permit Him to continue in the driver's seat

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠..

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧..

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲..

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬.

𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚..

𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲..

𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭.. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫.

𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐭..

𝐈𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫, 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐮𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬..

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧..

𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫.. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐲..

𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮

Musings 160

 

𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙧𝙮

𝙉𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙖𝙖𝙧𝙢, 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙎𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙞, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞 𝙑𝙖𝙙𝙝𝙮𝙖𝙖𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙞 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙚. 𝘼𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙎𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙢, 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞 𝙑𝙖𝙙𝙝𝙮𝙖𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙎𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙞, 𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙖𝙙𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙠𝙖𝙢.

𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙧


𝐌𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭.. 𝐒𝐢𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐲𝐚𝐚𝐲𝐚.. 𝐁𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚 𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚.. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫.. 𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.. 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫.. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧..

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐲𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐦.. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐬..

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬.. 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬?

धीरमपि प्रयत्नवन्तमपि पुरुषमियं खलीकरोति लक्ष्मी

विद्वांसमपि सचेतनमपि महासत्वमपि अभिजातमपि धीरमपि प्रयत्नवन्तमपि पुरुषमियं खलीकरोति लक्ष्मी॥

बाणभट्टविरचिते कादंबर्याः पूर्वभागे॥

vidvāṁsamapi sacetanamapi mahāsatvamapi abhijātamapi dhīramapi prayatnavantamapi puruṣamiyaṁ khalīkaroti lakṣmī||

bānabhaṭṭavircite kādaṁbaryāḥ pūrvabhāge||

A very wise statement by the great Poet Banabhatta in his legendary Gadhyakaavyam.. Kaadambari..

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The irrepressible and quirky minded goddess of wealth Lakshmi can convert even a man

who is learned,

who is sensitive and kind,

who is very strong physically and mentally,

who is high born,

who is very bold and steadfast

and

who is industrious

into a bad, evil minded and wayward person

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Lakshmi is the Goddess who makes one affluent.. Possession of wealth often makes one drunk with arrogance, and easy money makes him a spendthrift and pleasure loving, and makes him prone to all bad habits and bad company too which is easy to acquire when on has easy money to throw around

Of course, if one has money and he would spend it for his own good and the welfare of others, that would be nice..

But that does not happen very often..

Regards

k v ananthanarayanan.

कालानुसृत्यं मूर्खस्य संभाषणमपि सम्मानं प्राप्यते

असमयकथितं परमेश्वरस्य नीतिवाक्यमपि वृथा भवति।

कालानुसृत्यं मूर्खस्य संभाषणमपि सम्मानं प्राप्यते॥

सुभाषिते

asamayakathitaṁ parameśvarasya nītivākyamapi vṛthā bhavati|

kālānusṛtyaṁ mūrkhasya saṁbhāṣaṇamapi sammānaṁ prāpyate||

subhāṣite

A very realistic traditional sanskrit couplet

If,the pronouncement of proper law given by Lord Parameshwara himself is quoted at the worng place and at the wrong time ti may become ineffective and useless.

Even a blabbering by an idiot, if it would suit the occasion would become appropriate and effective too..

Timing is very important..

The target audience is also of great relevance..

Good words, good advice given to an unruly mob or to a set of senseless people would never have any effect..

Regards

k v ananthanarayanan

वृद्धकाले मृता भार्या बन्धुहस्तगतं

वृद्धकाले मृता भार्या बन्धुहस्तगतं धनम्।

भोजनं च पराधीनं तिस्रः पुंसां विडंबना॥

चाटुवाक्य

വൃദ്ധകാലേ മൃതാ ഭാര്യാ ബന്ധുഹസ്തഗതം ധനം.

ഭോജനം ച പരാധീനം തിസ്രഃ പുംസാം വിഡംബനാ..

ചാടുവാക്യം

vṛddhakāle mṛtā bhāryā bandhuhastagataṁ dhanam|

bhojanaṁ ca parādhīnaṁ tisraḥ puṁsāṁ viḍaṁbanā||

cāṭuvākya

the most distressing and painful situations for men in their lives are the following three

Death of wife when one is aged

Own money being given to relatives for safe custody or as loan

Dependence on others for daily meals

Death of wife is obviously the most painful thing that can happen to a man.. A man is just helpless, even though he may pretend otherwise, if his wife is gone.. And the dependence becomes more and more inevitable as he gets older.. The ladies are perhaps better in this matter.. They may adjust or fight with childrens, children in law and all and somehow carry on.. But an old man is just dead the moment his wife is gone..

If we are reasonably affluent, we tend to entrust some of our money and assets with our relatives, be it own children, siblings or even friends.. But sooner or later we would realize that our money and wealth are our own only if they are in our absolute control.. and in the most liquid form.. Any sort of handing over to others, hampers the optimum utility of our own money when it is reallly required.. And when we ask back we gain enmity too..

And depending on others for food even if we pay for it, can make us miserable.. Perhaps the only persons we can deman food from at any time are our mother and the wife.. Mother would depart much earlier than us.. And the distress of losing the wife has already been pointed out earlier..

These are clear sources of sorrow.. But it is not in our hands to avoid any on the three situations.. Only God can save us..

Regards

k v ananthanarayanan.

मन्त्रभ्रंशे सम्प्रदायः प्रयोगश्च्युतसंस्कृतौ

मन्त्रभ्रंशे सम्प्रदायः प्रयोगश्च्युतसंस्कृतौ ।

देशधर्मस्त्वनाचारे पृच्छतां सिद्धमुत्तरम् ॥

Manthrabhramshe sampradaayaH prayoga chyutha samskrutau

deshdharmastvanaachaare prucchataam siddhamuthtaram

𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲, 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗲𝘁𝗰..

