निभृतं यत्युपक्रियते तदपि महांतो वहत्युच्चैः

तरुमूलादिषु निहितं जलमाविर्भवति पल्लवाग्रेषु।

निभृतं यत्युपक्रियते तदपि महांतो वहत्युच्चैः॥

tarumūlādiṣu nihitaṁ jalamāvirbhavati pallavāgreṣu|

nibhṛtaṁ yatyupakriyate tadapi mahāṁto vahatyuccaiḥ||

We pour water at the roots of a tree. The tree absorbs that water steadily and carries the water up to reach even the tender leaves sprouting in the tallest branches. Similarly men of class who received assistance or support of any sort from anyone, however trivial such help is, just receives it heartily and discreetly and acknowledges its and spreads the benefits of such help even at the highest levels.

यः पृष्ट्वा कुरुते कार्यान् पृष्टव्यान् स्वान् हितान् गुरून्

यः पृष्ट्वा कुरुते कार्यान् पृष्टव्यान् स्वान् हितान् गुरून्।

न तस्य जायते विघ्नः कस्मिंश्चिदपि कर्मणि॥

yaḥ pṛṣṭvā kurute kāryāṇ pṛṣtavyān svān hitān gurūn|

na tasya jāyate vighnaḥ kasmiṁścidapi karmani||

If a person embarks on a mission after taking counsel from elders and preceptors who are ever favourably inclined towards him and who are eminently qualified to render advice and provide guidance in the matter on hand, then no impediments or roadblocks would happen to prevent successful implementation of such mission.

हेलया राजहंसेन यत् कृतं कलकूजनम्

हेलया राजहंसेन यत् कृतं कलकूजनम्।

न तद् वर्षशतेनापि जानात्याशिक्षितुं बकः॥

helayā rājahaṁsena yat kṛtaṁ kalakūjanam|

na tad varṣaśatenāpi jānātyāśikṣituṁ bakaḥ||

The happy royal swan swim around the waterfront rejoicing and producing sweet warbling sounds so casually and effortlessly. However, the cranes standing around cannot ever make such sounds even if they are offered training course for their lifetime,

प्रायः श्वश्रूस्नुषयोः न दृश्यते सौहृदं लोके

कुटिला लक्ष्मीर्यत्र प्रभवति न सरस्वती वसति तत्र।

प्रायः श्वश्रूस्नुषयोः न दृश्यते सौहृदं लोके॥

kuṭilā lakṣmīryatra prabhavati na sarasvatī vasati tatra|

prāyaḥ śvaśrūsnuṣayoḥ na dṛśyate sauhṛdaṁ loke||

Wherever there is excessive affluence indicating the presence of Lakshmi, invariably we could find the absence of Saraswathi, signifying knowledge and education. Maybe in this world friendship between mother in law and daughter in law is never seen.

Lakshmi is the wife of Vishnu and Saraswathi is the wife of Brahmadeva, the son of

Vishnu.

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The difficulty with many of the learned (so called learned I should say) orators is to partially lift from ancient scriptures of Hinduism and add ones own philosophy which is not according to any Hindu Scripture and purvey the whole thing painted as authentic before the audience , who either does not have rudimentary understanding even of the religious tenets.. but pretend to be knowledgeable.. and such pronouncements create misunderstandings and misconceptions..|

Neither religion, nor life are just high sounding platitudes but are emotionally sacrosanct to the believer,..

Sad to say such things and methods proliferate.. If such things are stated without quoting Hindu scriptures and basic Hindu concepts, the statements can be treated as the personal view of the talker and then it is a matter between the orator and the audience....

But this hybrid approach really hurts.. And can hurt our faith..

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Confusion again is only a state of mind..

but that is there like the uncertainty principle in quantum physics.

Then, nobody can introduce anyone to spirituality..everyone is spiritual all along the time-line, not even restricted to any particular life.

And that is not the stuff which can be tackled by mere intellect.

I was hearing a discourse on Gita and the statement that forced me to think over and over was that it is difficult to talk on Gita but it is very easy to live Gita..

How true...

When one shifts to the operating system of Krishna there cannot be any virus attack

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yes, it takes really a solid character even to guess that there are some weak points in oneself..

And it is all the more great if a sincere attempt is made to effect possible corrections..

