To day's Subhashit.

गुणिनां  निर्गुणानां   च दृश्यते  महदन्तरं |
हारं कण्ठगतः  स्त्रीणाम् नूपुराणि च पादयोः ||

Guninaam nirgunanaam cha drashyate mahadantaram.
Haaram Kanthgatah streenaam noopuraani cha paadayoh.

Guninaam = virtuous and learned persons.     Nirgunaanaam = persons without any virtues.
Cha = and.      Drushyate = seen,  observed.     Mahadantaram = Mahat + antaram'
Matat = large, great.     Antaram =  difference.      Haaram = a necklace., generally made of Gold and studded with precious stones.    Kanthgatah = Kanth + gatah.       Kanth  =neck       Gatah = gone,, placed on.    Kanthgatah = placed on the neck.     Streenaam = women,   Noopuraani =  Noopur is an ornament made of silver of the shape of a broad chain with trinkets attached to it, worn on the ankles by ladies.The trinkets produce a sweet sound during the process of walking by the ladies.
Paadayoh = the foot..

i.e.    Too much difference is visible between virtuous and learned persons and those who are bereft of those qualities.  For example, a necklace adorns the necks of  beautiful  women , whereas a 'noopur'  is worn on the ankles of the feet.

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To day's Subhashit.

लुब्धानां याचकः शत्रुश्चोराणाम् चन्द्रमा रिपुः |
जारस्त्रीणां  पतिः शत्रुर्मूर्खाणां  बोधको   रिपुः. ||

Lubdhaanaam yachakah shatruschoraanaam Chandramaa ripuh.
Jaarastreenaam patih shatrurmoorkhaanaam bhodhako ripuh.

Lubdhaanaam = greedy persons.    Yachakh = beggar.  Shatruschoraanaam = shatru + choraanam.
Shatru = enemy.     Choraanam = thieves.      Chandramaa = Moon.    Ripuh = enemy.
Jaarastreenaam = Jaar + streenaam.     Jaar = adulterous, having illicit lover.    Streenaam = women.
Patih = husband.    Moorkhaanaam= foolish persons, idiots.    Bodhak = a teacher, instructor.

i.e.      To misers and greedy persons a beggar is like an enemy and to thieves a waxing (or full) moon is like an enemy. Similarly, to an adulterous woman her husband is like an enemy and to foolish persons a teacher or instructor is an enemy.
 

To day's Subhashit.

प्रभुर्विवेकी  धन्वाश्च दाता  विद्वान  विरागी  प्रमदा सुशीला |
तुरङ्गमः शस्त्रनिपात धीरो भूमण्डलस्याSSभरणानि पञ्चः ||

Prabhurvivekee dhanwaashch daataa vidvaan viraagi pramadaa susheelaa.
turangamh shastranipaat dheero bhumandalasyaabharaani panchh.

Prabhurvivekee = Prabhuh + vivekee.     Prabhu = a powerful ruler.   Vivekee = wise and intelligent.
Dhanwaashch = Dhanwaan + cha.      Dhanwaan = rich person.     Cha = and /also.
Daataa = a charitable person.       Vidvaan = a learned and knowledgeable person., a scholar.
Viraagi = a person free from worldly desires, a saint..     Pramadaa = a handsome woman,    Susheelaa = good tempered and modest..   Turangamh = a horse.   Shastranipaat =Shastra + nipaat.    Shastra = a weapon.        Nipaat = attack.            Dheer = brave, steady, constant.
Bhoomandalasyaabharaani = Bhoomandalasya + aabharanaani.    Bhoomandalasya = of this Earth.
Aabharanaani = decorations , ornaments.        Panchh = (these) five.

i.e.     A powerful ruler who is wise and intelligent,  a rich person who is also charitable, a scholar who is also free from worldly desires, a beautiful woman who is also good tempered and modest , a horse who is steady and unafraid during an attack by weapons,   all these five glorify this Earth we live in.  

To day's Subhashit.

यस्मिन रुष्टे भयं नास्ति तुष्टे नैव धनागमः |
निग्रहानुग्रहो न स्तः स रुष्टः किं करिष्यति   ||

Yasmit rushte bhayam naasti tushte naiva dhanaagamah.
Nigrahaanugraho na stah sa rushtah kim karishyati.

