We have to live with them

चन्दनतरुषु भुजङ्गाः जलेषु कमलानि तत्र ग्राहाः।

गुणघातिनश्च पिशुनाः भोगे न सुखान्यविघ्नानि॥हितोपदेशे

candanataruṣu bhujaṅgāḥ jaleṣu kamalāni tatra grāhāḥ|

guṇaghātinaśca piśunāḥ bhoge na sukhānyavighnāni||hitoapadeshe

Venomous snakes curl around sandalwood trees. While enjoying the aroma and coolness of chandanam one has to contend with such harmful reptiles too

Attractive lotus flowers bloom in plenty in lakes and ponds. However such waterfronts would be infested with crocodiles too. To have lotus we have to live in fear of crocodiles too.

Even in the most attractive and beneficial environments we would find backbiters and slanderers who would take away the comfort, beauty and attractiveness of the social interactions.

Yes, we cannot have all the comforts and enjoyments without interruptions and roadblocks. We have to live with them.

I do not have any fancy for frills

I said I liked intellectual activity, but never have I claimed that I am a superior intellectual..

I meant that I did not have any fancy for frills..

It is a personality trait.. born with me and perhaps will only die with me..

I do not propose to flaunt it as a virtue or superiority I possess over any other being..

Then to guide and render advice to others, I should know, and I should have the confidence that I know at least a little, and then there should be persons who will care even for a wee bit about my views..

I do not think I have any such advantages..

Who am I to don the garb of a guide or guru?

I am not qualified in any way..

And even if I, in my idiocy or arrogance or vanity,assume that I am superior, who will accept it?

My thinking process and my limited faculty of analysis are the only two things that I possess.. both may be imperfect and faulty, but that is all that I have..

If I have a choice to wear all the costly clothes and I have the money to purchase them too, I can wear and shine..

If I have only tattered and dirty clothes, and I am not capable of even washing them, all I should do is to wear them..

I cannot remain naked just because I do not have costly apparel..

And I am neither jealous or critical of persons who acquire and wear clothes, rightfully owned or stolen, or even about people who prefer to remain naked..

It is their choice..

I am neither capable of nor bound to correct anyone..

My control, limited as it might be is confined to this body of five feet seventy five kilos.. Nothing else..

I have no reason either to be jealous or critical of anyone else..

I can only try to ask myself what I am..

And I am a clumsy learner..

To learn even a little and present it even to the limited contentment of myself takes a lot of labour and tears..

So how can I communicate effectively with any other person, and present my ideas to his satisfaction?

My writings come sporadically, without any premeditation or deep thought..

The thoughts get generated in the brain, flow to the fingertips in a jiffy, and appear as impressions or posts, and once that process is over, I am completely dead to my thoughts..

Neither I nor anyone else, I think, has any use for fellows like me..

genuine knowledge can exist only in the company of patience and tolerance

 

नरस्याभरणं रूपं रूपस्याभरणं गुण:।

गुणस्याभरणं ज्ञानं। ज्ञानस्याभरणं क्षमा॥सुभाषितरत्नसंच्चयं

narasyābharaṇaṃ rūpaṃ rūpasyābharaṇaṃ guṇa:।

guṇasyābharaṇaṃ jñānaṃ। jñānasyābharaṇaṃ kṣamā॥subhāṣitaratnasaṃccayaṃ

Attractive appearance and charisma adds real value to a man

The genuine attractiveness for a man is his praiseworthy qualities.

The praiseworthy qualities originate and gets further embellishment when there is an eternal inflow of knowledge

In addition, knowledge, the genuine one, can exist only in the company of patience and tolerance.

a careless blow by a rod can shatter the pot in a split second

दीर्घप्रयासेन कृतं हि वस्तु निमेषमात्रेण भजेद् विनाशम् ।

कर्तुं कुलालस्य तु वर्षमेकं भेत्तुं हि दण्डस्य मूहूर्तमात्रम् ।।

सूक्तिमुक्तावली – 84

dīrghaprayāsena kṛtaṃ hi vastu nimeṣamātreṇa bhajed vināśam ।

kartuṃ kulālasya tu varṣamekaṃ bhettuṃ hi daṇḍasya mūhūrtamātram ।।

sūktimuktāvalī – 84

It takes very long periods to plan, organise and actualise projects or to give the right shape to objects we strive to create. However, the prolonged dedicated creative process would become futile through some sporadic, careless indiscrete action. A potter toils with meticulous care for one year to give shape to a clay pot. However, a careless blow by a rod can shatter the pot in a split second. Good Morning K V Ananthanarayanan

दीर्घ prolonged, spanning over long periods प्रयासेन work, exertion कृतं done वस्तु object निमेषमात्रेण within a second विनाशं destruction, shattering भजेद् हि may face भाण्डं a pot made of clay कर्तुं to create कुलालस्य for the potter एकं one वर्षं year अवश्यं भवति is required . तं भेत्तुं to shatter that दण्डस्य for a log or staff एकमात्रं only one मुहूर्तं split second हि अलंindeed is sufficient

the definition of happiness also undergoes sea changes

the definition of happiness also undergoes sea changes.

First we are happy with even small things. But we tend to ask more as time advances and only things not easy to get can make us happy.

It is something similar to taking some intoxicant.

First small dosages would give us heaven but as we get addicted we would crave for huge doses..and we proceed to points from where there are no comebacks

Initialky we manage to get happiness without making others unhappy..we do not grab and snatch.

But as our demands grow we grab snatch steal or even loot.

If our pursuit for happiness does not deprive others of their welfare pursuit of happiness is okay.

Upon God, I do not want any happiness for myself won at the cost of the tears of my neighbour

It is better to be unhappy all my life than making others miserable.

that a true friend, will not do anything which could not be forgiven

It is very difficult to get a friend in this world..

we have to coin the word friend-in-law for many of our so-called friends, especially with the spate of friendship in social-media..

But still I do hope that a true friend, if there is one, will not do anything which could not be forgiven..

If a situation has arisen where the question of forgiving comes, the friendship must have lost its sense and content.

Forgiving of course comes for inadvertent and innocent offences.. and if a friend is really considerate, then normally such situations may not arise..

But innocent damages do occur...like Dasaratha killing the only son of a blind ascetic couple and incurring their curse..