The attempt itself is really noble

No one really can ever live upto the expectations and the benchmarks set by anyone or anything including himself..

We Hindus actually value Rtam ऋतं and Satyam सत्यं .. the golden rule of condut and the truth..

The desire to tread the right path is more important than even the destination..

Everything else is secondary.

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The purpose of discussion is just to highlight the quirky nature of mind inherent in all of us..

Ego and vanity, and even magnanimity and affection, are all present in all human beings.

The emotions manifest in action or in remarks according to the immediate triggers..

We cannot say all our reaction are either right or entirely wrong..

Through constant effort, perhaps, we may be able to take stands and express our views , about which we may not feel embarrassed later on..

Even this can be followed only to the extent possible.

Every good or bad action just ends or dies away with the moment such action is perpetrated..

We have no control, no means to restructure or erase such actions..

And we need not regret too.

We are created by the good God as we are..

We do not live our lives just to satisfy the periodic appraisal of people around us..

Chitragupta is recording and maintaining our accounts with nano precision, anyway..

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I am almost obsessed with doing things in a very methodical manner..
I do visit again and read my posts even if they are not read by anyone else,,
I ensure that bad grammar and bad spellings are corrected by editing in the subsequent visits..
Sounds nice and funny at the same time!
But obsession with perfection even on small matters appears to be the result of a none too healthy state of mind..
Often I prepare slips, checklists and to-do lists in great detail.. but most of the time I misplace them..
And when it comes to real action, what occurs to the mind at the given moment alone works..
The notes and plans are just on paper, wastage of paper and ink.
Often I go to the extent of preparing index of various checklists... again to miss them.
Giving the slip to the paper slips ..
A methodical (?) life in blunder-land..
I cannot say I am doing these things only during my retired life when all that is available for free is time..
Especially when sleep is minimum adding more content to my excessive baggage of idle time..
I used to have such plans and papers almost all through my life, and thankfully I have never followed such plans..
Just thinking aloud..
My obsession as an individual is just funny..
But as a behvioural trait, there is some food for thought
I may have many sympathetic spirits, who must have sailed the same boat..

The logic of life and karma

      

The logic of life and karma --It can never be defined.. For each it may be something separate... The serpent or cross is just creation of humans in an attempt to identify with something which is not really known.. But Krishna the Blessed Lord has Himself stated in Gita, or we trust Krishna is the one who gave Gita.. that when He is living in this world, He will be doing the Karmas meant for the being or shape or body he has assumed.. Varte eva hi karmani.. ( this quote will be sufficient for one who has thought about Gita).. Trusting in the Omnipotence and Omnicience of God is not wrong.. But holding on to our own prejudices taking shape or substituting as faith is a deadly sin.. And bearded swamijis and seers claiming that they are the middlemen between the man and his Maker is another joke.. People just form groups and define their own functions and make others believe that what they do is the most pious or divinely ordained actions.. and sneer at those who do not recognize the assumed superiority of the so called bhaktha, guru and all.. This is what I see in the society in general, and social media and its posts in particular..

I just trust in God as an all-powerful being and at times He is ready to show mercy too..

I do not care whether God played flute or slept on the bed of a snake or danced atop a serpent.. Or ascended the cross or migrated from one place to another .. I do not care whether those stories are in the realm of facts or fiction..

So I do not subject myself to be persuaded to agree or disagree with any point stressed based simply on a Puranam or itihasam.. If such view is in sync with realities of life, I can accept it.. I have seen Vaikhanasa, Paancharatra texts and the Tantric and Shaiva texts from South India, and Kashmiri and Tibetan books on the subject too.. They are all theories.. There are theories for genesis in the Arab Israeli Zionist culture too. Similar legends are there in Greek, Roman, and some other European lore too.. The African and Latin American, Inca, Red Indian Taoist and many other faiths

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In the Sundarakandam of Srimad Valmikiramayanam, there is a funny description of the monkeys under the leadership of Hanuman and Angad, destroying the garden Madhuvana,, the private drinking spot of their King Sugriva, and getting inebriated by drinking excessive honey..

I just posted the description of the scene and a question was raised suggesting that Hanuman was the Incarnation of Lord Rudra and and so on..

My view is that we have to forget serious things like excessive spirituality and should be able to enjoy the funny part of life.

