crying for money and more money, simply are forgetting to notice the arrival of their death

कर्मोक्तिनर्मनिर्माणैः प्रातः प्रातः प्रधावताम्।

धनं धनं प्रलपतां निधनं विस्मृतम् नृणाम्॥

महासुभाषित संग्रहे ८९५२ क्षेमेन्द्र कृते दर्पदलने

karmoktinarmanirmāṇaiḥ prātaḥ prātaḥ pradhāvatām|

dhanaṁ dhanaṁ pralapatāṁ nidhanaṁ vismṛtam nṛṇām||

mahasubhaashita sangraham 8952 Darpadalanam Kshemendra

People who are just living on, filling their time doing physical activities, engaging in conversation and debates, trying to crack jokes and telling funny anecdotes, getting engaged in planning, calculation and construction activities and through all these activities running around ceaselessly from one morning to the next morning, as also people who are always getting worried about their finances and crying for money and more money, simply are forgetting to notice the arrival of their death.

Just disengage yourself from the grinding stone for some moments and try to be calm and peaceful. Pressures of work and worries about finances are always there. If we do not try to stand aloof and watch at ourselves at least for a few moments once in a while, we would be nowhere when the God holding a noose arrives atop a buffalo ready to drag us away.

कर्म physical activities उक्ति talking नर्म indulgin in fun निर्माणैः doing construction, calculation or planning प्रातः प्रातः from one morning to the next morning प्रधावतां for who keep on running around धनं धनं money, more money प्रलपतां thus crying, thus craving नृणां for men निधनं death, the arrival of death विस्मृतं remains forgotten

കര്‍മോക്തിനനര്‍മനിര്‍മാണൈഃ പ്രാതഃ പ്രാതഃ പ്രധാവതാം।

ധനം ധനം പ്രലപതാം നിധനം വിസ്മൃതം നൃണാം॥

ദര്‍പദലനം ക്ഷേമേന്ദ്രന്‍ മഹാസുഭാഷിത സംഗ്രഹം

ജീവിതം യാന്ത്രികമായി ജീവിച്ചു പോകുന്നവര്‍ എന്തെങ്കിലും ശാരീരികമായ കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ ചെയ്തുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നവര്‍, സംസാരിച്ചും, തര്‍ക്കിച്ചും ചര്‍ച്ച ചെയ്തും ഫലിതം പറഞ്ഞും പരിഹസിച്ചും കണക്കു കൂട്ടിയും കിഴിച്ചും പദ്ധതി ഇട്ടുകൊണ്ടേ ഇരിക്കുന്നവര്‍, ഇപ്രകാരം ഒരു രാവിലെ തുടങ്ങിയാല്‍ അടുത്ത പുലരി വരെ വട്ടം കറങ്ങി ഓടി നടക്കുന്നവര്‍, സാമ്പത്തികമായ വേവലാതികളും ലാഭത്തിനുവേണ്ടിയുള്ള ആഗ്രഹവും മൂത്ത് പണം, വീണ്ടും പണം എന്ന് ഉരുവിട്ടുകൊണ്ട് നാളുകള്‍ തള്ളിനീക്കുന്നവര്‍, ഇത്തരം മനുഷ്യര്‍ക്ക് മരണം അടുത്തെത്തിക്കൊണ്ടേയിരിക്കുന്നു എന്ന കാര്യം ഓര്‍ക്കാന്‍ സമയമെവിടെ ?

