To day's Subhashit.

अङ्गं  गलितं  पलितं  मुण्डं  दशन विहीनं  जातं तुण्डम्  |
वृद्धो याति ग्रहीत्वा  दण्डं तदपि न मुन्च्यत्याशा पिण्डम्   ||

Amgam galitam palitam mundam dashan viheenam jaatam tundam.
vruddho yaati graheetwaa dandam tadapi na munchtyaashaa pindam.

Angam = various limbs of human body.      Galitam = decayed.      Palitam = grey.
 Mundam =  a shaved head.     Dashan = teeth.      Viheenam= deprived of.
Jaatam = become, happened.      Tundam = mouth.    Vradho =  an aged person.
Yaati = on becoming.     Graheetwaa = holding.     Dandam = a walking stick.     Tadapi = even then.
Na = not       Munchati = loses.     Ashaa = hope.      Pindam = subsistence,  remaining alive.

i.e.       Even if a person's various limbs become decayed,  his head becomes bald or hairs turn grey, mouth becomes toothless, and being very old he can not walk without a walking stick, he still is not able to lose the hope for remaining alive.

To day's Subhashit.

दिनयामिन्यौ सायं प्रातः शिशिर वसन्तौ पुनरायातः  |
कालः क्रीडति पुनरायातः तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशावायुः   ||

Dinayaaminyou saaym pratah shishir vasantou punaraayaatah
Kaalh kreedati punaraayatah tadapi na munchatyaashaavaayuh.

Dina = Day.   Yaaminyou = nights.     Saayam = evening.      Praatah = morning.     Shishir = winter season.
Vasanta =  spring season.    Punaraayaatah = punah + aayatah      Punah = again.    Aayatah = arrives.
Kaalh =  death, proper time of seasons.      Kreedati = plays truants..      Tadapi = even then.   Na = not.
Munchatyaashaavaayuh = Munchati + Aasha + Vaayu.     Munchati = gives up,leaves...
 Aasha = hope., expectation      Vaayuh = gushing wind,  the air we breath called 'Pran Vaayu', because when breathing stops a person becomes dead.     Aasha vaayuh =  hope of living a long life.

i.e.          Day and night, morning and evening arrive in succession in a cyclic way, and so also the  winter and spring seasons.    Death also arrives likewise and plays truants with the lives of people in the same manner, but still people do not give up the hope of living a long life.

To day's Subhashit.

सत्संगत्वे   निस्संगत्वं   निस्संगत्वे   निर्मोहत्वम्       |    
निर्मोहत्वे   निश्चलतत्वं  निश्चलतत्वे जीवन मुक्तिः ||

Satsangatve nissangatvam nissangatve nirmohatvam.
Nirmohatve nischaltatvaam nischaltatve jeevan muktih

Satsangatwam = Sat + sangatwam .      Sat = honest ,righteous.   Sangatwam = keeping the company of Satsangatwam =  keeping the company of righteous and noble persons     Nissangatvam = Ni + sangatvam.
Ni = not having.   Nissangatvam = Not having any type of attachment.     Nissangatva = by not having any sort of attachment.       Nirmohatvam = Ni = mohatvam.     Mohatvam = cause of going the wrong way., being perplexed.        Nischal = unchangeable.         Tatvam = reality, truth.    Jeevan = life.
Mukti.= salvation, liberation.     Jeevan mukti = salvation from the repetitive cycle of  birth and death .

i.e.       Keeping the company of noble and righteous persons results in a person becoming free from all sorts of attachments , which in turn results in not getting perplexed or going the wrong way.  This state of mind further results in the person knowing the unchangeable Truth (having communion with God Almighty) , and ultimately results in  salvation of the person from the repetitive cycle of birth and death (jeevan mukti).

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To day's Subhashit.

वयसिगते कः कामविकारः शुष्के नीरे कः कासारः  |
क्षीणे  वित्ते  कः परिवारः ज्ञाते  तत्वे कः  संसारः   ||

Vayasigate kah kaamavikaarah shushke neere kah kaasaarah.
ksheene vitte kah parivaarah gyaate tatve kah sansaarah.

