Men always seek greener pastures

 

वृक्षं क्षीणफलं त्यजन्ति विहगाः शुष्कम् सरः सारसाः।

पुष्पं पर्युषितं त्यजन्ति मधुपाः दग्धम् वनान्तं मृगाः॥

निर्द्रव्यं पुरुषं त्यजन्ति गणिका भ्रष्टश्रियं  मन्त्रिणः।

सर्वः कार्यवशाज्जनोऽभिरमते कस्यास्ति को वल्लभः॥

vṛkṣaṁ kṣīṇaphalaṁ tyajanti vihagāḥ śuṣkam saraḥ sārasāḥ|

puṣpaṁ paryuṣitaṁ tyajanti madhupāḥ dagdham vanāntaṁ mṛgāḥ||

nirdravyaṁ puruṣaṁ tyajanti gaṇikā bhraṣṭaśriyaṁ  mantriṇaḥ|

sarvaḥ kāryavaśājjano'bhiramate kasyāsti ko vallabhaḥ ||

 

काव्यसंग्रहात्

kāvyasaṁgrahāt

വൃക്ഷം ക്ഷീണഫലം ത്യജന്തി വിഹഗാ: ശുഷ്കം സര: സാരസാ:

പുഷ്പം പര്യുഷിതം ത്യജന്തി മധുപാ: ദഗ്ധം വനാന്തം മൃഗാ:

നിര്‍ദ്രവ്യം പുരുഷം ത്യജന്തി ഗണികാ ഭ്ര്ശ്ഷ്ടശ്രിയം മന്ത്രിണ:

സര്‍വ: കാര്യവശാത്‌ ജനോഭിരമതെ കസ്യാസ്തി കോ വല്ലഭ:

No one is having any permanent  follower or sponsor.  When the fruits in the tree are all eatenup the birds fly away seeking more fruitladen trees.  The creanes do not wait up the lakes which are shrinking in water.  The flower which has been alive for a day and had given nectar to the honeybee is  abandoned  at the end of the day.  When  the wildfire denudes the forests, the animals migrate to greener pasture.  The prostitute leaves the moneyless man for ever.  The king who has lost his kingdom  loses his retinue of advisers, psycophants and ministers.  Usually people attach themselves to someone who is affluent only to derive some benefit.  Ones the period of productivity is gone man is all alone.

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।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life  is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I

assiduous execution

२४ निश्चित्य यः प्रक्रमते नान्तर्वसति कर्मणः

     अवन्ध्यकालो वश्यात्मा स वै पण्डित उच्यते

24 niścitya yaḥ prakramate nāntarvasati karmaṇaḥ

     avandhyakālo vaśyātmā sa vai paṇḍita ucyate

Mahabharatham   Udhyogaparavam   ch 33 viduraniiti 

നിശ്ചിത്യ യ: പ്രക്രമതെ ന അന്തര്‍വസതി കര്‍മണ:

അവന്ധ്യകാലോ വശ്യാത്മാ സ വൈ പണ്ഡിത ഉച്യതേ

He who striveth, having commenced anything, till it is completed, who never wasteth his time, and who hath his soul under control, is regarded wise (translation of Kisar Mohan Ganguly)

The wisdom of  vidura  more than three millenia ago has scaled dizzy heights not attainable even to day by the politicians of today.   When a wise man sets his mind on some high  goal, he would has already prepared the action plan meticulously, and having set out on it he never gives up the attempt midway, nor he wastes his time.  He is always the master of himself in executing the task.

On the same lines Kanfusion appears to arrogate on himself the mantle of vidura,  having decided to become a nuisance to his friends and armed with some grandmother texts and halfbaked knowledge of some languages  wasting already useless time and madly insomniac , assinine, despatches these mails to one an all.

such men were also there

क्षिप्रम् विजानाति चिरम् शृणोति विज्ञाय चार्थम् भजते न कामात्

नासम्पृष्टो व्यौपयुङ्क्ते परार्थे तत् प्रज्ञानं प्रथमं पण्डितस्य

kṣipram vijānāti ciram śṛṇoti vijñāya cārtham bhajate na kāmāt

nāsampṛṣṭo vyaupayuṅkte parārthe tat prajñānaṁ prathamaṁ paṇḍitasya

विदुरनीति

viduranīti

He that understandeth quickly, listeneth patiently, pursueth his objects with judgment and not from desire and spendeth not his breath on the affairs of others without being asked, is said to possess the foremost mark of wisdom ( meaning by kisar Mohan ganguly)

It is indeed rare to see wise men like this in the present era of activism..While starting on a discussion the participant wants to be ahead of others. Crass one upmanship. He does not study his brief. Then what to understand? He has to be a chatterbox talking out of context often to impress his boss (who may be equally "learned") The present manager is only interested in the advancement of his career leaving behind for the successor a legacy of mess. Talking without being asked or not interfering with others matters? When does the chamcha shut his mouth and the tales he carry are too long. What an uncomfortable contrast from the wisdom of Vidura.
Maybe, the avant garde manager today will say that you will left with a long white beard and moustache and nothing else like Vidura, if you follow his dicta

