Today's Subhashita.

अवश्यं लभते कर्ता फलं  पापस्य कर्मणः |
घोरं  पर्यायते  काले  द्रुमः  पुष्पमिवार्जवं ||      - महासुभषितसंग्रह  -(3285)

अर्थ -       यदि कोई व्यक्ति पाप कर्म ( समाज तथा न्याय
व्यवस्था के द्वारा निषिद्ध आचरण ) करता है  उसका दुष्परिणाम
( प्रतिफल) उसे देर सवेर उसी तरह अवश्य प्राप्त  होता है जैसे
कि एक वृक्ष में कालान्तर पर निश्चय ही फूल (और फल) लगते
हैं |

Avashyam labhate kartaa phalam paapasya karmanah.
Ghoram paryaayate kaale drimah pushpamivaarjavam.

Avashyam = certainly.    Labhate = receives, gets.
Kartaa = a doer.    Phalam = product, end result, fruit.
Paapasya = a sinful.    Karmanah = action, deed.
Ghoram = dreadful, frightful.    Paryaayate = extended
or extremely long.    Kaale = period.    Drumah = a tree.
Pushpamivaarjavam = pushpam+ iva +aarjavam.
Pushpam = flower.    Iva = like.    Aarjavam = honesty,
sincerity, definitely .

i.e.    If a person does any sinful or criminal deed, certainly
sooner or later he will have to face its consequences, in the
same way a as a tree grows with the passage of time and
definitely flowers (and ultimately produces fruits).

Today's Subhashita.

अवश्यं  पितुराचारं  पुत्रः  समनुवर्तते |
नहि केतकवृक्षस्य भवत्यामलकीफलं ||      - महासुभषितसंग्रह -(३२७९)

अर्थ -     अवश्य ही एक पुत्र अपने पिता के समान ही आचरण
(व्यवहार) करता है |  क्या कभी केतक के वृक्ष में आंवाले के
वृक्ष के समान फल लगते हैं ?
( इस सुभाषित में समस्त प्राणिमात्र द्वारा एक पीढी द्वारा अपने
वंशानुगत गुणों को अगली पीढी को प्रदान करने की प्रवृत्ति को  केतकी
और  आंवले के वृक्षों की  उपमा दे कर  प्रतिपादित किया है  |एक कहावत
 भी है कि  -  'बाप का बेटा सवार का घोडा, कुछ नहीं तो थोडा थोडा ' अर्थात
वंशानुगत  गुण एक बाप से उसके पुत्र (संतान) को अवश्य  प्राप्त होते हैं | )

Avashyam pituraacharam putrah samanuvartate.
Nahi ketakvrukshasya bhavatyaamalakeephalam.

Avashyam = certainly.    Pituraacharam = pituh+aacharam.
Pituh = father.     Aacharam.= behaviour/      Putrah = son.
Samanuvartate = conforms,  similar to.    Nahi =  surely not.
Ketak =  name of an indigenous tree producing fragrant
flowers.    Vrukshasya = tree's.     Bhavatyaamalakeephalam +
bhavati =aamalaki = phalam.      Bhavati = happens.
Aamalaki = Indian gooseberry tree.   Phalam = fruits.

i.e.     Certainly a son 's behaviour is like that of his father.
Can a 'ketak' tree produce fruits like a gooseberry tree ?

(The above subhashita deals with the subject heredity i.e.
tendency of  all sorts of organisms (including humans) to transmit
its nature to its descendants, by using the metaphor of a ketak
tree, which can not produce fruits like gooseberry tree.)

Today's Subhashita.

अवलिप्तेषु मूर्खेषु रौद्रसाहसिकेषु च |
तथैवापेतधर्मेषु  न  मैत्रीमाचरेद्बुधः ||      - महासुभषितसंग्रह (3270)


अर्थ -      बुद्धिमान् और विद्वान व्यक्ति को मूर्खों,  क्रूर एवं
दुःसाहसी , तथा धर्म का पालन न करने वाले व्यक्तियों से  कभी
भी संलिप्तता और मित्रता नहीं करनी चाहिये |

Avaliptaeshu moorkheshu  raudrasaahikeshu cha.
Tathaivaapetadharmeshu na maitreemaacharedbudhh.