ജീവിതത്തില്‍ വല്ലപ്പോഴുമൊക്കെ ജീവിതമാവുന്ന എപ്പോഴും ചലിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്ന എണ്ണച്ചക്ക് വലിച്ചു കൊണ്ടേയിരിക്കുന്നത് നിര്‍ത്തി മാറിനിന്നു സ്വയം തിരിഞ്ഞുനോക്കുക. വേവലാതികള്‍ക്ക് വല്ലപ്പോഴുമൊക്കെ അവധി കൊടുക്കുക. സ്വയം ശാന്തനായി തന്നേത്തന്നെ ശ്രദ്ധിച്ചു നോക്കു. ജോലിയുടെയും ജീവിതത്തിന്‍റെയും സംഘര്‍ഷങ്ങളും സാമ്പത്തികമായ വെല്ലുവിളികളും ഇല്ലാത്ത സമയം ഒരിക്കലും ഉണ്ടാവില്ല. ഇതില്‍നിന്നൊക്കെ കുറെ സമയമെങ്കിലും മാറി നില്‍ക്കാന്‍ ശ്രമിച്ചില്ലെങ്കില്‍ നമ്മുടെ കഴുത്തില്‍ കെട്ടുവാനുള്ള കയറും കൈയിലേന്തി പോത്തിന്‍റെ പുറത്ത്കയറി നമ്മെ കൊണ്ടുപോകാന്‍ ഒരാള്‍ വരുമ്പോള്‍ നിസ്സഹായതയല്ലാതെ ഒന്നും നമുക്ക് കൈമുതലായി ഉണ്ടാവില്ല.

അല്പസമയം എങ്കിലും അല്ലലില്ലാതെ ജീവിക്കണ്ടേ ?

avoid too much of pride over youth and charsma that would vanish with age

तस्मान्न कार्यः सुधिया विचार्य साश्चर्य सौन्दर्य विलास दर्पः।

संसार मोहप्रसरे घनेऽस्मिन् विद्युल्लताविस्फुरितं हि रूपम्॥

दर्पदलनम् क्षेमेन्द्र

tasmānna kāryaḥ sudhiyā vicārya sāścarya saundarya vilāsa darpaḥ|

saṁsāra mohaprasare ghane'smin vidyullatāvisphuritaṁ hi rūam||

darpadalanam kṣemendra

In this world of woes submerged under the dark cloud of gloom and illusion, the pride about a person being physically attractive (during his prime stage in life) is very shortlived light the brilliant flashes of lighting appearing from dark clouds for small periods. The man with discretion and wisdom should never feel arrogant and overly proud about his own personal appearance and charisma although he would look wonderfully attractive and vivacious for the time being.

संसार in this world of woes मोह illusion प्रसरे spread घने heavy cloud, heavily clouded अस्मिन् this विद्युत् लता flashes of lighting विस्फुरितं appearing brighly and temporarily हि रूपं indeed is the attractive physical form, attractive physical appearance तस्मात् therefore सुधिया by a sensisble person विचार्य after great contemplation साश्चर्य curiously wonderful सौन्दर्य attractiveness विलास vivacity, activeness दर्पः arrogance न कार्यः should not be entertained.

തസ്മാന്ന കാര്യഃ സുധിയാ വിചാര്യ സാശ്ചര്യ സൌന്ദര്യ വിലാസ ദര്‍പഃ ।

സംസാര മോഹപ്രസരേ ഘനേഽസ്മിന്‍ വിദ്യുല്ലതാവിസ്ഫുരിതം ഹി രൂപം॥

ദര്‍പദലനം ക്ഷേമേന്ദ്രന്‍

അജ്ഞതയും മിഥ്യാബോധവും നിറഞ്ഞ, അന്ധകാരം കൊടികുത്തി വാഴുന്ന നമ്മുടെ ജീവിതത്തില്‍, കാര്‍മേഘങ്ങള്‍ പോലെ ഇരുണ്ടു കൂടി നില്‍ക്കുന്ന ആകാശത്തില്‍ വല്ലപ്പോഴും വെട്ടിത്തിളങ്ങുന്ന മിന്നല്‍പ്പിണര്‍ പെട്ടെന്ന് തിളങ്ങി വീശി കെട്ടടങ്ങുന്നതു പോലെയാണ് ശാരീരിക സൌന്ദര്യം ചെറുപ്പത്തിലെ പ്രസരിപ്പും എല്ലാം വളരെ പരിമിതമായ കാലയളവില്‍ മാത്രം തെളിഞ്ഞു നില്‍ക്കുന്നതും പിന്നീട് ഇല്ലാതാവുന്നതും.