I

exalted birth and low deeds

स्थाल्यां वैडूर्यमय्यां पचति तिलखलं चान्दनैरिन्धनौघैः

सौवर्ण्णैर् लाङ्गलाग्रैर्विलिखति वसुधामर्कतूलस्य हेतोः।

च्छित्त्वा कर्प्पूरखन्डान् वृतिमिह कुरुते कोद्रवाणां समन्तात्

प्राप्येमां कर्म्मभूमिं न भजति मनुजो यस्तपो मन्द्यभाग्यः॥

॥नीतिशतकं भर्तृहरि॥

sthālyāṁ vaiḍūryamayyāṁ pacati tilakhalaṁ cāndanairindhanaughaiḥ

sauvarṇṇair lāṅgalāgrairvilikhati vasudhāmarkatūlasya hetoḥ|

cchittvā karppūrakhanḍān vṛtimiha kurute kodravāṇāṁ samantāt

prāpyemāṁ karmmabhūmiṁ na bhajati manujo yastapo mandyabhāgyaḥ||

|ṁītiśatakaṁ bhartṛhari||

In spite of having been blessed with the rare fortune of being born in the Karambhoomi  of Bharatavarsha,  if  one just does not take care to perform  divine  deeds like penance, but spent his time   making a porridge in of useless lumps remaining after extracting oil from sesame seeds (ellinpinnaakku) in a vessel made of vaidurya (lapiz lazooli), in turn using best sandalwood as fuel,  or  if one tries to till the soil with golden plough to sow the seeds of silk cotton, or  if one tries to cultivate inferior grains like bajra with the field protected by a large stone fence made of large rocks of camphor ,     one can only  say that he is either  the victim of misfortune  or he is ignorant of the greatness of his birth and is plodding on like an idiot.

The poet of course might be exaggerating  the silly deeds of the people in spite of their fortune  of having birth in this land,  but it is definite that mere birth will not take one to great heights but  his good deeds alone can  make his day.

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।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life  is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I

where that black fellow danced

where that black fellow danced

वृन्दारण्ये चर चरण दृक् पश्य वृन्दावनश्रीः।

जिह्वे वृन्दारण्यगुणगणान् कीर्तय श्रोत्रदृष्टान्, ॥

वृन्दाटव्या भज परिमळम् घ्राण गात्र त्वमस्मिन्।

वृन्दारण्ये लुड पुलकितं कृष्णकेलीस्थलेषु॥

vṛndaraṇye cara caraṇa dṛk paśya vṛnadāvanaśrīḥ|

jihve vṛndaranyaguṇagaṇān kīrtaya śrotradṛśṭān||

vṛndāṭavyā bhaja parimaḻam ghrāṇa gātra tvamasmin|

vṛndāraṇye luḍa pulakitaṁ kṛṣṇakelīsthaleṣu||

श्रीवृन्दवनशतकात्

śrīvṛndavanaśatakāt

my feet you wander around Vrindavana and 

 my eyes, devour the richness of the place to your full content, 

my tongue, you always praise the virtues and greatness of Vrinadvana 
which you have personally seen and heard, 

my nose, you enjoy the aroma emanating from the divine forest,

and my body you run and roll about with ecstasy along the grounds where that darling Krishna wandered about doing his pranks.

neither good or bad is forever

त्यज दुर्जनसंसर्गं भज साधुसमागमं।
कुरु पुण्यमहोरत्रम् स्मर नित्यमनित्यतां
tyaja durjanasaṁsargaṁ bhaja sādhusamāgamaṁ|
kuru puṇyamahoratram smara nityamanitytāṁ|
चाणक्यनीति
cāṇakyanīti

Please cut off connections and camaraderie with evil people and always look out for and secure the company of the noble and wise ones.  Do good without caring for day and night and always remember what we find as routine things happening daily can abruptly cease to happen.

The well meaning friends will always guide us in the right way but the timeservers would overload us with sweet homilies which may not be of any use at the crunch hour.  As chanakya said elsewhere, the god of death is always having a hand on our hair ready to drag us to his world, hence we should never wait for day or night to do good.  There are too many good things to be done in this life,  and we may not be able to do everything… but can't we try to do  our best before we depart? " Miles to go before  I sleep " to quote Frost.

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।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life  is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I

There are many enigmas which defy definition but mother is the sweetest one

यं मातापितरौ क्लेशं सहेते संभवे नृणां।
न तस्य निष्कृतिः शक्या कर्तुं वर्षशतैरपि॥
तयोर्न्नित्यं प्रियं कुर्यात् आचार्यस्य च सर्वदा॥
तेष्वेव त्रिषु तुष्टेषु तपः सर्वं समाप्यते॥
मनुस्मृति
yaṁ mātāpitarau kleśaṁ sahete saṁbhave nṛṇāṁ|
na tasya niṣkṛtiḥ śakyā kartuṁ varṣaśatairapi||
tayornnityaṁ priyaṁ kuryāt ācāryasya ca sarvadā||
teṣveva triṣu tuṣṭeṣu tapaḥ sarvaṁ samāpyate||
manusmṛti

 

The most impossible thing for a son is to pay back even a minuscule   of  what his mother and father have suffered without complaint  while  bringing him to this earth and bringing him up as a man in the best and sincerest way  they could  manage.  Hundreds of years of devoted service  to them would not suffice.