𝗧𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗿𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿…

“ 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄”

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗿𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗱..

“ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗴𝗮.. 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆”

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗿𝘂 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗰 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘀, 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘆,

“ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮 “

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴.. 𝗦𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗯 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝗿𝘂 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀… 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.. 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗴𝘂𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼.

A quote from Chatuchanakam… an anthology of funny quotes.

മന്ത്രഭ്രംശേ സമ്പ്രദായഃ പ്രയോഗശ്ച്യുത സംസ്കൃതൌ

ദേശധര്മ്മസ്ത്വനാചാരെ പൃഛതാം സിദ്ധമുത്തരം

അപക്വമായ അറിവും വാചകക്കസര്‍ത്തും കൈമുതലാക്കി പൊതുജനത്തെ കൈയ്യിലെടുത്തു ഗുരുക്കന്മാരും ആധ്യാത്മിക ചിന്തകരും ആയി വിലസുന്ന ബുദ്ധിജീവികളും, ഗുരുക്കന്മാരും, സ്വാമിമാരും എല്ലാം പലപ്പോഴും അവര്‍ പടച്ചുവിടുന്ന വിവരക്കേടുകള്‍ക്ക് വിശദീകരണം നല്‍കേണ്ടതായ സന്ദര്‍ഭങ്ങള്‍ അഭിമുഖീകരിക്കാറുണ്ട്. വിവരക്കേടും, നാവിന്റെ പിഴയും എല്ലാം ഇതിനു കാരണമാവാം. പക്ഷെ ഇത്തരം വിഡ്ഢിത്തങ്ങള്‍ക്കും വൈരുധ്യങ്ങള്‍ക്കും മറുപടി നല്‍കി മുഖം രക്ഷിക്കാന്‍ അവര്‍ പലേ തന്ത്രങ്ങളും സൂത്രങ്ങളും പ്രയോഗിക്കാറുണ്ട്. അവയില്‍ ചിലത് ഈ ശ്ലോകത്തില്‍ കാണാം .

മന്ത്രങ്ങളും സൂത്രങ്ങളും തെറ്റായോ മുഴുവനും അല്ലാതെയോ ചൊല്ലുമ്പോള്‍ അവര്‍ പറയും.. “ ഇതാണ് ഞങ്ങള്‍ തുടരുന്ന സമ്പ്രദായം”

ഭാഷാ പ്രയോഗത്തിലോ, വ്യാകരണത്തിലോ ഉച്ചാരണത്തിലോ പിഴവ് വന്നാല്‍ ഇമകള്‍ പോലും ചിമ്മാതെ അവരി പറയും.. “ ഇത് ആര്‍ഷപ്രയോഗം ആണ്.. വ്യാകരണനിയമങ്ങള്‍ ഇന്നത്തെപ്പോലെ അല്ലായിരുന്ന കാലത്ത് ഈ പ്രയോഗം ശരിയായിരുന്നു.”

ഒരു ആചാരമോ അനുഷ്ടാനമോ വിവരക്കേടുകൊണ്ട് തെറ്റായും കീഴ്വഴക്കങ്ങള്‍ക്കും ആധികാരികഗ്രന്ഥങ്ങളില്‍ പറഞ്ഞതിനും വിപരീതമായി പ്രയോഗിക്കുമ്പോള്‍ അയാള്‍ക്ക് ഈ മറുപടി ഉണ്ടാവും.. “ ഈ പ്രദേശത്തെ നാട്ടുനടപ്പ് ഇങ്ങനെയാണ്.. ഇത് ഈ നാട്ടിന്‍റെ പ്രത്യേകത ആണ്.”

പാവം പൊതുജനം. അവര്‍ക്ക് ഇതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് വലിയ് ഗ്രാഹ്യം ഒന്നും ഉണ്ടാവില്ല. ഗുരുവിന്റെയും പുരോഹിതന്റെയും വാകുകളില്‍ അവര്‍ വീഴും. പിന്നെ ചോദ്യങ്ങള്‍ ഒന്നും ഉണ്ട്ടവാന്‍ സാധ്യതയില്ല.

രാഷ്ട്രീയക്കാരും ഇത് തന്നെയല്ലേ ചെയ്യുന്നത്?

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न प्ररोहति वाक्क्षतम्

रोहति सायकैर्विद्धम् छिन्नम् रोहति चासिना।

वचो दुरूक्तम् बीभत्सम् न प्ररोहति वाक्क्षतम्॥

पञ्चतन्त्रे॥

rohati sāyakairviddham chinnam rohati cāsinā|

vaco durūktam bībhatsam na prarohati vākkṣatam||

pañcatantre||

A person wounded by arrows would recover from the wound in due course... A plant or tree whose branches are chopped by a sword would sprout fresh branches and live on ..

But bad and repugnant words cause wounds which would never allow the victim to recover.. The damage caused by bad words is permanent..

This is a quote from Panchatantram..

அம்புகளால் தாக்கப்பெட்டு உடம்பில் வரும் காயம் சில நாட்களில் ஆறிவிடும்.. மரத்தின் கிளைகளை வாளான் வெட்டினால் மீண்டும் கிளைகள் வளர்த்துவரும்.

ஆனால் தீய வார்த்தைகளால் ஏற்படும் காயங்கள் மட்டும் எததனை காலம் சென்றார்லும் ஆறவே ஆறாது.