Aviliptesheshu = involvement of attachment with.
Moorkheshu = foolish persons.  Raudrasaahsika =
Raudra + saahasika.   Raudra = cruel,   Saahasikeshu
daring persons.    Tathaivaapetadharmeshu =tathaiva+
apeta + dharmeshu.   Tathaiva = similarly.    Apet =
devoid of, having retired.   Dharmeshu = from Religion.
Na = not    Maitreemaacharedbudhh = maitreem +
aacharet +budhh.     Maitree = friendship.   aacharet =
undertake, do.   Budhh = wise and learned person.

i.e.      Wise and learned persons must not involve themselves
and make friendship with persons who are foolish, cruel,daring
and devoid of any religiosity.

Today's Subhashia.

अवमानेन  महतां प्रहर्ष  क्रोधविस्मयैः |

तपांसि क्षयमायान्ति  यशांसीव सुदुर्नयैः ||

अर्थ -     आदरणीय और महान् व्यक्तियों की अवमानना होने से उनमें
यदि क्रोध तथा आश्चर्य की भावना  उत्पन्न हो जाती है तो उसके परिणाम
स्वरूप  उनके द्वारा धार्मिक आचरण से अर्जित ख्याति  धीरे धीरे  उसी
प्रकार नष्ट होने लगती है  जैसा कि गलत आचरण के कारण किसी व्यक्ति
का  यश नष्ट हो जाता है

Avamaanena mahataam praharsha krodhavismayah.

Tapaamsi kshayamaayaanti yashaamseeva sudurnayaih.

Avamaanena = due to insult or disrespect.   Mahataam =

honourable and eminent persons.        Praharsha = delight.

Krodha = anger.   Vismayaih = surprise, amazement.

Tapaamsi = benefits of religious austerity.  Kshayamaayaani=
kshayam+aayanti.     Kshayam= decay, erosion.
Aayaanti = to cause.      Yashaamseeva = yashaam+si+iva/
Yashaam = fame.   Si = are.    Iva = like, as  (for comparison)
Durnayaih =  bad or imprudent conduct.

i.e.    If honourable and eminent persons are insulted or treated  with
disrespect, and if they become surprised and angry over it, it may
result in gradual erosion of their fame so assiduously earned by them
through religious austerity, just as imprudent and bad conduct destroys
the fame of a person.

Today's Subhashita.

अहो  नु  कष्टः सततं  प्रवासस्ततोSतिकष्टः परगेहवासः |
कष्टाधिकाः नीचजनस्य सेवा ततोSतिकष्टा धनहीनता च ||

अर्थ -       अहो !   लगातार अपने  घर से दूर विदेश में निवास करना  अत्यन्त
कष्टकर  होता है , परन्तु  उस से भी अधिक कष्टकर किसी दूसरे व्यक्ति  के
घर में रहना होता है |   इस से भी अधिक कष्टकर एक नीच (दुष्ट) व्यक्ति का
सेवक होना है तथा सबसे अधिक कष्टकर धनहीन होना है |

Aho nu kashtah satatam pravaasastatotikashtah paragehavaash.
Kashtaadhikaah neechajanasya seva tatotikashtaa dhanaheenataa cha.

Aho =  Oh !     Nu = certainly.   Kashtah =painful, troublesome.
Satatam = continuously.   Prasastatotikashtah =  pravaash +tato +
ati+kashtah.    Pravaash = absence from home in  a foreign country.
Tato= due to this, afterwards.    Ati = very much.  Paragehavaasah =
para+geha+vaasah.     Para = others.    Geha = residence.   Vaasah =
staying.    Kashtaadhikaa = kashta+adhikaa,     Adhikaa = more.
Neechajanasya = a wicked person's   Sevaa= service.   Dhanaheenataa =
not having any money or wealth (being poor)    Cha = and.

i.e.     Oh !   how painful and difficult is it to stay in a foreign country.
But living in another person's home is more painful.  Even more difficult
is being in the service of a wicked person, but the most difficult situation
is being penniless.