If one always attempts to be of affectionate service to them and also the preceptor or the teacher who has opened one's eyes with education and  if the parents and the teachers are pleased with such services, there is nothing more to be gained in life by years of penance.

The mother and father will have only love for their child whether the latter cares for them or not. We think we have become great in all respects… but  to think of one's mother, now perhaps a human skeleton made ugly by age and suffering…For her the big executive or the rich entrepreneur is just the child who cried for milk or struggled miserably to escape from the remnants of his own urine and excreta. Had she not taken care for that small helpless frame, where will be the executive or the boss now?  Believe in God, or don't do it if you prefer, but what about the Mother..? There are many enigmas which defy definition but mother is the sweetest one

श्रीमात्रे नमः

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।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life  is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I

beware of bad words

ललितान्तानि गीतानि कुवाक्यान्तं च सौहृदं।

प्रणमान्तः  सतां कोपो याचनान्तम् हि गौरवं।

lalitāntāni gītāni kuvākyāntaṁ ca sauhṛdaṁ|

praṇamāntah satāṁ kopo yācanāntam hi gauravaṁ|

सुभाषितं

subhāṣitaṁ

Songs conclude with soft notes, 

intimate friendships get broken by exchange of unpleasant words,  

the anger of  a noble man disappears completely  when he is mollified  through a pranaam  

and one's  self respect and dignity is lost irrecoverably once he starts begging.

Unfortunate and impolite  exchange of words between friends too often results in snapping of the lifelong  relations in many cases. 

 If a really noble person is angry for some reason,  his anger could be pacified if the wrongdoer  admits his error and makes respectful  amends for the offence.  

A man, however elite his position is, if he is brought  down to the position of begging,  all his dignity  will be thrown to winds. 

And melodies conclude with soft notes…that is a happy thing.

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mind, why do you panic?

परिभ्रमसि किं मुधा क्वचन चित्त विश्राम्यतां
स्वयं भवति यद् यथा भवति तत्तथा नान्यथा
अतीतमननुस्मरन्नपि च भाव्य सङ्कल्पय-
न्न्तर्कितसमागममाननुभवामि भोगानहं
भर्तृहरि वैराग्यसतकम् ७ २
paribhramasi kiṁ mudhā kvacana citta viśrāmyatāṁ
svayaṁ bhavati yad yathā bhavathi tatathā nānyadhā
atītamananusmarannapi ca bhāvya saṅkalpaya-
nntarkitasamāgamamānanubhavāmi bhogānahaṁ
bhartṛhari vairāgyasatakam 7 2

Oh my mind, why are you roaming around undecided and miserable? Please be quiet and calm. Whatever is to happen will definitely happen. There is no remedy for it. I shall live a contended life without pondering over what has already happened and enjoying whatever comes by my way without any expectation.
The great poet is explaining the vagaries of fate. There is always a huge gap between what we expect to happen, whether it is good or bad and what is really happening. Crying over that and remaining inactive will be of no use. Human life is a huge oven where the mind is getting smelted willy-nilly

--
।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I

the dark mind

तुष्यन्ति भोजने विप्राः
मयूराः घनगर्जिते।
साधवः परसंपत्तौ
खलाः परविपत्तिषु॥
tuṣyanti bhojane viprāḥ
mayūrāḥ ghanagarjite|
sādhavaḥ parasaṁpattau
khalāḥ paravipattiṣu||

चाणक्य नीति
cāṇakya nīti

തുഷ്യന്തി ഭോജനെ വിപ്രാ:
മയുരാ ഘനഗര്‍ജിതെ
സാധവ: പരസമ്പതവ്
ഖലാ: പരവിപത്തിഷു

A brahmin can be made immensely happy by treating him to a gourmet meal. 
The peacocks dance with supreme joy when they hear the roar of a distant raincloud.
 The noble men are pleased when they  find that all the people are wealthy and well.
 But the evil fellow will be happy only when he finds or ensures that  all others are in utter misery.
It cannot be denied that there are a substantial number of people who can find happiness only if they ensure that others are unhappy.The holy  Bible said, Love your neighbour in the same way you love yourself... but for the wretched arrogant fellow, it is " Hate your neighbour in the same way you love yourself..