ആ വസ്തുത ഉള്‍ക്കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ ബുദ്ധിയും വിവേകവും ഉള്ള മനുഷ്യന്‍ തന്‍റെ  ചെറുപ്പത്തിലെ സൌന്ദര്യത്തെക്കുറിച്ചും പ്രസരിപ്പിനെക്കുരിച്ചും ഒരു പരിധിക്കപ്പുറം അഹങ്കരിക്കുന്നത് എല്ലായിപ്പോഴും ഒഴിവാക്കേണ്ടതാണ്..

the stamp of class

 

एतदेव कुलीनत्वं एतदेव गुणार्जनम्। यत्सदैव सतां सत्सु विनयावनतं शिरः॥

क्षेमेन्द्रस्य् दर्पदलने। महासुभाषितसङ्ग्रहे ७८१७

etadeva kulīnatvaṁ etadeva guṇārjanam| yatsadaiva satāṁ satsu vinayāvanataṁ śiraḥ||

kṣemendrasy darpadalane| mahāsubhāṣitasaṅgrahe 7817

The man of class, the man of high birth, the man of great character should ever be prepared; he should never hesitate, to approach great personages with utter humility and keeping heads bent down showing great respect. This indeed is the hallmark of person’s class, birth and breeding in a great family.

This is the sure means, the method that would never fail him in learning, accumulating and keeping intact one’s great qualities and virtues

A very worthy advice from Darpadalanam of Kshemendra, one of the greatest poets, grammarians and linguists of Sanskrit

K v a

एतद् this एव alone कुलीनत्वं is the sign, is the exhibition of high birth, class एतद् this एव alone गुणार्जनं is the means to accumulate virtues यत् that is सदा एव ever, always सतां for good and noble people सत्सु in respect of respectable persons विनयावनतं bowing as a token of great respect शिरः head

𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧

 

शिवेनेव न तुष्टेन बुद्धिर्देया विनाशिनी।

भस्मासुराय वरदः स हि तेन विडंबितः॥४०

क्षेमेन्द्रप्रणीते चारुचर्यायाम्॥

𝐬́𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐬̣𝐭̣𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐲𝐚̄ 𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐚̄𝐬́𝐢𝐧𝐢̄|

𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚̄𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚̄𝐲𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐡̣ 𝐬𝐚 𝐡𝐢 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐝̣𝐚𝐦̇𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐡̣||𝟒𝟎

𝐤𝐬̣𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐧̣𝐢̄𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚̄𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚̄𝐲𝐚̄𝐦||

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐊𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭

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𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 , 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 - 𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚,

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚, 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚, 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬..

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞.

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝..

𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥..

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤..

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ..

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝..

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲..

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐬, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐮 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚..

𝐓𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥.. 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧..

𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲..

.𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 ..𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚'𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐲, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧..

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞..

𝐀𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬.. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝,, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝.. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐝..

𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚..

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚'𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧..

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧

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शिवेन इव 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚

विनाशिनी 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞

बुद्धिः न देया 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝

सः 𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚

भस्मासुराय 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐚

वरदः भूत्वा 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬

तेन हि विडम्बित अभवत् 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 (𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟)

approach great personages with utter humility keeping heads bent down

 

एतदेव कुलीनत्वं एतदेव गुणार्जनम्।

यत्सदैव सतां सत्सु विनयावनतं शिरः॥

क्षेमेन्द्रस्य दर्पदलने। महासुभाषितसङ्ग्रहे ७८१७

etadeva kulīnatvaṁ etadeva guṇārjanam|

yatsadaiva satāṁ satsu vinayāvanataṁ śiraḥ||

kṣemendrasya darpadalane| mahāsubhāṣitasaṅgrahe 7817

The man of class, the man of high birth, the man of great character should ever be prepared, he should never hesitate, to approach great personages with utter humility and keeping heads bent down showing great respect.