Yasmin = whose.       Rushte = being angry.       Bhayam = fear.     Naasti = is not.
Tushte = pleased.       Naiva = not.       Dhanaagamh = Dhan + aagamh.      Dhan = wealth.
Aagam =  gain,arrival.      Nigrah =punishment,   curbing.     Anugrah = favour,  oblige.
Na stah = he is not.       Sa = he.        Kim = what.        Karishyati = can do.

i.e.     If there is neither any fear from a person on his being angry at you, nor any gain of wealth from him on his being pleased at you,   he is neither  able to punish you nor oblige you, then what harm can such a person  do to you on being angry at you ?

To day's Subhashit.

जनिता चोपनेता  च यश्च विद्या प्रयच्छति |
अन्नदाता  भयत्राता  पञ्चेता पितरः स्मृता  ||

Janitaa chopanetaa cha yascha vidyaa prayacchati.
Annadaataa bhayatraataa panchetaa pitarh smrutaa.

Janitaa = your  parents .     Chopanetaa = Cha +upaneetaa.       Cha = also,    Upaneetaa=  the -family priest who has performed your "upanayan Samskaar" - a religious ceremony performed to all male children, after which they are entitled to wear 'Yagyopaveet'  i.e. sacred thread and to receive education from a Guru (teacher).          Yasch = who.         Vidyaam = knowledge, education.
Prayacchati = imparts, gives.        Annadaata = one who provides livelihood, one's employer.
Bhayatraataa = Bhaya + traataa.       Bhaya = fear, danger.          Traataa = protector.
Panchetaa = these five persons.     Pitarh = ancestors , elders.    Smrutaa= remembered, reverred..

i.e.      Your parents, the priest who has performed your 'Upanayan samskaar, your Guru who has
imparted to you 'vidyaa', your employer and protector (bhayatraataa) ,  all these five persons are like  your elders/ancestors and are always to be reverred and remembered.

To day's Subhashit.

अमन्त्रं अक्षरं नास्ति नास्ति मूलं अनौषधम्  |
अयोग्यः पुरुषो नास्ति योजकास्तत्र दुर्लभः.   ||

Amantram aksharam naasti naasti moolam anoushadham.
ayogyah purusho naasti yojakaastatra durlabhh.

Amantra = not a vedic verse.  (A combination of words in vedic verse or hymn is called a 'mantra' supposed to have mystical properties.)  The prefix 'a' (अ ) before a word has the same effect as that of 'un' and 'in' prefixes in English language added before a word.        
Akshar =  a word of Sanskrit alphabet called Devnaagari Script.    Naasti = Na =asti.      Na = not.       Asti = exists.      Moolam = root of a plant.   Aushadha = medicine, having medicinal properties,
Anaushadham = not having medicinal properties, or being a medicine.     Ayogya = unworthy, incompetent, unqualified.          Purusho = persons.          Yojakaastatra = yojakaah + tatra.
Yojakaah = managers, employers,  planners    .       Tatra = there.     Durlabh = rare.

i.e.    There is no letter or hymn that can not become a sacred Mantra.  There is no root (or plant) that can not become a life-saving medicine.   There is no such person who can be termed unworthy or unqualified. In fact there is dearth of competent managers and entrepreneurs ,who can  bring out the best out of the persons under their command.

(The above Subhashit epitomises the importance of positive vision and entrepreneurship for the success of any enterprise. An able entrepreneur and leader can bring out the best out of ordinary persons under his command and produce life saving medicines from ordinary looking plants , roots and other objects considered of no use by ordinary persons.) 

 

To day's Subhashit.

किं  तया क्रियते धेन्वा या न दोग्ध्री न गर्भिणी  |
कोSर्थः पुत्रेण जातेन यो न विद्वान् न धार्मिकः ||

Kim tayaa kriyate dhenvaa yaa na dogdhreee na garbhinee.
korthah putrena jaaten yo na vidvaan na dhaarmikh.

Kim = what.      Tayaa = with him/her.      Kriyate = do.       Dhenvaa = cow.      Yaa = who.
Na = not.      Dogdhree=  lactating, giving milk.      Garbhinee =  pregnant.
Koorthh =Ka +arthh.    Ka = what.      Arthh = meaning.    Korthh = of what use.
Putren =  Son .     Jaaten = having been born,     Yo = who     Vidvaan = learned.
Dhaarmik =  religious minded.

i.e.        Of what use is a cow which is neither lactating nor pregnant (or barren) . Similarly of what use is a son who is neither learned nor religiously minded.