त्यजेत् क्षुधार्ता महिला स्वपुत्रम्

त्यजेत् क्षुधार्ता महिला स्वपुत्रम्

खादेत्क्षुधार्ता भुजगी स्वमण्डम्।

बुभुक्षितः किम् न करोति पापम्

क्षीणा नरा निष्करुणा भवन्ति॥

हितोपदेशात्

tyajet kṣudhārtā mahilā svaputram

khādetkṣudhārtā bhujagī svamaṇḍam|

bubhukṣitaḥ kim na karoti pāpam

kṣīṇā narā niṣkaruṇā bhavanti||

hitopadeśāt

Driven by black hunger, a mother may abandon her own son ( because there will be a lesser stomach to starve..)

Driven by the same hunger, a female snake would break and eat her own eggs..

There is no sin that a hungry person will not incur

The man weakened by hunger becomes cruel and heartless..

கொடும் பசியால் தவிக்கும் தாய் தன் மகனையும் இழக்க துணிந்து விடுவாள்

பசி தாங்காமல் பெண் பாம்பு தனது முட்டையை தின்று விடும்..

பசியுற்ற மனிதன் எந்த பாவத்தையும் செய்ய தயங்கமாட்டான்..

பசியால் சோர்வடைந்த மனிதனுடைய மனம் கருணையை இழக்கிறது

from HITOPADESHAM

Prioritize.. or stagnate

Prioritize.. or stagnate

कार्यबहुत्वे बहुतरमायतिकं कुर्यात्॥

चाणाक्यसूत्रं २२७

kāryabahutve bahutaramāyatikaṁ kuryāt||

cāṇākyasūtraṁ 227

When there are many pending actions, one should try to perform the task which is the most important and which is of greater utility for many people..

This is an advice from Chanakya, in his monumental treatise the Chanakyasootra..

Looks so simple and the reader may say, it is so elementary..

and we may think we follow this dictum almost universally..

But it is really not so.. We dither, we procrastinate.

Life is complex.. We are exposed to so many tasks..

Our tendency would be to work on easy tasks on hand ..

But sure, there will be more difficult and complex tasks too and tackling them alone would carry our lives ahead..

So, whether we like it or not we will have to prioritise and finish off complex tasks too....

There are no easy ways out all the time..

The only way to exist and thrive is to enter the field and work.. And work really hard at that..

न वदन्ति गुणोन्नताः

साभिमानमसंभाष्यमौचित्यच्युतमप्रियम्।

दुःखावमानदीनं वा न वदन्ति गुणोन्नताः॥

क्षेमेन्द्र

sābhimānamasaṁbhāṣyamaucityacyutamapriyam|

duḥkhāvamānadīnaṁ vā na vadanti guṇonnatāḥ||

kṣemendra

A quote from poet and scholar Kshemendra

People who are of noble conduct never attempt to enter into conversation with

a person who is conceited.. that is thinks too much of himself

a person who is not responsive to normal conversation

a person who has fallen from a state of propriety

a person who would respond only with nasty retorts and unpleasant things

a person who is excessively bowed down and depressed by incidence of sorrow or insult

In short, dialogue can be effective only with a person who would sensibly respond and keep his manners..

Perhaps social media is an exception..

Regards

k v ananthanarayanan

musings 159

The relation between the maker and his creation can be very simple, or the most complicated as the created being makes it out for itself..

There is absolutely no confusion on the part of the maker. In fact what we see in our God is just our own reflection .

The supreme being, it would appear, is just a plane mirror, with the only difference that the image is not having lateral inversion..

The simple belief that He has sent us to this earth with a purpose known to Him alone and that we are just moving along the path illuminated by Him.. is the easiest and the best.

From this simple article of faith, we can, if we choose, make the relation more and more complex..

We first complicate the issue by trying to superimpose our whims and fancies over His exalted will and wisdom..

We go further to expect that He should run our lives as we wish and this is something which cannot make any sense..

Just think if each constituent of the universe is acting or is expecting the maker to act according to their own wishes!

There can be only chaos, and God is not there to create chaos and destroy his own sweet creation..

Further we go and start comparing our relation with Him with that of another being with God..

This complicates the issue further.

A parent loves all his children equally, as a rule..

So why should the children compare the depth of His love and make life complicated?

Then the relationship becomes most complicated when the being created by Him starts to barter and negotiate with Him, saying that he will offer this or that to the Maker in return to any favour shown..

In the first place, all that is with the creation belong to the Maker, and what is there to barter or give as a prize?

Faith in Him with no expectations and no challenges is the best way of connection we can make with Him.

But we are living mostly with an illusion of self importance..

समौ चिद्धस्तौ न समं विविष्टः सम्मातरा चिन्न समं दुहाते।

समौ चिद्धस्तौ न समं विविष्टः सम्मातरा चिन्न समं दुहाते। यमयोश्चिन्न समा वीर्याणि ज्ञाति चित्सन्तो न समं पृणितः॥

ऋग्वेदे १०-११७-९

samau ciddhastau na samaṁ viviṣṭaḥ sammātarā cinna samaṁ duhāte| yamayościnna samā vīryāṇi jñāti citsanto na samaṁ pṛṇitaḥ||

ṛgvede 10-117-9

(समौ चित्-हस्तौ समं न विविष्टः) समानावपि हस्तौ कार्ये न समानं प्रवेश कुरुतः

(सं मातरा चित्-न समं दुहाते) शिशोर्निर्माणकर्त्र्यो द्वौ धात्र्यौ समानं दुग्धं न पाययतः

(यमयोः-चित्-न समा वीर्याणि) सहजातयोर्मनुष्ययोर्न समानि बलानि भवन्ति

(ज्ञाती चित् सन्तौ न समं पृणीतः) एकवंशकौ पुरुषावपि धनादिना समानं न तर्पयतः दाने न स्पर्धा तुलना वा कार्या दानं तु स्वश्रद्धया देयम्-दातव्यमेव ॥९॥

a great quote from Rigvedam.. it implies that even persons or things originating from the very same source may not be equally good or beneficial in their attributes and achievements.. So doing favour or disfavour by comparing their status is prohibited. There should be no discrimination among donees while we are making gifts or offering benefits.