This indeed is the hallmark of aperson’s class, birth and breeding in a great family

This indeed is the sureshot path, the appropriate means, the method that would never fail in learning, accumulating and keeping in tact one’s great qualities and virtues.

A very worthy advice from Darpadalanam by Kshemendra. Kshemendra one of the greatest poets, grammarians and linguists of Sanskrit.

K v a

एतद् this एव alone कुलीनत्वं is the sign, is the exhibition of high birth, class एतद् this एव alone गुणार्जनं is the means to accumulate virtues यत् that is सदा एव ever, always सतां for good and noble people सत्सु in respect of respectable persons विनयावनतं bowing as a token of great respect शिरः head

It cannot pass muster as an act of heroism.

मौनी पादप्रहारेऽपि न क्षमी नीच एव सः।

 आकृष्टशस्त्रो मित्रेऽपि न तेजस्वी खलो।हि सः॥ 

इन्दिश्चे स्प्रुचे २२५८ क्षेमेन्द्र

maunī pādaprahāre'pi na kṣamī nīca eva saḥ|

 ākṛṣṭaśastro mitre'pi na tejasvī khaloi saḥ|| indiśce spruce 2258 kṣemendra

A man who would keep quiet and suffer without any retaliation even when he receives very hard kick from adversaries is simply a weakling, a coward, a lowly or inferior fellow. 

Attempts to potraty him as patient, tolerant, or leinient is just not realistic, it is only window dressing

If a fellow loses his temper, sense of propriety and forgets himself and draws his weapon ready to pounce upon a bosom friend, such action cannot be interpreted as show of excessive energy or vitality. 

It cannot pass muster as an act of heroism. A fellow who attacks his own friend with weapons is just proving to everyone including himself that he is a cruel, vile fellow.

This statement from Kshemendra should be understood in the backdrop of white lies we spread in the society to portray men in power or authority as being generous and as epitomes of virtue and courage while their real nature is diametrically opposite.

Sure, if a person loses his temper under grave provocation once in a while, or if he just draws a knife or trains a gun at an enemey just for fun or joke on a occasion of friendly communion, that need not be taken as an act of violence.

(यो नरः) which man पादप्रहारे having been kicked hard अपि too मौनी silen वर्तते remain , सः he क्षमी patient,lenient, tolerant न not , नीचः lowly, of inferior nature एव only मित्रे अपि even in case of a bosom friend आकृष्ट शस्त्रः drawing weapon to attack नरःman तेजस्वी न not showing energy, not being heroic , खलो हि but is a vile, evil fellow.

Do not press too much…

𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝..

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नात्यर्थमर्थार्थनया धीमानुद्वेजयज्जनम्।

अब्धिर्दत्ताश्वरत्नश्रीर्मथ्यमानोऽसृजद् विषम्॥ ३४

क्षेमेन्द्रप्रणिते चारुचर्यायाम्॥

𝐧𝐚̄𝐭𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚̄𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐲𝐚̄ 𝐝𝐡𝐢̄𝐦𝐚̄𝐧𝐮𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐣𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦|

𝐚𝐛𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚̄𝐬́𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐬́𝐫𝐢̄𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐚̄𝐧𝐨'𝐬𝐫̣𝐣𝐚𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐬̣𝐚𝐦|| 𝟑𝟒

𝐤𝐬̣𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐧̣𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚̄𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚̄𝐲𝐚̄𝐦||

𝐀 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭 𝐊𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚, 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚

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𝐀 𝐩𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐲 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐔𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐬, 𝐆𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐢 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧.. 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐦..

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐲 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲.

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𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐲 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐱𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧,

𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐕𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐤𝐢 ..