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।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII

Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I

woes of a guest

कष्टं च खलु मूर्खत्वं
कष्टं च खलु यौवनं
कष्टात् कष्टतरं चैव
परगेहनिवासनं
kaṣṭaṁ ca khalu mūrkhatvaṁ
kaṣṭaṁ ca khalu yauvanaṁ
kaṣṭāt kaṣṭataraṁ caiva
paragehanivāsanaṁ

चाणक्य नीति
cāṇakya nīti
കഷ്ടം ച ഖലു മൂര്ഖത്വം
കഷ്ടം ച ഖലു യവ്വനം
കഷ്ടാത് കഷ്ടതരം ചൈവ
പരഗേഹനിവാസനം

It is indeed very miserable for one to remain an ignoramus.  Similarly for everyone the adolescence will be quite cumbersome because one has to learn the lessons of life and master the means of livelihood in the hard way during that stage in life.  But the most unbearable misery is to stay in the household of some other person.
The difficulties we face even when we stay for a few days as a guest in the house of the most cordial host would have been realized by all.  One cannot have any privacy, and after a few hours one become an imposition on the rhythm of life of the host.  So many compromises  have to be made both by the guest and the host. If by some quirk of fate one is forced to live as an outsider in closely  knit family circuit, life becomes most miserable.  It is even more so when the hosts are not much compassionate.  The mushrooming of old age homes everywhere  bears eloquent testimony to this sad fact.

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।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII

Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I

Fwd: what is that?

there is a spelling mistake in english meaning... instead of O Brahmna please read O brahma (i want to clarify there is no caste cansideration the hymn is adressed to parabrahma)

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ॐ अन्तश्चरति भूतेषु गुहायां विश्वमूर्तिषु।
त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमिन्द्रस्त्वंरुद्रस्तुं विष्णुस्त्वं ब्रह्म त्वम् प्रजापतिः।
त्वं तदाप आपो ज्योते रसोऽमृतं ब्रह्म भूर्भुवस्वरों।
महानरायणोपनिषत् ६८ २
om antaścarati bhūteṣu guhāyāṁ viśvamūrtiṣu| tvaṁ yajñastvaṁ vaṣaṭkārastvamindrastvaṁrudrastuaṁ viṣṇustvaṁ brahma tvam prajāpatiḥ| tvaṁ tadāpa āpo jyotee raso'mṛtaṁ brahma bhūrbhuvasvaroṁ|
mahānarāyaṇopaniṣat 68 2
That supreme Lord moves in the innards of the heart of every being created in forms whatsoever. O the supreme brahman, you are the sacrifice itself, you are the Vashat manthra, you manifest as Indra, Rudra, Brahmadeva and Prajapati . You are the water, the water that flows in the rivers and the ocean. You are the sun. You are the essential flavour of everything. You are the ambrosia, you are he embodiment of Vedas and you are the threefold world bhuh, bhuvah swah..

This is another attempt to define the supreme which cannot be described in words through any attributes

--
।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII

Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I

--
।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII

Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I

what is that?

ॐ अन्तश्चरति भूतेषु गुहायां विश्वमूर्तिषु।
त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमिन्द्रस्त्वंरुद्रस्तुं विष्णुस्त्वं ब्रह्म त्वम् प्रजापतिः।
त्वं तदाप आपो ज्योते रसोऽमृतं ब्रह्म भूर्भुवस्वरों।
महानरायणोपनिषत् ६८ २
om antaścarati bhūteṣu guhāyāṁ viśvamūrtiṣu| tvaṁ yajñastvaṁ vaṣaṭkārastvamindrastvaṁrudrastuaṁ viṣṇustvaṁ brahma tvam prajāpatiḥ| tvaṁ tadāpa āpo jyotee raso'mṛtaṁ brahma bhūrbhuvasvaroṁ|
mahānarāyaṇopaniṣat 68 2
That supreme Lord moves in the innards of the heart of every being created in forms whatsoever. O the supreme brahmna, you are the sacrifice itself, you are the Vashat manthra, you manifest as Indra, Rudra, Brahmadeva and Prajapati . You are the water, the water that flows in the rivers and the ocean. You are the sun. You are the essential flavour of everything. You are the ambrosia, you ae he embodiment of Vedas and you are the threeforld world bhuh, bhuvah swah..

This is another attempt to define the suprem which cannot be descirbe in words thtough any attributes

--
।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII

Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I

the tail of a dog

the tail of a dog

शुनः पुच्छमिव व्यर्त्थं जीवितं विद्यया विना।

न गुह्यगोपने शक्तं न च दंशनिवारणे॥

śunaḥ pucchamiva vyartthaṁ jīvitaṁ vidyayā vinā|

na guhyagopane śaktaṁ na ca daṁśanivāraṇe||

चाणक्य नीति

cāṇakya nīti

The life of a person without education is just a waste like the tail of a dog. The tail of the dog fails to conceal the private parts of the animal and it is of no use in driving of the insects which cover the body.. Likewise a person who is not educated does not have the culture to know what to reveal and what to conceal. Also he cannot have enough food to satisfy this urge to chew with his teeth nor will he have the discrimination as to when to show teeth and when not to do it.