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The meaning of the mantram is

Every man is born with two hands.. But when it comes to action the two hands act with varied efficiencies.

The same mother or foster mother might be feeding two children.. but the quality and quantity of such nurturing cannot be exactly same..

( Some also interpret this line as indicating two cows from the same mother cow.. giving different quantity of milk)

Even two siblings born as twins never possess or grow up having the same physical strength

Therefore people, friends and relatives of the same origin or clan may not all be equal.. But the consideration while making gifts or assistance to them should not vary for that reason..

We should not discriminate just because all in group have not equally attainment..

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The idea of egalitarianism with a human face..

It is heartening to find that idea embedded in our first Veda.. the Rig Veda.. whose composition is traced back to ten millenniums by some scholars and not later than five millinniums by others.

Regards

k v ananthanarayanan

मुखम् पद्मदलाकारम् वाचा चन्दनशीतला।

मुखम् पद्मदलाकारम् वाचा चन्दनशीतला।

हृदयम् क्रोधसम्युक्तम् त्रिविधम् धूर्तलक्षणम्॥

mukham padmadalākāram vācā candanaśītalā|

hṛdayam krodhasamyuktam trividham dhūrtalakṣaṇam||

The suave but cruel person can be detected by these three signs.

His face would be as bright and soft as a soft petal of lotus.

His words will be as soothing and cool as if it is like a balm made of sandal paste..

But

His heart will be seething with uncontrollable rage ready to erupt at any time..

நல்லவனாக வேஷம் போடும் கொடியவநின் மூன்று அடையாளங்கள்

தாமரை இதழ் போலிருக்கும் முகம்

சந்தனத்தை வெல்லும் குளிர்ந்த பேச்சு

ஆனால் குரோதம் நிறைந்திருக்கும் இதயம்..

मदोपशमनम् शास्त्रम् खलानाम् कुरुते मदम्

मदोपशमनम् शास्त्रम् खलानाम् कुरुते मदम्।

चक्षुः प्रकाशकम् तेजः उलूखानामिवान्धताम्॥

madopaśamanam śāstram khalānām kurute madam|

cakṣuḥ prakāśakam tejaḥ ulūkhānāmivāndhatām||

The study of scriptures and sciences make ordinary people humble and divests them of any arrogance.. But in the case of the evil fellow, such study increases his arrogance..

Bright sunlight helps everyone to see things clearly.. But that light makes owls temporarily blind..

சிறந்த நூல்களை படித்தால் நல்லவனுக்கு எளிமை வருகிறது.. ஆனால் அதே படிப்பு தீயவனின்ஆணவத்தை வலுப்பெடுதுகிறது ..

சூரிய ஒளி அனைவருக்கும் தெளிவாக காண உதவுகிறது. ஆனால் அதே வெளிச்சம் ஆந்தையை குருடன் ஆகிறது.

अन्यायेनोपर्जितेनैव द्रव्येण सुकृतं कृतं।

अन्यायेनोपर्जितेनैव द्रव्येण सुकृतं कृतं।

न कीर्तिरिहलोके च परलोके न तत्फलम्॥

देवीभागवते

anyāyenoparjitenaiva dravyeṇa sukṛtaṁ kṛtaṁ|

na kīrtirihaloke ca paraloke na tatphalam||

devībhāgavate

A very basic statement of ethics.

Even if one uses his whole wealth aquired and accumulated through unfair an unjust means,

He can never gain fame and welfare in this world

and

He will lhave no virtues of punyams to keep his company when he goes to the nether world after his death..

Yes, our way of life always stresses on the proper path to reach the proper destination..

Of course we read stories of Robin Hood or Kayamkulam Kochunni.. the thugs and robbers who are potrayed as doing good to the weak and meek using the assets they pllundered..

Those stories are very nice to read.. First because, the tendency to be off the strict and straight forward is a kink in almost all persons.. Secondly when one has money and when he is prepared to throw a few crumbs around, he becomes accepted by all around..

Of course, we can understand life only to a certain lever.. Beyond that we place ourselves at the disposal of some being whom we presums and even define as the embodiment of truth, fairness, mercy and all that is good..

And we are often taught the lesson by that unseen entity that material advantage might add to our comforts when things are just moving on calmly, crises are waiting at every corner, and such crises could be overcome only of there is some divine interference.. And no quantity of money can give us comfort at such situations..

I think the idea of fairplay in life and its activities.. is to be accepted without pondering over the logic for it..

Regards

k v ananthanarayanan.

यः पठति लिखति पश्यति परिपृच्छति पण्डितान्

यः पठति लिखति पश्यति परिपृच्छति पण्डितान्।

तस्य दिवाकरकिरर्णैः नलिनीदलम् इव विस्तारिता बुद्धिः॥

yaḥ paṭhati likhati paśyati paripṛcchati paṇḍitān|

tasya divākarakiraṇaiḥ nalinīdalam iva vistāritā buddhiḥ||

Another nugget of wisdom.. and grace

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One who persists with reading, and writing, one who observes things around him with due diligence, one who never hesitates to ask learned people questions with due respect

his intellect just expands just like the petal of the lotus flower when they get exposed to the rays of the Sun..