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐮 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐝

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭..

𝐀𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐔𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧.. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐬

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐦 𝐊𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐦.. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐮 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐮 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫..

𝐀𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐮𝐫..

𝐀𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐮𝐫.. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐤𝐢 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨..

𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧..

𝐇𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭..𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐚.. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞.. 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞..

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭..

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐈𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭.. 𝐖𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲

𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭..

𝐖𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲... 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥.. 𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐬. 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐬..

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬.

𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

𝐤 𝐯 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧

the poet wishes alll the readers that the blessings of Achyutha the Krishna may visit all

श्रीलाभसुभगः सत्यासक्तः स्वर्गापवर्गदः।

जयतात् त्रिजगत्पूज्यः सदाचार इवाच्युतः॥१

क्षेमेन्द्रकविप्रणिते चरुचर्यायाम्॥

śrīlābhasubhagaḥ satyāsaktaḥ svargāpavargadaḥ|

jayatāt trijagatpūjyaḥ sadācāra ivācyutaḥ||1

kṣemendrakavipraṇite carucaryāyām||

This is how the short but sublime work Charucharya of poet Kshemendra starts..

the Opening stanza is an invocatory one.. and starts in the benediction mode..

Here the poet wishes alll the readers that the blessings of Achyutha the Krishna may visit all.

The various adjectives can qualify the two words, Sadaachara or ideal conduct, or Achyta the Krishna..

The word Sadachara can denote krishna too because Krishna is the epitome of ideal conduct

and

ideal conduct Achyuta can denote Sadaachara too because sadaachaara never faces defeat or fall.( Achyuta means a thing with no fall or defeat).

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When the sloka is interpreted as praising Achyuta, the meaning is

May Achyutha, who is verily the embodiment of good conduct,

Who is flushed with Grace because he is in the company of Shree the Lakshmi who has voluntarily come to Him.

Who is very much attached to queen Satya or Satyabhaama,

Who is worshipped by all in the three worlds,

Who is capable of granting us Heaven as well as moksha or emancipation,

May the victory be on him..

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When the sloka is interpreted as praising Blemishless Character and Conduct, the meaning is

May Sadaachara or Blemishless conduct which is without any fall and (which is the embodiment of Krishna Himself)

Which by its fair operation earns us a lot of wealth and welfare,

Which is very much attached to and is inseparable from Truth, Satya,

Which is capable of granting us Heaven as well as Moksha or emancipation

Which is the subject matter of respect and worship by all in the three worls,

May that Good conduct, be ever successful, be ever victorious..

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The two interpretations...

श्रीलाभसुभगः सत्यासक्तः स्वर्गापवर्गदः।

जयतात् त्रिजगत्पूज्यः सदाचार इवाच्युतः॥१

श्रीलाभसुभगः. very attractive because the goddess of wealth is with him

सत्यासक्तः the one who is verymuch attached to Satyabhaama

स्वर्गापवर्गदः the one who can bless us with heaven and moksham too

त्रिजगत्पूज्यः the one who is respected in all the three worlds

अच्युतः the lord with no failures, Sri krishna

सदाचार इव जयतात् like the good conduct, may be victorious.

श्रीलाभसुभगः. which is the easy path to earn wealth in the proper way

सत्यासक्तः which is closely connected with truth

स्वर्गापवर्गदः which is capable of granting heaven and moksham too

त्रिजगत्पूज्यः which is respected in all the three worls

सदाचार good conduct

अच्युतः इव जयतात् may be victorious just like Lord Achyutha himself..

We are what the company we keep..

कुर्वीत संगतं सद्भिर्नासद्भिर्गुणवर्जितैः।

प्राप राघवसंगत्या प्राज्यं राज्यं विभीषाणः॥१५

क्षेमेन्द्रकविप्रणीते चारुचर्यायाम्॥

kurvīta saṁgataṁ sadbhirnāsadbhirguṇavarjitaiḥ|

prāpa rāghavasaṁgatyā prājyaṁ rājyaṁ vibhīṣāṇaḥ||15

kṣemendrakavipraṇīte cārucaryāyām||

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yet another gem from Kshemendra.