ശുന പുച്ഛം ഇവ വ്യര്‍ത്ഥം ജീവിതം വിദ്യയാ വിനാ

ന ഗുഹ്യഗോപനെ ശക്തം ന ച ദംശനിവാരണേ

ചാണക്യ നീതി 

ചാണക്യന്റെ ഒരു ഓര്‍മ്മപ്പെടുത്തല്‍.‍

വിദ്യാഭ്യാസവും അറിവും ഇല്ലാത്ത ഒരു വ്യക്തിയുടെ ജീവിതം നായിന്‍റെ വാല് പോലെ തികച്ചും ഉപയോഗശൂന്യമാണ്.

നായയ്ക്ക്‌ വാല്‍ ഉണ്ടെങ്കിലും അത് സ്വന്തം  പിന്‍ഭാഗം മറയ്ക്കുവാനും ഉതകുന്നില്ല. വാള്‍ ചുരുട്ടി ദേഹത്ത് കടിക്കാന്‍ വരുന്ന ചെള്ളുകളെ തുരത്താനും കഴിയില്ല. പേരിന്നു ഒരു വളഞ്ഞ വാല്‍ ഉണ്ടെന്നു മാത്രം.
മറ്റു പലേ മൃഗങ്ങള്‍ക്കും വാലുകൊണ്ട് ഈ രണ്ടു കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ ഉള്‍പ്പെടെ പലേ ഉപയോഗങ്ങളും ഉള്ളതായി കാണുന്നു. 

പഠിപ്പില്ലാത്തവന് എന്തെല്ലാം  ചെയ്യണമെന്നോ എങ്ങിനെ പെരുമാറണം എന്നോ എന്ത് എപ്പോള്‍ പറയണമെന്നോ ഉള്ള ഒരു വിവരവും ഉണ്ടാവില്ല. പഠിപ്പില്ലാത്തവന് നല്ല ജോലി ചെയ്തു കഴിഞ്ഞുകൂടാനുള്ള പണം സമ്പാദിക്കാനും പ്രയാസമാണ്.
പിന്നെ വിവരക്കേട് എഴുന്നള്ളിച്ചു പരിഹാസവും ചിലപ്പോള്‍ തല്ലും വരെ ഏറ്റുവാങ്ങാനുള്ള വിധിയായിരിക്കും പഠിപ്പില്ലാത്തവന്. അവന്‍ എത്ര അണിഞ്ഞൊരുങ്ങി നടന്നാലും മിടുക്ക് അഭിനയിച്ചാലും അതൊന്നും വിലപ്പോവില്ല. അവന്‍റെ ജീവിതം പാഴായതു തന്നെ.

The real sons of the soil.

भूमिर्धेनुर्धरणी लोकधारिणी।
उद्धतासि वराहेण कृष्णेन शतबाहुना॥
मृत्तिके हन पापं यन्मया दुष्कृतं कृतम्।
मृत्तिके ब्रह्मदत्तासि काश्यपेनाभिमन्त्रिता।
मृत्तिके देहि मे पुष्टिं त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितं॥
मृत्तिके प्रतिष्टिते सर्वं तन्मे निर्णुद मृत्तिके।
त्वया हतेन पापेन गच्छमि परमां गतिं॥
bhūmirdhenurdharaṇī lokadhāriṇī|
uddhatāsi varāheṇa kṛṣṇena śatabāhunā||
mṛttike hana pāpaṁ yanmayā duṣkṛtaṁ kṛtam|
mṛttike brahmadattāsi kāśyapenābhimantritā|
mṛttike dehi me puṣṭiṁ tvayi sarvaṁ pratiṣṭhitaṁ||
mṛttike pratiṣṭite sarvaṁ tanme nirṇuda mṛttike|
tvayā hatena pāpena gacchami paramāṁ gatiṁ||

महनारायणोपनिषत्  १      ३८    ३९   ४०
mahanārāyaṇopaniṣat  1      38    39   40

 The earth is the giver of happiness like the milch cow, the sustainer of life and support for all living beings.
(Represented as such the earth is addressed):
Thou wert raised up by Krishna in His incarnation of the boar having hundred hands.
O excellent earth, destroy my evil deeds as well as sins connected with me.
 O excellent earth, thou art a gift from God to creatures.
Thou art prayed over by Kashyapa.
O excellent earth grant me prosperity, for everything depends on thee.
O excellent earth, on which all creatures are supported, cleanse all that (sin) from me. O excellent earth, my sins having been destroyed by thee, I attain to the highest goal.

It is really heartening to see how our forefathers were so respectful to the natural resources.  They knew that the soil was the greatest asset and sustainer of life on earth and worshipped it as if it were their mother. 
The real sons of the soil.

--
।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII

Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I

what good have I done today?