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It would look as if it is a homily.. But in a small couplet a huge power pack of wisdom is loaded.. That is the beauty of Sanskrit and Indian wisdom..

Of course, we must set our priorities rightly..

Reading can be just mugging up anything.. Even sensational and pornographic material can be read by many.. They will cause only doom..except for those who produce such trash commercially. The process of reading involves the process of the right material for reading too..

writing too can be mechanical or intelligent..

Seeing... The good Lord has given us two eyes enabling us to see almost anything around us.. beautiful or ugly, bright or dark, pleasant or disgusting.. So seeing is not merely focussing our eyes on something and getting images formed on our retina..One who can readily segregate what he sees into relevant, irrelevant and evil.. really sees.

And asking questions.. first the questions should come from our thirst for knowledge.. and the questions should be directed towards the proper target.. the really learned and noble teacher.. We can harm ourselves through selection of bad quetions and adoption of the wrong attitude.. and if we get the answers from the wrong person, or in the wrong way.. There again diligence is the watchword.

And speaking, seeing, hearing.. all these actually involve all our sense organs and functional organs and the mind-spirit core inside us too..

Regards

k v ananthanarayanan.

പാലം കടക്കുവോളം നാരായണ പാലം കടന്നാല്‍ കൂരായണ

कार्यार्थी भजते लोकं यावत्कार्यं न सिद्ध्यति।

उत्तीर्णे च परे पारे नौकायाः किम् प्रयिजनम्।

kāryārthī bhajate lokaṁ yāvatkāryaṁ na siddhyati|

uttīrṇe ca pare pāre naukāyāḥ kim prayijanam|

A very practical statement.. a nugget of realism

As long a a person has something to be gained from the society or the world at large, he would declare his faithfulness and even would wait for the pleasure of others.. But once his purpose is served, he can show his true colours..

When one has to cross a river, he is very much attached to a boat that would ferry him across.. But once the other bank is reached, he will have no use for the boat..

Remembering the path travelled and feeling gratitude are nice qualities.. but they come only when we cultivate . But our natural propensities are not that noble..

In Malayalam there is a popular saying

പാലം കടക്കുവോളം നാരായണ പാലം കടന്നാല്‍ കൂരായണ

Paalam katakkuvolam naaraayanaa paalam katannaal kooraayan

A fellow has to cross a narrow bridge with a spate of water undeneath.. He hesitantly steps on the bridge and takes every step along uttering with great devotion the name of Lord Narayana..

But after he has stepped out of the bridge on the other side, and has placed his feet on firm grounds, he looks back and shouts with scant respect.. " Kooraayana" ( just to indicate that he cares a damn for the protector deity-- now that his purpose is served)

It is not exaggeration.. Basically we are like that..

Philanthropy is more on paper and microphone that in real life..

This lesson should be learned more by those who have served all their lives and are tempted to expect some help from those whom they helped..

regards

k v ananthanarayanan

आचार्यो ब्रह्मणो मूर्तिः पिता मूर्तिः प्रजापतेः

आचार्यो ब्रह्मणो मूर्तिः पिता मूर्तिः प्रजापतेः

माता पृथिव्या मूर्तिस्तु भ्राता स्वो मूर्तिरात्मनः।

यं मातापितरौ क्लेशं सहेत संभवे नृणाम्।

न तस्य निष्कृतिः शक्या कर्तुं वर्षशतैरपि।

तयोर्न्नित्यं प्रियं कुर्यादाचार्यस्य च सर्वदा।

तेष्वेव त्रिषु तुष्टेषु तपः सर्वं समाप्यते।

तेषां त्रयाणां शुश्रूषा परमं तप उच्यते।

न तैरभ्यनुज्ञातो धर्ममन्यं समाचरेत्॥

मनुस्मृत्याम्॥

ācāryo brahmaṇo mūrtiḥ pitā mūrtiḥ prajāpateḥ

mātā pṛthivyā mūrtistu bhrātā svo mūrtirātmanaḥ|

yaṁ mātāpitarau kleśaṁ saheta saṁbhave nṛṇām|

na tasya niṣkṛtiḥ śakyā kartuṁ varṣaśatairapi|

tayornnityaṁ priyaṁ kuryādācāryasya ca sarvadā|

teṣveva triṣu tuṣṭeṣu tapaḥ sarvaṁ samāpyate|

teṣāṁ trayāṇāṁ śuśrūṣā paramaṁ tapa ucyate|

na tairabhyanujñāto dharmamanyaṁ samācaret||

manusmṛtyām||

A quote from Manusmriti

The people who think themselves to be modern and secular make it a point always to curse whatever that is said by Manu, the greatest lawmaker of India.

Our Dharmashastras... we have many of them .. pronounced by many sages.. some two hundred and odd as discovered till date.. all follow the manusmriti.. Manusmriti is the last word on law, as long as there is no conflict with Vedas.. and obviously what we find in Manusmriti is never at loggerhead with Vedas..

The quote above, I presume is to be accepted universally, by all, whether Hindus or Atheists.. They just touch upon the core of our existence..

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Meaning of the slokas.

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The preceptor of Guru is equal to Brahma the creator himself

Our own father is equal to the primordial patriarch.. the Prajapati.. from whom all human kind was born

Our own mother is equal to mother earth herself.

Our own brother is equal to our own self..

The sufferings undergone by our mother and father to give us birth and nurture us, cannot be compensated even if we serve them with devotion for hundred years.

So all human beings should conduct themselves in such a way that the parents are always please..