Today's Subhashita.naasau

भवितव्यं यथा येन नासौ भवति चान्यथा |

नीयते तेन मार्गेण स्वयं वा तत्र गच्छति  ||

अर्थ -         किसी व्यक्ति के भाग्य में जो भी निर्धारित  होता है उसी 

 के अनुसार घटनायें होती हैं  और उस से हट कर और कुछ  नहीं होता है |

भाग्य स्वयं उसके पास  नहीं  आता है परन्तु  वह्  व्यक्ति स्वयं उस
निर्धारित मार्ग पर चल कर अपने भाग्य को भोगता है |

(इस सुभाषित की भावना को गोस्वामी तुलसीदास जी ने 'रामायण  के 

इस दोहे में बडे ही सुन्दर रूप में व्यक्त किया है :-

      तुलसी जसि भवितव्यता तैसी मिलइ सहाइ |

      आपुनु  आवइ ताहि पहिं  ताहि तहां लै जाइ  ||   बाल काण्ड -159 (ख )

Bhavitavyam yatha yena naasau bhavati chaanyathaa.

Neeyate tena maargena svayam vaa tatra gacchati.

Bhavitavyam = an action that is destined to happen

Yatha = whatever    Yena = where.   Naasau = na 

asau.    Na = not.    Asau =.such.   Bhavati = happens.

Chaanyathaa = otherwise.    Neeyate = comes down to\

Tena = that.   Maargena = road.     Svyam = himself.

vaa = you          Tatra = there.   Gacchati = goes. 

i.e.    Whatever is destined for  a person is bound to happen and

nothing else can happen.  Destiny does not come to that person but 

forces the person concerned to take that route where he can meet

his destiny.

(This shloka has also been adopted by Goswami Tulsidas, the author of 'Ramcharit Manas' in his treatise in this way :- तुलसी  जसि भवितव्यता तैसी मिलइ सहाय | आपुनु आवइ ताहि पहिं ताहि तहां लेइ जाइ | i.e. A person gets counsel or help which is destined for him. Destiny does not come to a person, but the person is forced by circumstance to go (act in such a way) and meet his destiny. This has been said in the episode of the King Pratapbhanu and his meeting with his enemy, now living in exile in the garb of a sage.)

Today's Subhashita/

अल्पं किंचिच्छ्रियं  प्राप्य नीचो गर्वायते लघु  |
पद्मपत्रतले   भेको  मन्यते   दण्डधारिणं        ||

अर्थ -      एक नीच प्रवृत्ति वाला  साधारण व्यक्ति यदि थोडी  बहुत भी
सम्पन्नता प्राप्त कर लेता है तो वह घमण्डी और असहिष्णु हो जाता है
और स्वयं को उसी प्रकार महान् समझने लगता है  जैसा कि  कमल के
पत्ते के नीचे रहने वाला एक छोटा सा मेंढक यदि अपने को एक दण्डधारी
साधु या उच्चपदाधिकारी  समझने लगे |

(वर्तमान संदर्भ में इस सुभाषित मे दी गयी उपमा आज कल 'लाल बत्ती' और
'कमाण्डो सुरक्षा' 'की  अदम्य इच्छा रखने वाले तथाकथित 'जनसेवकों  ' और
'नेताओं' पर खरी उतरती है | )

Alpam kinchicchriyam praapya neecho garvaayate laghuh.
Padmapatra tale bheko manyate dandadhaarinam,

Alpam = a little.        Kinchicchiriyam = kinchit + shriyam.
kinchit = a little more.   Shriyam = prosperity/     Praapya =
available.      Neecho = a mean person.       Garvaayate =
shows pride and arrogance.           Laghu = small, short.
Padmapatra = a leaf of a lotus plant.    Tale =  base, bottom.
Bheko -= a frog.        Manyate = imagines   thinks.
Dandadhaarinam = a mendicant or high level administrator
like a judge, who were accompanied by attendants holding a
ceremonial mace,or umbrella as a symbol of their higher status

i.e.      If an ordinary person with mean mentality becomes  even a
little bit prosperous, he  becomes very proud and arrogant and
considers himself a very prominent person, just like  a small frog
lying below a lotus leaf  considering himself as  a revered mendicant
or a high Government official.

( In the present context the simile used in this Subhashita appears
to be very appropriate having regard to the yearning among the
politicians for 'red beckoned cars' and 'Commando security' as
their status symbol.)