आयुषः खण्डमादाय रविरस्तमयं गतः।
अहन्यहनि बोद्धव्यं किमेतत् सुकृतं कृतं॥
āyuṣaḥ khaṇḍamādāya ravirastamayaṁ gataḥ|
ahanyahani boddhavyaṁ kimetat sukṛtaṁ kṛtaṁ||

नीतिसारं
nītisāraṁ


The sun sets every day taking with him a lump of our lifetime.  Hence every day we should take careful stock of whatever good we have done .
We should always remember that our lifespan can be counted in terms and a fixed number of sunsets.. We cannot afford any luxury with our time.. All we can do is to do good and more good in the limited time we have.  Once the curtains are down we can do neither good nor bad.
--

ആയുഷ: ഖണ്ഡം ആദായ രവിരസ്തമയം ഗത

അഹന്ന്യഹനി ബോദ്ധവ്യം കിമേതത് സുകൃതം കൃതം

നീതിസാരം

നമ്മുടെ ആയുസ്സിന്റെ ഒരു  ഭാഗം  എടുതുമാട്ടിക്കൊണ്ട് ഇന്നും സൂര്യന്‍ അസ്തമിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.
ഓരോ ദിവസവും ഓര്‍മ്മിച്ടുചെക്കണം .  ഇന്ന് ഞാന്‍ എന്തെങ്കിലും നന്മ ചെയ്തിട്ടുണ്ടോ

എല്ലാവര്‍ക്കും അറിയാം.  നാം ഈ ഭൂമിയില്‍ എന്നും ജീവിച്ചിരിക്കാന്‍ പോകുന്നില്ല എന്ന്. 

 ഓരോ ദിവസവും സൂര്യന്‍ അസ്തമിക്കുമ്പോഴും  നാം നമ്മുടെ അവസാനയാത്രയിലേക്ക് കൂടുതല്‍ അടുത്തുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുകയാണ് എന്നു
എന്തായായാലും ഇവിടെ ജനിച്ചുപോയി.  

ഈ ജീവിതം കൊണ്ടു വല്ല പ്രയോജനവും ഉണ്ടാവണമെങ്കില്‍  എന്തെങ്കിലും നന്മ ചെയ്തേ മതിയാവൂ.  

ഓരോ ദിവസം തീരുമ്പോഴും  എന്തെങ്കിലും ചെയ്യാന്‍  ഈശ്വരന്‍ നമുക്ക്  അനുവദിച്ചു തന്ന സമയം തീര്‍ന്നു കൊണ്ടേയിരിക്കുകയാണ്.
അതുകൊണ്ട് എന്ത് നന്മ ചെയ്തു എന്ന് എപ്പോഴും സ്വയം വിലയിരുത്തിക്കൊണ്ട് വേണം മുന്നോട്ടു പോവാന്‍.

 നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട ദിവസങ്ങള്‍ ഒരിക്കലും തിരിച്ചു കിട്ടില്ല.
 

madhu vaata rtayate

मधु वाता ऋतायते मधुक्षरन्ति सिन्धवः। 
माध्वीर्नः सन्त्वौषधीः॥

मधु नक्तमुतोषसि मधुमत्पार्थिवँ रजः। 
मधुद्यौरस्तु न पिता॥
मधुमान्नो वनस्पतिर्मधुमाँ अस्तु सूर्यः। 
माध्वीर्गावो भवन्तु नः॥
महानारायणोपनिषत्  ३९  ४ ५ ६
madhu vātā ṛtāyate madhukṣaranti sindhavaḥ|
 mādhvīrnaḥ santvauṣadhīḥ||
madhu naktamutoṣasi madhumatpārthivamrajaḥ|
 madhudyaurastu na pitā||
madhumānno vanaspatirmadhumān astu sūryaḥ| 
mādhvīrgāvo bhavantu naḥ||
mahānārāyaṇopaniṣat  39  4 5 6

For us, who are the devotees of the Supreme Truth
 May the winds blow sweetly.

May the rivers flow sweetly.

May the herbs be to us sweet and beneficial.

May there be sweetness during the  day and during the night.

May the particles of the earth be carrying  sweetness for ever.

May the heaven, our father, be sweet to us(be benevolent to us) .

May the fruit-bearing trees be sweet to us

May the sun be sweet and benevolent  to us.

 May the cows give us the sweetest milk

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तां हंसमालाः शरदीव गङ्गाम्

तां हंसमालाः शरदीव गङ्गाम्

महौषधीम् नक्तमिवात्मभासः।

स्त्थिरोपदेशां उपदेशकाले

प्रपेदिरे प्राक्तनजन्मविद्याः॥

tāṁ haṁsamālāḥ śaradīva gaṅgām

mahauṣadhīm naktamivātmabhāsaḥ|

stthiropadeśāṁ upadeśakāele

prapedire prāktanajanmavidyāḥ ||

महाकविकालिदासकृते कुमारसंभवे महाकाव्ये 

from the mahakavyam Kumarasambhavam written by Kalidasa.

തം ഹംസമാലാ ശരദീവ ഗംഗാം

മഹൌഷധീം നക്തമിവാത്മഭാസ

സ്ഥിരോപദേശാം ഉപദേശകാലേ

പ്രപെദിരെ പ്രാക്തനജന്മവിദ്യാ

On conclusion of the yajna by Daksha the Divine Mother Daakshayani, unable to bear the insults hurled at her husband Lord Shiva, committed supreme sacrifice by immolating herself in the fire generated by herself through Her yogic powers. 