The same duty is to be discharged in respect to the preceptor, the teacher, the acharya too.

All our penance, endeavours, and actions would be effective and worthy only if these three are ever happy..

Our life and penance have meaning only then.

Faithful service to the parents and the preceptor is considered as the most supreme penance.

That is the primary Dharma

And if we are to act in pursuance of any other dhrama, that should be done only after getting the clear and definity consent from the three... the mother, father and the preceptor

Some may say this is too melodramatic.

But this was the enforceable law in India.. when Sanatana Dharma was at its glorious reign..

Regards

k v ananthanarayanan

𝓐 𝓯𝓮𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓷 𝓢𝓸𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹𝓼

𝓐 𝓯𝓮𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓷 𝓢𝓸𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹𝓼. 𝓮𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓲𝓷 𝔀𝓮𝓫-𝓫𝓪𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓼𝓸𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓹𝓼..𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓫𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓻𝓾𝓵𝓮𝓼..

𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀. 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗯-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀..𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀..

𝟭. 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴.. 𝗜𝗳 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲.. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮.. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝗵𝗲/𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗶 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀..

𝟮.. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻.. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱.. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽..

𝟯. 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀(𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴) 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆.. 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼..

𝟰.𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼,, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲.. 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗩𝘆𝗮𝘀𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲...

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗼, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽..

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲,𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗼𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗼𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆..

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼, 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲..

𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲..𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻..

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗳 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲, 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳..

𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀..

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀..

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀..

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵..𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀.

𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 ..

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁

𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬..

𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬..

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞, 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲..

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬.

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭..

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨..

𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬..

𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨 ?

𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬..

𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭..

𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫..

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐛 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐝.. 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐝..

𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦..

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫..

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥..

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲?

𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐞 .. 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭.

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𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗱..

𝗛𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲, 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗳 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁..

𝗢𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝗸,

"𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲?..

𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗱..

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲..

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 ..

𝗔 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲..𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘆,"𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼."

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विद्या विघ्नकराणि षट्

स्वच्छन्दत्वं धनार्थित्वं प्रेमभावोऽथ भोगिता।

अविनीतत्वमालस्यं विद्या विघ्नकराणि षट्॥

सुभाषितशतके १-९८

svacchandatvaṁ dhanārthitvaṁ premabhāvo'tha bhogitā|

avinītatvamālasyaṁ vidyā vighnakarāṇi ṣaṭ||

subhāṣitaśatake 1-98

In this subhashitam, six character traits are enumerated as roadblocks to acquisition of knowledge.

1.. Learning just for pleasure, without trying to understand the subject in its proper seriousness

2.. Learning keeping in mind just the profits and gains and benefits that would arise from such study.

3.. Allowing the learning process to be affected by romance and such distracting pastimes

4. Tendency to consume and enjoy.. and make merry.. in preferece to the learning process

5. Arrogance.. tendency to assume that one knows everything.. and all others are never upto ones own standard

6... Laziness.. finding excuses not to pursue.. trying to discover shortcuts.. tendency to learn with minimum effort..

Of course, every learner if attacked by these bugs to some extent .. But then the learning process is a stiff fight against such deterrents..

regards....

k v ananthanarayanan

उद्योगस्तत्र कारणं

यत्कीटैः पांसुभिः श्लक्ष्णैर्वल्मीकः क्रियते महान्।

न तत्र बलसामर्थ्यमुद्योगस्तत्र कारणम्॥

सुभाषितशतके १-९७

yatkīṭaiḥ pāṁsubhiḥ ślakṣṇairvalmīkaḥ kriyate mahān|

na tatra balasāmarthyamudyogastatra kāraṇam||

subhāṣitaśatake 1-97

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a very challenging poser to our sense of great might and physical capability.. found in a matter of fact subhAshitam..

The imposing ant hill is created and built by tiny termites, using trifling specks of sand, soil and clay, carried in too small quantities at a time, but all the time.

Here the reason for such creation is not really physical strengtht, but it is the perseverence and untiring effort without giving up..

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A great lesson indeed.

A credit balance of strength or power may give a nice start for any project..

But only if the constituents and workers sweat it day in and day out, the project can be completed..

Work, more work, and work again.. and work till the task is finished..

That only makes sense

May be one can rest a little..

and then start working on the next task.. and puruse again

For work is worship..

Work is life..

Lack of work is just death and decay..

The wage for the work is the capacity to work itself.

Work is a weapon which gets sharper and sharper as we work..

But then the trick lies in efficent channelizing..

Have a nice day filled with work..

Regards

k v ananthanarayanan

it all depends on what you mean by happiness

it all depends on what you mean by happiness..

Happiness a cliche.. It is happiness for a snake to eat a frog.. but for the frog ?

I am reminded of the tantrums of a vagrant person who came to the backyard of the kitchen of a rich household , where a feast was in the making..

The man saw a bunch of plantain fruits suspended from the ceiling..

He hovered around scratching his head and praying to himself that the cook might give him two plantains..

The cook saw him and asked why the fellow was loitering around.

Shy by nature, the man replied,

" I would be happy to have a little fire"..

The cook just picked out a burning log and handed it over to the expectant wanderer..

Suddenly, the latter got angry glowered at the cook and shouted,

"ഇച്ചിരി തീ എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞാല്‍ രണ്ടു പയം. ഇതറിയില്ലേ?"..

"Don't you know that I meant two plantains, when I asked for a little fire?''..

This is what happens.. we just think and define something according to our wishes and limited perceptions and assume and expect that others also understand and interpret in the same way..

it is not possible..