My comments to that remark.. ( I am just posting for my records)

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You have to remember that Ramayanam of Valmiki is the first full fledged Kavyam in Sanskrit literature..

In a poetic work some leeway is to be given for fun and frolic too..

If I give the definition of a Mahakavyam it may not attract much interest..

To enjoy even the stories of Gods, we have to have a human mind with the understanding of both the ideal and the absurd..

Here, the poet is permitting himself to describe a very happy situation.. where the most arduous mission has been accomplished with complete success.. and the participants are just enjoying..

(the occasion is the monkeys running amok in the Madhuvana of Sugriva to celebrate the success of Hanumas success in locating Sita in Lanka)

We can for a moment think of Hanuman and His friends as just showing their basic qualities as monkeys.. and can just forget the divinity..

Otherwise we cannot enjoy the sublime literary merit of the great Aadikavyam, Ramayanam..

Every piece of literature in India and especially in Sanskrit has two facets.. the spiritual and the mundane..

If we think that the mundane part of a story cannot be enjoyed, we are just losing too much.

Many other parts in Ramayanam can be cited for humour and sarcasm.. Even Hanuman has not been spared elsewhere too..

And even during great Yajnas, the participants used to enjoy dance, song and drama during the evenings.. as could be gathered from description of such functions in the various puranas..

Even Bhagavatham revels in the sportive plays of the boy Krishna and His friends..

Eating, drinking and making merry where a celebration is called for was not considered as taboo in our society at any time.

But as in every social transactions, people should know the limit..

When Shankara said Nahi Nahi Rakshati du krinj karane, he was joking... and every one knows that he was one of the driest philosophers, as they come..

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It is nice, always to think of Brahmam, Jeevatma, Paramatma, Brahma jijnaasaa, Dharma jijnaasaa and so on..

We can identify ourselves with Parabrahmam too..

But we really do not know whether Brahmam gets hungry..

whether brahmam winces in pain if someone steps on its toe,

or whether it has a toothache..

Besides, the philosophers who waxed eloquent about spirituality and the oneness of man with God, too died mostly of old age or diseases..

Even Shankara was not an exception..

So spirited spiritual talk can make sense only when we have our human legs firm on the ground..

True, we get carried away by animated speeches in congregations..

I take care to have my feet firmly held on solid ground..

At least I believe I do .

क्षणं चित्तं क्षणं वित्तं क्षणं जीवति मानवः

 

क्षणं चित्तं क्षणं वित्तं क्षणं जीवति मानवः।

यमस्य करुणा नास्ति धर्मस्य त्वरिता गतिः॥

kṣaṇaṁ cittaṁ kṣaṇaṁ vittaṁ kṣaṇaṁ jīvati mānavaḥ|

yamasya karuṇā nāsti dharmasya tvaritā gatiḥ||

The mind jumps from one thought or idea or decision to the opposite within split seconds

The accumulation of wealth could disappear without any reason within no time

Life might cease and a man can fall as a corpse without warning even for a second

The God of death, the controller of death has no mercy

And the executive hand of Dharma the eternal law acts with dizzying speed.

बलाद्धि विवृणोत्येव भावमन्तर्गतं नृणाम्

आकारच्छाद्यमानोऽपि न शक्यो परिगूहितुम्।

बलाद्धि विवृणोत्येव भावमन्तर्गतं नृणाम्॥

महासुभाषितसङ्ग्रहे ४२६४ वाल्मीकिरामायणे युद्धकाण्डे

ākāracchādyamāno'pi na śakyo parigūhitum|

balāddhi vivṛṇotyeva bhāvamantargataṁ nṛṇām||

mahāsubhāṣitasaṅgrahe 4264 vālmīkirāmāyaṇe yuddhakāṇḍe

It would be virtually impossible to cover up or conceal one’s true physical features and shape even if a person tries his level best to do so. The true colours of men reveal themselves forcibly in spite of all attempts and deception or camouflage..

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I was conscientious( I do not know what that word would mean exactly) central government official of the old school.. When I was working in Pollachi as Income Tax Officer, I was commuting 60 kms either side from Palakkad..

On some nights, I have stayed back in office all alone.. partly to save the tedium of travel, and partly to decimate the daunting workload.