The Rudra, unable to bear the separation from Her, carries the body through the whole of India and to assuage His sorrow and dangerous wrath Bhagavan Vishnu followed him with His discus Sudarsana and cuts the body of the Sati, the Daakshaayani, so that it fell away in various places of this Holy land and the places where such parts fell became the Supreme shrines of the Mother in India. 

Finally Shiva went into the deepest meditation . 

The Mother was entreated to take a second life for the protection of the universe and in time She manifested herself in a lotus flower in the precincts of Himalaya. 

The lord of Himalaya discovered her and adopted Her as his child and called her Parvathi and Uma. 

The child Uma grew, and was being initiated into the various arts and sciences by erudite scholars. 

Kalidasa in the Sloka above is describing the scene of getting Uma educated.

“It was indeed wonderful that the child was seen receiving a spontaneous flow of all Vidhyaas already acquired by her in her previous births, even as the scholars were trying to impart the basics of knowledge to Her... 

It was like the spontaneous flow of swans to Ganga in the autumn season, 

like the self luminosity spontaneously taking over the medicinal herbs at night.”

The simile of Kalidasa(उपमा कालिदासस्य) is at its supreme sublimity here. 

The Divine Mother herself is the Vidya, all knowledge emanates from Her. 

Who will venture to educate Her?

Taam… her.. 

Hamsamaalaa…… row of group of swans arrayed together like garland.. 

sharadi gangaam iva.. like (reaching) Ganga in the Autumn season… 

Mahaushadeem…. Holy herbal plants…. 

Naktam… during night.. 

Aatmabhaasah.. (iva) (getting) luminescence spontaneiously.. Sthiropadesaam… Being well taught 

Upadeshakaale… at the time of limparting education.. Praaktanajana vidhyaaH… lessons learned in the previous life

Prapedire .. reached her without any impediment..

rukmini's letter to krishna

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श्रुत्वा गुणान्‌ भुवनसुन्दर शृण्वतां ते
निर्विश्य कर्णविवरैर्हरतोऽङ्गतापं।
रूपं दृशं दृशिमतां अखिलार्थलाभं
त्वय्यच्युताविशति चित्तमपत्रपं मे॥१

śrutvā guṇān bhuvanasundara śṛṇvatāṁ te
nirviśya karṇavivarairharato'ṅgatāpaṁ|
rūpaṁ dṛśaṁ dṛśimatāṁ akhilārthalābhaṁ
tvayyacyutāviśati cittamapatrapaṁ me||1

का त्वा मुकुन्द महती कुलशीलरूप
विद्यावयोद्रविणदामभिरात्मतुल्यं।
धीरा पतिं कुलवती न वृणीत कन्या
काले नृसिंह नरलोकमनोऽभिरामं॥२

kā tvā mukunda mahatī kulaśīlarūpa
vidyāvayodraviṇadāmabhirātmatulyaṁ|
dhīrā patiṁ kulavatī na vṛṇīta kanyā
kāle nṛsiṁha naralokamano'bhirāmaṁ||2

तन्मे भवान्‌ खलु वृतः पतिरङ्ग जाया-
मात्मार्पितश्च भवतोऽत्र विभो विधेहि।
मा वीरभागमभिमर्शतु चैद्य आरात्-
गोमायुवद्‌ मृगपतेर्बलिमंबुजाक्ष॥३

tanme bhavān khalu vṛtaḥ patiraṅga jāyā-
mātmārpitaśca bhavato'tra vibho vidhehi|
mā vīrabhāgamabhimarśatu caidya ārat-
gomāyuvad mṛgapaterbalimaṁbujākṣa||3

पूर्तेष्टदत्तनियमव्रतदेवविप्र-
गुर्वर्च्चनादिभिरलं भगवान्‌ परेशः।
आराधितो यदि गदाग्रज एत्य पाणिं
गृह्ण्णातु मे न दमघोषसुतादयोऽन्न्ये॥४

pūrteṣṭadattaniyamavratadevavipra-
gurvarccanādibhiralaṁ bhagavān pareśaḥ|
ārādhito yadi gadāgraja etya pāṇiṁ
gṛhṇṇātu me na damaghoṣasutādayo'nnye||4

श्वोभाविनि त्वमजितोद्वहने विदर्भान्
गुप्तः समेत्य पृतनपतिभिः परीतः।
निर्म्मथ्य चैद्यमगधेन्द्रबलं प्रसह्य
मां राक्षसेन विधिनोद्वह वीर्यशुल्कां॥५

śvobhāvini tvamajitodvahane vidarbhān
guptaḥ sametya pṛtanapatibhiḥ parītaḥ|
nirmmathya caidyamagadhendrabalaṁ prasahya
māṁ rākṣasena vidhinodvaha vīryaśulkāṁ||5