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one should associate and maintain friendship with good and noble people only.

Association with mean and characterless fellows who do not have any good qualities should be avoided at any cost.

Vibheeshana gained prominence and became king of Lanka too because he sought the company of Sri Rama, the Raghava.

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The storyline cited is too well known..

It is from the epic Ramayanam..

Rama the prince of Ayodhya, along with Sita his wife and Lakshmana, his brother were living in exile in the forest.

The demon king Ravana, from the adjoining island Lanka, abducted Sita through treachery and sleight..

Ravanas intention was to make Sita his own wife even by exerting force.

The courtiers and subjects of Lanka did not raise their voice of dissent against this atrocity..

But Vibheeshana, the brother of Ravana who was living in high royal favour could not reconcile himself to this act of injustice and blasphemy.

He advised his brother Ravana to restore Sita to Rama and prevent disaster for himself and the country..

But the arrogant Ravana would not listen.. Instead, he rose up in uncontrollable rage and tried to finish off Vibheeshana..

Vibheeshana escapeed through the aerial path, and approached Rama who was camping in the seashore in South India ( the present Ramesvaram.. Dhanushkoti)

The prince Rama gave asylum to Vibheeshana. Vibheshana proved to be an able aide and supporter to Rama in his war with Ravana.

And after slaying Ravana and inundating his army, and regaining Sita in all gloroy, Rama assigned the kingdom of Lanka to Vibheeshana.

So Vibheeshana gained name and fame and kingdom too because he left the company of the evil Ravana, although he was his own brother and joined company with the noble prince Rama..

We are what the company we keep..

never manage to achieve favourable results by telling lies or partial lies

न सत्यव्रतभङ्गेन कार्यं धीमान् प्रसाधयेत्।

ददर्श नरकक्लेशं सत्यनाशाद् युधिष्ठिरः॥ १४

क्षेमेन्द्र कविप्रणीते चारुचर्यायाम्॥

na satyavratabhaṅgena kāryaṁ dhīmān prasādhayet|

dadarśa narakakleśaṁ satyanāśād yudhiṣṭhiraḥ|| 14

ksemendrakavipraṇīte cārucaryāyām||

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Another nugget of wisdom from Kshemendra.

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A diligent person should never manage to achieve favourable results by telling lies or partial lies.

The great king Yudhishtira saw the sufferings of hell because his vow of speaking truth ever was broken once ( in the case of Ashvathama.. )

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The story is famous in the epic Mahabharatham

The great archer and fighter, Dronacharya was in action in Mahabharatha was.. and he was invincible..

He was annihilating the Pandava forces in hundreds and thousands.

The high command of the Pandava side realized that Drona should be put out of action by hook or crook, if they have to ensure even survival not to talk of victory..

There was actually no one in the Pandava Side who could fight and defeat Drona.

So a plan was hatched to cash in on the sole weakness of Drona.. Drona adored his son Ashvathama more than anything else..

The idea of the Pandavas was that a story that Ashvathama, who was also fighting the battle has been martyred..

And to add authenticity to this news, it was decided that the truthful leader and king of Pandavas, Yudhistire himself should announce the death of Ashvathama..

The king was reluctant..

So, to satisfy his conscience, they named an elephant as Ashvathama and Bheemasena killed the elephat with just one punch..

Then they asked Yudhistira to declare Ashvathaama hataH kunjaraH.. अश्वत्थामा हतः कुञ्जरः meaning Ashvathama is killed.. it is an elephant by name Ashvathama..

But when the king made the announcement, the war music instruments were played blaringly aloud, and the word Kunjara.. the elephant was obliterated in the din..

Drona heard the first part of Yudhistira's announcement and that broke his heart.