.I would be doing assessments and prima facie adjustments of the returns of income working . continuously for thirteen or fourteen hours..

It was a single officer establishment at that time (I think we have two officers there now), and only one watchman (usually drunk) would be available somewhere outside ( I believed so) ..

and my cabin was the place where one man ( the then owner of the house) had hanged himself..

(In fact the department was keeping that building for almost the last thirty years ago, as the rent was very nominal, because the owners had deserted it after that sad incident.. We were keeping that building till our own building was in place a couple of years ago )

I have not felt any difference..

Later on even as an Additonal commissioner at Palakkad, my own native place, just a couple of years ago and until a few months ago, I would reach office by 8 AM and most others would be making their appearance around 10 AM.. I would haunt the office in solitude on some saturdays and sundays too many time in utter solitude..

(THIS WAS WRITTEN 14 YEARS AGO)

So my experience is that for a Government official, that too a taxman, keeping one's own company would hardly do any damage for his pshyche..

I have a strong feeling that a taxman is already a crackpot, ghost and spirit(may not the liquid called spirit, but might contain the liquid too) all put together, and the usual ogres, demons, demigods and ordinary people too would bolt off giving him ample opportunity to have a lot of time in solitude..

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Life is not happening according to any action plan chalked out by the person who is going through it..

It all depends on the situations.

Offence might be the best defecnce in some cases.. especially when the people around are unfriendly and avaricious..

But can we afford to offend people who are affectionate and even cordial..?

You use a stick to kill a snake.. But no one will use a staff to kill a goat..

Frankness might be the best policy with lovely people, but pretensions alone can work with snobs and hypocrites..

We cannot put all the people and circumstances around us into a single basket of bad and offensive materials,, nor can we equate all around us with angels..

So the best policy should be to choose the path according to the situation, and we should always be circumspect enough to have sufficient moving space to change our strategies even at the last moment..

Life is not made of platitudes, nor of slogans, or slideshows..

An attractive post in Facebook may be appealing and even gather crowds and likes but real life is not that easy or facile..

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I have always belived that if I read thousand pages, hundred good thoughts and two hundred bad thoughts will arise,,

Even out of hundred thoughts, only one or two can be shared..

I mean good thougts..

and bad thoughts have to be nipped in the bud itself..and it is very difficult

Now I am not able to concentrate and read much..

The flow of bad thoughts continues unabated

but there is hardly any good thought to share..

So it is a very dry and lean period for me..

God only can decide whether I will get out of this blind alley ever..

श्रीगणेशपञ्चरत्नस्तोत्रं

श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥
श्रीगणेशपञ्चरत्नस्तोत्रं

मुदाकरात्तमोदकं सदाविमुक्तिसाधकं
कलाधरावतंसकं विलासिलोकरञ्जकम् ।
अनायकैकनायकं विनाशितेभदैत्यकं
नताशुभाशुनाशकं नमामि तं विनायकम् ॥ १॥


नतेतरातिभीकरं नवोदितार्कभास्वरं
नमत्सुरारिनिर्जरं नताधिकापदुद्धरम् ।
सुरेश्वरं निधीश्वरं गजेश्वरं गणेश्वरं
महेश्वरं तमाश्रये परात्परं निरन्तरम् ॥ २॥

समस्तलोकशङ्करं निरस्तदैत्यकुञ्जरं
दरेतरोदरं वरं वरेभवक्त्रमक्षरम् ।
कृपाकरं क्षमाकरं मुदाकरं यशस्करं
मनस्करं नमस्कृतां नमस्करोमि भास्वरम् ॥ ३॥

अकिञ्चनार्तिमार्जनं चिरन्तनोक्तिभाजनं
पुरारिपूर्वनन्दनं सुरारिगर्वचर्वणम् ।
प्रपञ्चनाशभीषणं धनञ्जयादिभूषणं
कपोलदानवारणं भजे पुराणवारणम् ॥ ४॥

नितान्तकान्तदन्तकान्तिमन्तकान्तकात्मजं
अचिन्त्यरूपमन्तहीनमन्तरायकृन्तनम् ।
हृदन्तरे निरन्तरं वसन्तमेव योगिनां
तमेकदन्तमेव तं विचिन्तयामि सन्ततम् ॥ ५॥