अन्तःपुरान्तरचरीमनिहत्य बन्धुं
स्त्वामुद्वहे कथमिति प्रवदाम्युपायं।
पूर्वेद्युरस्ति महती कुलदेवियात्रा
यस्यां बहिर्न्नवावधूर्ग्गिरिजामुपेयात्॥६

antaḥpurāntaracarīmanihatya bandhuṁ
stvāmudvahe kathamiti pravadāmyupāyaṁ|
pūrvedyurasti mahatī kuladeviyātrā
yasyāṁ bahirnnavāvadhūrggirijāmupeyāt||6

यस्याङ्घ्रिपङ्कजरजस्नपनं महान्तो
वाञ्चन्त्युमापतिरिवात्मतमोपहत्यै
यह्यंबुजाक्ष  न लभेय भवत्प्रादं
जह्यामसून् व्रतकृशान् शतजन्मभिः स्यात्॥७

yasyāṅghripaṅkajarajasnapanaṁ mahānto
vāñcantyumāpatirivvatmatamopahatyai
yarhyambujākṣa na labheya bhavatprādaṁ
jahyāmasūn vratakṛśān śatajanmabhiḥ syāt||7


(Srimad Bhagavatamahapuranam Dashamaskanadm
Chapter
52--slokas 37 to 43)

( श्रीमद भागवतमहापुराणे दशमस्कन्दे अध्यायः 52 श्लोकाः 37--43)


Meaning of the seven sloka message that  Rukmini sent to Krishna

( free translation avoiding technicalities to the extent possible) is given below)
Krishna, you are the most attractive person in the whole
universe, and having listened to your glories which enter one's
thought through the ears and destroys all woes of the body and
mind, and Oh Achyutha, my shameless mind dwells upon you
incapable of being wrenched away from your beautiful form
which is the ultimate thing for anyone to set his eyes upon and
that form bestows on all eternal fortune.


Oh Mukunda, which girl , who has some strength of mind, who
is born of high family , and in at least some way comparable to
you in upbringing, character beauty, education ,age, wealth
and status would not simply woo you by mind, you who looks
like a lion in human form (you were once Narasaimha) and
who is simply enchanting to the minds of all the living beings
in this world.


Therefore, you please accept me who has by my own will
accepted you as my husband in mind and has simply placed my
body and soul at your lotus feet, as you are the granter of all
boons. Now I belong to you. Don't permit the king of Chedhi
the Sisupala to take possession of me. It will be like a wily
jackal stealing away the royal food earmarked for the
consumption of the Lion.

If it a fact that you, the Lord of the Universe, have been
worshiped by me with full devotion through good deeds like
digging of ponds and lakes, offering to fire, through gifts to
deserving people, through pilgrimages, through offerings to
Brahmins on auspicious occasions, through worship of
Brahmins, gods and preceptors, then you must immediately
reach here and take possession of me through accepting my
hands. My hands should not be dirtied by an evil fellow like
sisupala.



You Krishna the unconquerable, you please come over to
Vidharabha tomorrow itself without being noticed by anyone.
You must annihilate or defeat the Sisupala and his retinue with
your own valour and marry me through the rakshasa method
as a prize for your valour.


If you are wondering how you can enter the palace at Vidarbha
and accept me without causing damage to the lives of my
relatives, I shall inform you the right way. On the eve of the
marriage day there is a big procession to the Durga temple .
Accompanying that procession, me the bride, will be going to
the Parvati temple for worship.


My Krishna, gods like the husband of Uma are eagerly
awaiting to bathe themselves in the dust of your feet so that
their own weaknesses will be removed. If it is my fate that I
am not fortunate to get the protection from such great Krishna, I will kill myself through severe austerities in this life and will be born in hundreds of future lives till I attain your company.

An important Note

In Bhagavatham, nowhere there is  any indication that Rukmini sent a letter to Krishna..She only sent a brahmin as emissary with the above message. 

But then there is an interesting story behind the theory that there was a letter. It concerns the celebrated devotee of Guruvayurappan, Poonthanam Nambuthiri. It is heard that Poonthanam, though an ardent devotee of Guruvayurappan, was not a scholar in Sankrit by any standards. However in his great devotion to Guruvayurappan, he used to narrate the story of Bhagavatham in the temple precincts at Guruvayur.. As an innocent remark, Poonthanam once stated during his narration that Rukmini sent a letter with the above message to Krishna through the brahmin. An intolerant brahmin scholar, intent on humiliating Poonthanam in pulic, raised the issue as to where it was written in Bhagavatham that there was a letter.

Then there came the voice of Guruvayurappan from His Sreekovil..

" Is it said in Bhagavatham that there is no such letter? I know there was a letter because I received and saw it"

This episode is narrated vividly in the Aitihyamala of Kottarathil Sankunni.

(chapter 45 --Poonthanathu Namboothiree)

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।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।

|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|

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with profound respect and warm regards

K V Ananthanarayanan

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