अव्याकरणमधीतं भिन्नद्रोण्या तरङ्गिणीतरणम्

अव्याकरणमधीतं भिन्नद्रोण्या तरङ्गिणीतरणम्।

भेषजमपथ्यसहितं त्रयमिदमकृतं वरं न कृतम्॥

सुभाषितशतके १-८७

avyākaraṇamadhītaṁ bhinnadroṇyā taraṅgiṇītaraṇam|

bheṣajamapathyasahitaṁ trayamidamakṛtaṁ varaṁ na kṛtam||

subhāṣitaśatake 1-87

Another sane advice from our elders

The following three things are better if they are not done, rather than being done

1. Study of a language without proper training in grammar

2. Travel and attempt to cross a huge ocean or river in a leaking or broken boat

3 Taking medicine without following the rules of diet prescribed by the physician

Yes, we need not experiment with situations and ideas which are doomed to bring us disaster only.. and we can know that even without much thought..

Regards

k v ananthanarayanan

अरसिकेषु कवित्वनिवेदनं

इतर तापशतानि यदृच्छया वितर तानि सहे चतुरानन।

अरसिकेषु कवित्वनिवेदनं शिरसि मा लिख मा लिख मा लिख॥

itara tāpaśatāni yadṛcchayā vitara tāni sahe caturānana|

arasikeṣu kavitvanivedanaṁ śirasi mā likha mā likha mā likha||

ഇതര താപശതാനി യദൃച്ഛയാ വിതര താനി സഹേ ചതുരാനന

അരസികേഷു കവിത്വനിവേദനം ശിരസി മാ ലിഖ മാ ലിഖ മാ ലിഖ

Oh Lord of Fate, Brahma! you prescribe any suffering for me according to your wishes. I have no complaints. I shall put up with them without any grumble.

But please spare me from the ordeal of discussing great works of art and literature in the company of disinterested persons..( Please do not write a decree to that effect on my head)

It is believed that Brahmadeva or Vidhi maintains the debits and credits of our deeds and as and when we die and are born again, the accounts are recorded in our scalps ( I do not know whether some people are created with bald pate so that the accounts can be read easily.)

The accounts of Fate are strict and accurate. So the poet is ready to accept the accounts without any appeals or requests for condonation..

But all said and done, being forced to discuss great poetry and literature with a moron is worse than death itself for a person who loves the Muses..Hence the prayer..

तुषैरपि परिभ्रष्टा न प्ररोहति तण्डुलाः

संहतिः श्रेयसी राजन् विगुणेष्वपि बन्धुषु।

तुषैरपि परिभ्रष्टा न प्ररोहति तण्डुलाः॥

सुभाषितशतके १-६१

saṁhatiḥ śreyasī rājan viguṇeṣvapi bandhuṣu|

tuṣairapi paribhraṣṭā na prarohati taṇḍulāḥ||

subhāṣitaśatake 1-61

A very valid advise.

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Having close connection and contacts with ones own relatives, even if they are of no use or benefit whatsoever, is for our own good..

The paddy or rice, can germinate and grow to give further crop only as long as it is not separated from the husk..

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The husk, by itself, when removed from paddy is of little utility.. But once the paddy is dehusked, it loses its capacity to sprout and germinate..

The sloka underlines the fact that no individual can survive and grow in an isolated world of his own.. The surroundings, environments and the people around would have their own positive and negative qualities.. But one has to live with them.. and grow with them..

To think that the exalted self is more important that others and that he could survice all by himself is just illusion..

regards

k v ananthanarayanan

musings 158

I was suggesting that when some piece of writing is really good and touching, we tend to get attacted to that piece so much that we lose sight of the author, and the craft of writing hardly engages out mind at that point..

Some friends seem to interpret my view as obliterating the identify of the author..
That was not the idea at all..
From time immemorial, every author ensured that his authentic signature is embedded in his work..
In fact that is the law of nature..
Even god marks his signature on his creations..
My discussion was about the quality of working..
The replies to my posts was educative .. People read things and interpret them not exactly in the way the author intended but just the way they want.. Some find things which are not at all there in the subject matter..
We are helpless..
The world is what it is.. and not what we want it to be..
My response on the issue .. in a thread..
"In the long run, the author will be noted and his name will become immortal..
My post was not at all in that context..
I wanted to stress the point that when we are really enjoying something, the object of enjoyment fillls us with so much of thrill and even contentment that we forget to note the role of the creator..
Of course, if a great work is to be catelogued, the identity of its author, the comparative merits of the creation with reference to similar other creations and the distinctive features of the work are to be remembered and recorded too precisely..
I was just thinking over a situation like eating a delicious food item..
We will first savour the taste..
Of course later on we will ask about the cook and even collect the recipe too..
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever..
First we try to enjoy the beauty..
There are so many beautiful flowers.. so pleasing..
We are overwhelmed with the presence of such beauty..
But do we think of God always.. after all God created them
A singer performing nicely may be conscious of himself..
But the listeners are more conscious of the music..
The listeners accept the identity of the singer only because they expect the same musical notes emanating from him later too..
Recently I happened to read an anecdote about the divine poet Kannadasan..This happened when he was attending the inaugural function of an arts forum in a college..
As a starter to the function, a young poet read out a piece of fine poetry.
The youngster was an up coming poet, too..
Later on Kannadasan too read out another piece of poetry.
The acceptance to the starter was lukewarm whereas Kannadasan received standing ovations and calls for encore.. for his presentation..
The Kannadasan later revealed to the audience that the poetry read by the starter was written by Kannadasan and the poetry recited by Kannadasan himself that day was actually the creation of the young poet who had presented a poem early..
So the audience here was carried away by the name of Kannadasan..
This is what is happenig in so many of the so called sadas and sabhas too..
Yes, I admit, talent too comes to the limelight sooner or later..
But originality is not always welcomed..
Of course, literary researchers have often detected the authorship of great works, if not mentioned, from the style and vocabulary applied by the author..
Each author has a distinctive address.. or mudra..
But it takes a lot of erudition to detect or identify such mudras..
If someone says there are mudras because he has seen such a thing mentioned by someone else, .. okey.. that is just a show off.."