महागणेश्पञ्चरत्नमादरेण योऽन्वहं
प्रगायति प्रभातके हृदि स्मरन् गणेश्वरम् ।
अरोगतामदोषतां सुसाहितीं सुपुत्रतां
समाहितायुरष्टभूतिमभ्युपैति सोऽचिरात् ॥ ६॥




śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ॥
śrīgaṇeśapañcaratnastotraṃ

mudākarāttamodakaṃ sadāvimuktisādhakaṃ
kalādharāvataṃsakaṃ vilāsilokarañjakaṃ ।
anāyakaikanāyakaṃ vināśitebhadaityakaṃ
natāśubhāśunāśakaṃ namāmi taṃ vināyakaṃ ॥ 1॥
natetarātibhīkaraṃ navoditārkabhāsvaraṃ

namatsurārinirjaraṃ natādhikāpaduddharaṃ ।
sureśvaraṃ nidhīśvaraṃ gajeśvaraṃ gaṇeśvaraṃ
maheśvaraṃ tamāśraye parātparaṃ nirantaraṃ ॥ 2॥
samastalokaśaṅkaraṃ nirastadaityakuñjaraṃ

daretarodaraṃ varaṃ varebhavaktramakṣaraṃ ।
kṛpākaraṃ kṣamākaraṃ mudākaraṃ yaśaskaraṃ
manaskaraṃ namaskṛtāṃ namaskaromi bhāsvaraṃ ॥ 3॥

akiñcanārtimārjanaṃ cirantanoktibhājanaṃ

purāripūrvanandanaṃ surārigarvacarvaṇaṃ ।
prapañcanāśabhīṣaṇaṃ dhanañjayādibhūṣaṇaṃ
kapoladānavāraṇaṃ bhaje purāṇavāraṇaṃ ॥ 4॥

nitāntakāntadantakāntimantakāntakātmajaṃ
acintyarūpamantahīnamantarāyakṛntanaṃ ।
hṛdantare nirantaraṃ vasantameva yogināṃ
tamekadantameva taṃ vicintayāmi santataṃ ॥ 5॥

mahāgaṇeśpañcaratnamādareṇa yo'nvahaṃ
pragāyati prabhātake hṛdi smaran gaṇeśvaraṃ ।
arogatāmadoṣatāṃ susāhitīṃ suputratāṃ
samāhitāyuraṣṭabhūtimabhyupaiti so'cirāt ॥ 6॥


This is a sublime praise and prayer to Lord Ganesha.. the destroyer of all impediments.. It is believed to have been composed by Shankara and is part of the collection of five gems (pancharatna) hymn in praise of that elephant faced Supreme Lord


1 I fall at the lotus feet in utter submission to Gabesha, the Vinayaka, the one who is superior to all, and therefore has no masters
Who holds the delicious modaka with great relish in his hand
Who is ever capable of granting moksha or emancipation to his devotees
Who wears the crescent moon as an ornament on his head
Who happily leads people who indulge themselves in innocent fun and frolic
Who is the master and protector of all those who are rendered helpless anywhere
Who is the killer of the elephant faced demon named Gajaasura
Who destroys all the inauspicious things that confront those devotees who serve him faithfully.


2. I take shelter under the protective care of that Ganesha
Who is indeed terrible to those who are arrogant and would not bow to him
Who is shining brilliantly just like the rising sun
Who is an ageless god who has no destruction, and is worshipped with reverence by the demons who are the enemies of the gods
Who is ever pleased to give a helping hand that would raise from dangers those who bow to him in reverence.
Who is the suprem god of even the other celestial gods
Who is the master and protector of all the treasures in the universe
Who is the leader of all elephants
Who is the leader of the retinue or bhuthaganas of Lord Shiva
Who is the supreme and glorious one even among the most powerful gods
Who is the ultimate being who transcends all creations.


3. I offer pranams at the feet of that resplendent Ganesha
Who is capable of bringing peace and splendour to the whole worlds
Who has defeated and brought to submission the whole lot of elephant like demons who are the sons of diti
Who is having a stomach which is of huge size,
Who is the best among the best,
Who is having the face of a great elephant,
Who is destructionless,
Who is full of mercy for his devotees
Who is very patient towards his devotees
Who makes all his devotees very happy
Who blesses his devotees with etrnal fame
Who bestows great intelligence and provides great knowledge for those who are bowing before him in obedience.

