीं  होता  है वह् सदैव  ही अत्यन्त दुःखी
रहता है और जो व्यक्ति संतोषी होता है वह् परम सुख का अनुभव करता
है |  अतएव सुख की कामना करना वाले व्यक्ति को सदैव संतुष्ट रहना
चाहिये |
( संतोष वह्  मनस्थिति है जिसमे व्यक्ति जो कुछ भी  उसे उपलब्ध है उसी
पर वह् खुश रहता है अन्यथा इच्छायें तो अनन्त होती हैं और कभी पूरी
नहीं होती हैं | एक कवि का भी कथन है  कि - 'गो धन गज धन बाजि धन और
रतन धन खानि |  जब आवे संतोष धन सब धन  धूरि समान ' , जो इसी
सुभाषित की भावना को व्यक्त करता है | )

Aantoshah param suhkham santoshah paramam sukham.
Sukhaarthee purushastasyaatsantushtah satatam bhavet,

Asantosha = not being contended or satisfied at what one has got
or achieved.    ParaM =  extreme,..    Duhkham = grief,  suffering.
Santoshah = satisfaction       ParamM = supreme.       Sukham =
pleasure, happiness.      Sukhaarthee = one who seeks or wishes or
seeks happiness.   Purushastasyaatsantushtah = Purushah + tasyaat
+santushtah.     Purushah = a person.   Tasyaat = he    Santushtah +
satisfied, happy/     Satatam = continuously.    Bhavet = should  be.

i.e.       A person who is not contended or satisfied at what he has got
or achieved, always remains unhappy,whereas a person who is satisfied
at his lot enjoys supreme bliss .  Therefore, seekers of happiness must
always remain satisfied at what  they have achieved.

Today's Subhashita.

असंतुष्टा  द्विजा नष्टाः संतुष्टाश्च  महीभृतः |
सलज्जा गणिका नष्टा निर्लज्जाश्च कुलाङ्गना ||    - महासुभषित संग्रह  (३६१५ )

अर्थ -     जो ब्राह्मण असन्तोषी स्वभाव के होते हैं  उनका नाश  हो जाता
 है (वे अपना सम्मान खो  देते हैं)और इस के विपरीत यदि राजा (या शासक वर्ग)
संतुष्ट रहते हैं तो उनकी भी और उनके राज्य की अवनति हो जाती है |  यदि
नृत्यांगनायें और वेश्यायें  लज्जाशील  हों तथा सम्मानित महिलायें निर्लज्ज हों तो
उनकी भी अवनति निश्चित है |

Asantushtaa dvijaa nashtaah santushtaashcha maheebhrutah .
Salajjaa ganikaa nashtaah nirlajjaashcha kulaanganaa.

Asantushtaa = discontented, displeased.     Dvijaa = a Brahmins or members of
the three upper castes in which Hindu society is classified, namely Brahmins ,
Kshtriya , Vaishyas, and  the Shoodras.    Nashtaah = downfall, denigration.
Sanushtaashcha = Santushtaah + cha.     Santushtaah = contenied, gratified.
Cha = and.    Maheebhrutah =  a King (or a ruler of a country).      Salajja =
modest, bashful.     Ganikaa = a courtesan or a prostitute.     Nirlajaaashcha =
Nirlajjah + cha.      Nirlajjah = shameless.    Kulanganaa = respectable woman.

i.e.      If the Brahmins remain discontented then their reputation is denigrated
whereas if the King (or the rulers of the country) remains gratified then his
(and also his kingdom's) downfall is also certain .  If courtesans and prostitutes
are modest and bashful  and on the contrary respectful women are shameless, then
in both the cases their downfall is certain.

Today's Subhashita.

असंख्याः  परदोषज्ञा  गुणज्ञा अपि   केचन |

स्वयमेव स्वदोषज्ञा विद्यन्ते यदि पञ्चषाः ||   -महासुभषितसंग्रह (३६१०)

अर्थ -       समाज में अन्य व्यक्तियों के दोषों को जानने मे कुशल व्यक्ति तो 

असंख्य (जिनकी गिनती करना  भी संभव न  हो ) उपलब्ध होते हैं, पर गुणों के

 पारखी बहुत ही कम  उपलब्ध होते हैं |  अपने दोषों को स्वयं जानने वाले व्यक्ति

हों भी तो शायद पांच या छः ही मिलेंगे |

  

Asankhyaah paradoshagyaa gunagyaa api kechana.

Svayameva svadoshagyaa vidyante yadi Panchashaah.

Asamkhyaah = innumerable.     Paradoshagyaa = knowing other

persons' faults.      Gunagyaa = knowing the virtues.   Api = even.

Kechana =some people.    Svayameva =  himeslf.    Svadoshagya =

knowing one's own defects,     Vidyante = exist.       Yadi = if.

Panchashaah = (hardly) five or six.

i.e.       There are innumerable persons in society who pose themselves

as experts in detecting the shortcomings and faults in others, but hardly

a few persons exist who are experts in recognising the virtues of others.

As regards persons who know their own shortcomings, if such persons

do exist their number may be hardly five or six.