स एव धन्यो विपदि स्वरूपं यो न मुञ्चति

स एव धन्यो विपदि स्वरूपं यो न मुञ्चति।

त्यजत्यर्ककरैस्तप्तं हिमं देहं न शीतताम्॥

सुभाषितशतके १-१६

sa eva dhanyo vipadi svarūpaṁ yo na muñcati|

tyajatyarkakaraistaptaṁ himaṁ dehaṁ na śītatām||

subhāṣitaśatake 1-16

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A person who does not abandon his own inherent noble character and stature even when he faces great dangers, is the one who is the really accomplished and great one.

The snow, when stuck by the hot rays of the sun, just melts and loses its own body.. but as long as it is snow, it never gives up its capacity to cool.

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Yes, there is only one life and just one death for anyone who is born..

The way he would like to live and even to end his life can be chosen by him..

Of course it is his own choice to live a wretched, worthless life, and pass into oblivion.

The choice to live an exemplay life is also with him.

regards

k v ananthanarayanan

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙆𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙖...

The benediction of Kausalya...
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This is a very poignant description from the Ayodhya Kandam of Srimad Valmiki Ramayanam..
Usually, a mother showers her blessings on her child when there is something very happy and beneficial that is happening ..
But here, Rama's proposed pattaabhishekam is interrupted by the demand of two boons from Dasharatha by Kaikeyi..
Rama is about to proceed for his life in Forest for fourteen years.. And Lakshman and Sita too are accompanying him.
Rama is visiting Kausalya to bid her adieu..
She tells him
यन्मङ्गळम् सहस्राक्षे सर्व्वदेवनमस्कृते वृत्रनाशे समभवत् तत्ते भवतु मङ्गळम्॥३२
यन्मङ्गळम् सुपर्णस्य विनताऽकल्पयत् पुरा अमृतम् प्रार्थयानस्य् तत्ते भवतु मङ्गळम्॥३३
अमृतोत्पादने दैत्यान् घ्नतो वज्रधरस्य यत् अदितिर्म्मङ्गळम् प्रादात् तत्ते भवतु मङ्गळम्॥३२
त्रीन् विक्रमान् प्रक्रमतो विष्णोरमिततेजसाः यदासीन्मङ्गळम् राम तत्ते भवतु मङ्गळम्॥३५
ऋतवः सागराः द्वीपाः वेदा लोका दिशश्च ते मङ्गळानि महाबाहो दिशन्तु तव सर्व्वदा॥३६
yanmaṅgaḻam sahasrākṣe sarvvadevanamaskṛte vṛtranāśe samabhavat tatte bhavatu maṅgaḻam||32
yanmaṅgaḻam suparṇasya vinatā'kalpayat purā amṛtam prārthayānasy tatte bhavatu maṅgaḻam||33
amṛtotpādane daityān ghnato vajradharasya yat aditirmmaṅgaḻam prādāt tatte bhavatu maṅgaḻam||32
trīn vikramān prakramato viṣṇoramitatejasāḥ yadāsīnmaṅgaḻam rāma tatte bhavatu maṅgaḻam||35
ṛtavaḥ sāgarāḥ dvīpāḥ vedā lokā diśaśca te maṅgaḻāni mahābāho diśantu tava sarvvadā||36
वाल्मीकिरामायणे अयोध्याकाण्डे २५ सर्गे
vālmīkirāmāyaṇe ayodhyākāṇḍe 25 sarge
meaning
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All the gods praised and offered pranmas to Indra their thousand eyed leader of the divine beings and offered him benedictions and wishes for prosperity and Grace ( Mangalam) on the occasion of the destruction of the demon Vritra..
May all similar benedictions and wishes and wishes visit you, my son..
Vinata, the mother of Garuda, offered best wishes for prosperity and Grace to her son the powerful bird, when he set out in his valiant mission of bringing Amrutham from the celestial world to release her from slavery ..
May similar benedictions and wishes visit you, my son..
When Indra the wielder of thunderbolt as a weapon, set out to defeat the demons who had run away with the pot of nectar or Amrutam which was churned out of the milky ocean, Mother Aditi offered him benedictions and wishes for prosperity and Grace ..
May similar benedictions and wishes visit you, my son.
There was a shower of benedictions and wishes for prosperity and Grace (Mangalam) from all around when that Vishnu of infinite strength and resplendence took the Shape of Trivikrama and set out to cover the entire universe with his huge footsteps ( three)..
May similar benedictions and wishes visit you, my son.
May the seasons, the islands, the Scriptures (Vedas) all the worlds, all the cardinal directions all shower on you of very strong hands and physical prowess benedictions and wishes for prosperity and Grace for ever and ever..
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I think no mothers would venture to offer such blessings on the occasion when the son is leaving all the prosperity, fine life, and his parents too to live in a forest..
But Kausalya was not an ordinary mother..
She knew what glory was in store for her son.. during his sojourn in forest..
I offer my Pranams and offer my best wishes and prayers and wishes to those beings of Divinity.. Sri Rama with Sitadevi, Lakshmana and Anjaneya..