4.I take shelter seeking benign protection of that God who is indeed the primordial elephant,
Who wipes away the sorrows and wants of all the destitutes
Who is the subject matter of praise through the eternal chants like pranava the omkara
Who is the elder son of Lord Shiva the destroyer of the three cities
Who just chews away the arrogance of the enemies of the gods , the asuras
Who takes a terrible form at the time of deluge where the whole universe faces destruction
Who has adorned himself with serpents like Dhananjaya
Who is having rut flowing out of his cheeks

5. I am meditating for ever on that God Lord Ganesha with a single tusk
Who is unique and without any equals
Who is showering the resplendent beauty of the most attractive single tusk
Who is the son of the Lord Shankara, who killed Yama the god of death.
Whose form is so imposing that it is beyond the imagination of anyone
Who is existing for ever and is without any end
Who is capable of shattering to pieces, the impediments faced by all those who are dependent on Him
and
Who is ever living in the core of the hearts of yogins, the sages or the realized souls.

Note...
Lord Ganesha is having the face of an elephant.. He had two tusks.. But it is believed that He broke one of his tusks and used it as a pen to record Mahabharatam..
Lord Shiva or Shankara, saved Markandeya from death by kicking to death Yama the god of death..

6.Whoever recites and sings these five gems of praise of Lord Ganesha in the morning
Meditating the Lord in the centre of his heart,
He would be blessed immediately with
Robust health
Blemishless life with untarnished fame
Great erudition and knowledge
Abundance in children and grandchildren
And collection of eight powers ..
Aṇimā: reducing one's body to the size of an atom
Mahimā: expanding one's body to an infinitely large size
Garima.. capacity to have any weight or size

Laghimā: becoming almost weightless
Prāpti: ability to be anywhere at will
Prākāmya: realizing whatever one desires
Īśiṭva: supremacy over nature
Vaśiṭva: control of natural forces

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An advocate, if he gives an opinion on an issue unless he is consulted and is retained would be called an idiot and a thengamoodi vakeel..

If a Vadhyar offers service without dakshina it would look odd.

Even teaching without fees, treatment by a doctor without fees.. all make the one who does it only as cheap and jobless..

But people offer free advice in social media and otherwise too..

I have been doing it for the past fifteen years or so right from the time when blogging became popular..

When I read the following quote.. from Manusmriti..which I have explained in my own way years ago I felt that writing in web for public to see is an act of unmitigated idiocy..

This is the reminder to myself on

I do not say I am a wise person, but sure, I have no business to give opinions to others without being asked..

Mea culpa...

I was just wrong..

I should correct myself..

God bless

नापृष्टः कस्यचिद् ब्रूयात् न चान्यायेन पृच्छतः।

जानन्नपि हि मेधावी जडवल्लोक आचरेत्॥

मनुस्मृति

nāpṛṣṭaḥ kasyacid brūyāt na cānyāyena pṛcchataḥ|

jānannapi hi medhāvī jaḍavalloka ācaret||

manusmṛti

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A very poignant and pointed remark by Sage Manu is his monumental Manusmriti.. Relevant for any person of any eon.

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A wise person should never give any advise or even enter into a conversation with somebody unless he is asked first.

A wise person should never care to answer a query which is improper and impolite and is made without any sense of justice

A wise person should remain in this world as if he is ignorant or even immobile or dead for all practical purposes even if he is well aware of all the happenings ( He should be active only if he is requested to be so)

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If we study any ancient texts like vedas, upanishads, tantras, puranams etc it would be seen that the contents are being narrrated only after people all around make very polite entreaties to the one who knew. Ramayana for example is given by Sage Narada to Valmiki only in responce to many submissions by the latter

Our social media culture and media activism seem to have turned things topsy turvy..

Wise or unwise everyone shouts everywhere

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word analysis

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मेधावी a wise person

न not

अपृष्टः without being aksed

कस्यचिद् to anyone

न ब्रूयात् should not tell

अन्यायेन without propriety in an unruly manner

पृच्छतः one who asks

अपि न ब्रूयात् should not reply too

सः He

जानन् अपि even if he has great knowldege

लोके in this world

जडवत् like an inanimate thing

हि आचरेत् should behave