We cannot live happily in isolation, when all people around us are not very happy.

 

निर्वनो वध्यते व्याघ्रः निर्व्याघ्रं च्छिद्यते वनम्।

तस्माद्व्याघ्रो वनं रक्षेत् वनं व्याघ्रं च पालयेत्॥

महाभारते उद्योगपर्वे

nirvano vadhyate vyāghraḥ nirvyāghraṁ cchidyate vanam|

tasmādvyāghro vanaṁ rakṣet vanaṁ vyāghraṁ ca pālayet||

mahābhārate udyogaparve

A statement with all-time validity.

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If a tiger finds itself outside a forest, it will meet its death.

If there were no tigers in the forest, the poachers and other animals would destroy forest. One can exist only if the other too is in place

Therefore, the tiger should always take care to protect the forest from destruction.

Moreover, the forest should give shelter and provide healthy living conditions for the tigers.

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The sages or the yore were clear in their perception about the fact that living creatures including men could survive on this earth only through mutual co-operation..

The above quote can be a great inspiration for conservation activists..

It is a direct quote from the Epic Mahabharatham.

It is not only live and let live. It is live and help others live too. That is the slogan.

We should understand that we have always to wish well for our fellow beings.

It is not charity or magnanimity.

Our reasonably good existence entirely depends on the welfare of all.

We cannot live happily in isolation, when all people around us are not very happy.

Of course anyone can choose to be unhappy even when all people around are happy.

Regards

k v ananthanarayanan.