Vayasigate = vayasi + gate.     Yayasi = youth.    Gatey =gone.    Vayasigatey = an aged person .
Kah = what ?     Kaamvikaara =  Kaam +vikaar.     Kaam = erotic (sexual) love.   Vikaar = extravagance.
Kaamvikaar = strong sexual urge. lust.     Shuska = dry.    Neere = water,     Kaasaar = a lake., a pond.
Ksheene = weakened.     Vitte = finance.     Parivarah = family, dependants.    Gyaate =known,enlightened.
Tatve = philosophy.    Sansaarh = cycle of worldly existence, world.

i.e.            Of what use is the sexual urge to an aged person, and of what use is a dried lake ?  If the financial  position of a person is very poor ,of what use is he to his family, and of what importance this worldly existence  is to a person who is an enlightened philosopher ?  

To day's Subhashit.

यावत्पवनो  निवसति देहे तावत्पृच्छति  कुशलं गेहे |
गतवति वायो देहापाये भार्या विभ्यति तस्मिन्काये ||

Yaavatpavano nivasati dehe taavatprucchati kushalam gehe.
Gatavati vaayo dehaapaaye bhaaryaa vibhyati tasminkaaye.

Yaavatpavano = Yaavat +pavano.     Yaavat = so long as.    Pavano = wind, air. (here the reference is to the breathing of air by living beings, which is essential for staying alive, called 'Praan Vayu'.    Nivasati = resides   Dehe = human body.     Taavat = until then.       Prucchati = enquire.
Kushalam = welfare     Gehe = residence.       Gatavayi = when gone.   Vaayo = breathing process called "Praan Vaayus" i.e . life breath.     Dehaapaye = from the body.   Bhaaryaa = wife.
Vibhyati = becomes afraid.   Tasminkaaye = Tasmin + kaay..  Tasmin = that.    Kaye = body (corpse).

i.e.     So long a person is alive (breathes the air) his welfare is taken care of  by his family members , but as soon as the "Praan vaayu" -the life force- in him departs (he is dead) even his wife is afraid of his dead body. .

To day's Subhashit.

अर्थमनर्थं भावय नित्यं नास्ति ततः सुखलेशः सत्यम्  |

पुत्रादपि  धनभाजां  भीतिः  सर्वत्रैषा  विहिता   रीतिः     ||

Arthmmanartham bhavaya nityam naasti tatah sukhleshh satyam.

Putraadapi  dhanabhaajaam bheetih sarvatraishaa vihitaa reetih.

Arthmanartham = artham + anartham.       Artham = wealth.      Anarth = disastrous, harmful.

Bhavaya = think over, deliberate.    Nityam = every day, always.      Naasti = non existent.    

Tatah = therefore      .Sukhleshah = Sukh +leshah .          Sukh = happiness, comfort.     Lesha = very little.      Satyam = true.     Putraadapi = Putraah + api.      Putrah = sons.       Api = even ( to put emphasis).   

Dhanbhaajaam = Dhan + bhajaam.     Dhan = wealth, money.     Bhaajaam = worship,excessive desire.

Dhnbhaajaam = lust for acquiring wealth    .Bheetih = fear, scare.     Sarvatreshaa = Sarvatra + eshaa.       Sarvatra = every where.  Eshaa = this.     Vihitaa = laid down ,decreed.       Reeti = custom, usage.

i.e.        One should always remember that being wealthy is also harmful and it is truly said that there is very little joy in being a rich person.  Lust for acquiring wealth makes a person to be fearful of even his sons (he even does not trust his sons) and this is considered a well laid down custom in the society.

To day's Subhashit

बालस्तावात्क्रीडाSSसक्तस्तरुणास्तावत्तरुणीरक्त:   ।
वृद्ध्स्तावच्चिन्तामग्न: परे  ब्रह्मणि कोSपि  न लग्नः  ॥

Baalas-taavat-kreedaasakta-starunaa=-staavat-taruneeraktah.
Bruddhas-taava-chintaamsgnah Pare brahmani kopi na lagnah.

Baal = child, childhood.     Taavat = until then.     Kreeda =  playing.     Aasakt = fond of, involved.
Taruna =  young person ,youth.       Taruni  =  a young woman.      Raktah = emotionally attached.
Brudha =  aged.       Chintaa = worries.      Magna = besieged, engrossed    Pare = afterwards.
Brahmani =  Supreme God Almighty,  Parabrahma.     Kopi  (kah + api)  =whosoever..    Na = not.
Lagnah =  pursue, to have communion with

i.e.         Childhood of a person is spent being engrossed in playing, and his youth is spent being emotionally attached towards women (his wife) and when he becomes aged he is besieged with all sorts of worries, but even then hardly any one wants to have communion with  'Braahma' ( The God Almighty).