He laid down his arms and sat in his chariot in utter grief..

Dhristadyumna, the son of Drupada, the arch enemy of Drona, seized this opportunity, and rushed to the chariot and beheaded and killed Dronacharya.

Technically Dharmaputra did not tell any lie..

But his statement in its partial falsehood has been believed by Drona and that caused the latters loss of life..

So in effect, Dharmaputra had managed to score a victory by telling a lie..

In the swargarohana parva of Mahabharatham, the King and his four brothers and Draupadi are all finally marching towards heaven at the conclusion of their lives mission.

Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva, all fall in the way.. And Yudhistira alone trudges on and reaches the gates of Heaven.

His desire is to see his brothers and wife too>

The king is shown the dark hellish place where his brothers and wife have been confined. The place is full of darkness and suffering.. Yudhistira is overcome by grief.( chapter 2 and Chapter 3 of the Swargarohana parvam)

Then he is informed that Yudhistira had committed the sin of breaching a promise in the case of Ashvathama and it was for this sin that he saw this hell

Subequently all were restored to heaven.

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Yes, even a minor error by a man of character can have disastrous consequences..

So gaining material benefit by shortcuts is not really prudent or worthwhile...

Hooch will kill.. in many ways.

Hooch will kill.. in many ways..

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न मद्यव्यसनी क्षीबः कुर्याद् वेतालचेष्टितं।

वृष्णयो हि ययुः क्षिबास्तृणप्रहरणाः क्षयं॥ ११

क्षेमेन्द्रकविप्रणिते चारुचर्यायाम्॥

na madyavyasanī kṣībaḥ kuryād vetālaceṣṭitaṁ|

vṛṣṇayo hi yayuḥ kṣibātṛṇapraharaṇāḥ kṣayaṁ|| 11

kṣemendrakavipraṇite cārucaryāyām

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Another interesting advice from Kshemendra in Charucharya.

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A person who is addicted to hooch and is in a drunken state should not set out to do things which are unbecoming of humans and suitable only to demons and ogres

The progenies of the Vrishni race after getting drunk thoroughly started hitting one another with long growth of grass, and in this process the entire race perished..

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The story of annihilation of the Yadu or Vrishni race to which the Lord belonged is just before the Swargarohanam of Krishna is very famous, and a few Puranas and Mahabharatham too contains the story..The story has minor variations, but the general outline is the same..

As we all know, Lord Krishna had married 16008 wives and he is reported to have had ten sons from each one of these wives..

So the sons of Krishna themselves could fill the population of a town or perhaps a state..

In addition, Krishna's brothers, and cousins all had lots of offspring..

So the population of Yadavas, who belong to the race of Vrishnis, and hence called Varshneyas was overflowing to the brim.

And the people exposed to luxury and plentitude, had in due course become boisterous and addicted to hooch and other unsavoury habits too.

The lord was anxious that this population was finished off before He left for Vaikundam as his mission on earth was completed.

And things happened according to His wish..

Samba, the son of Jambavathi, one of the eight main queens of Krishna, was a pastmaster in drinking and being boisterous..

He collected all his brothers one day and was on a spree of boozing..

On their way they met the sage Durvasas of terrible temper..

Suddenly an idea to play a prank on the sage stuck Samba..

He disguised himself as a pregnant lady in her advanced stage of confinement with puffed up belly, and approached the sage in the company of his numerous brothers..

The party paid false obeisance to the sage, and in a chorus, they informed the sage that their sister was pregnant and then requested the sage to predict what would be the gender of the child..

The sage who was a jnani who knew everything, clearly saw through the prank.. and was overcome with rage..

He said, " This fellow will give birth to a musala or iron pestle , and that will cause the complete destruction of your Vrishni clan."

The pranksters now saw the danger..

The sage's words came true.

And Samba delivered an iron pestle..or Musala..

Sensing the danger the piece of iron could cause, the brothers all sat together in the beach covering the borders of Dvaraka and ground the iron material on stones so that the entire pestle but for a small nail shaped piece was powdered and the powder spread all over the beach..

From the powder grew tall,thick and sturdy growth of grass on the beach..

The jubilant brothers were celebrating the disappearance and disposal of the dangerous pestle, again with drinking, and drinking again..

Once they got inebriated, they became quarrelsome and started uprooting the tall grass growths and hitting one another to death..

Before long the entire clan was finished off as a heap of dead bodies.

The story does not stop here..

The small piece from the iron pestle which had remained ungrounded, was thrown away into the water..

A fish swallowed the piece of Iron..

A fisherman caught the fish and retrieved the piece of iron.

The fisherman bartered this piece of iron to a hunter..

The hunter fixed this as the sharp tip of an arrow, and went on a hunt for birds..

Bhagavan Krishna after relinquishing everything, and fixing his mind on the idea of leaving His mortal body by his yogic powers and leaving for Vaikuntam, was sitting atop a tree, and the beautiful crimson tip of his big toe was showing up..

The hunter, saw the toe and mistook it to be the head and beak of a bird and sent his arrow up..

The arrow hit the toe of the Lord, and the Lord had at that moment concentrated all his Pranic enegies on his head and was departing for Vaikunda..

The impact of the arrow pulled down the inert body of the Lord..

So technically, the same arrow made out the piece of iron from the pestle delivered by drunken Samba caused the demise of the greatest of the Vrishnis and Yadavas, Lord Krishna Himself..

The evil consequences of drinking are brought out graphically in this incident and also in this inspiring slokam..

He alone attains eternal name and fame as a scholar of repute

श्रुतं प्रज्ञानुगं यस्य प्रज्ञा श्रुतानुगा।

असंभिन्नार्यमर्यादः पण्डिताख्यां लभेत सः॥

क्षेमेन्द्रविरचिते नीतिकल्पतरौ।

śrutaṁ prajñānugaṁ yasya prajñā śrutānugā|

asaṁbhinnāryamaryādaḥ paṇḍitākhyāṁ labheta saḥ||

kṣemendraviracite nītikalpatarau|

A quote from a celebrated text on Law of the old.. from Kshemendra of Kashmir.. 10th -11th century CE

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The one whose knowledge and understanding of the Sciences and scriptures work in absolute agreement with his intellect

And his intellect is entirely amenable to his knowledge of sciences and scripturs

And who conducts himself without conflict with the traditions and precedents

He alone attains eternal name and fame as a scholar of repute.

अन्धः स एव श्रुतवर्जितो यः

अन्धः स एव श्रुतवर्जितो यः शठः स एवार्थिनिरर्थको यः।

मृतः स एवास्ति यशो न यस्य धर्मे न धीर्यस्य स एव शोच्यः॥

क्षेमेन्द्र

andhaḥ sa eva śrutavarjito yaḥ śaṭhaḥ sa evārthinirarthako yaḥ|

mṛtaḥ sa evāsti yaśo na yasya dharme na dheeryasya sa eva śocyaḥ||

kṣemendra

A person who is without any knowledge of scriptures or sciences is indeed blind/

A person who is of no help to those who beg with him is indeed an inconsiderate rascal

A person who has achieved nothing in life to sustain his name is dead even when alive

And everyone has to grieve and lament on the fate of a fellow who has no desire to abide by the laws of propriety or the path of Dharma.

जपहोमार्चनं कुर्यात् सुधौतचरणः शुचिः

जपहोमार्चनं कुर्यात् सुधौतचरणः शुचिः।

पादशौचविहीनं हि प्रविवेश नलं कलिः॥ ८

क्षेमेन्द्रकविप्रणीते चारुचर्यायाम्॥

japahomārcanaṁ kuryāt sudhautacaraṇaḥ śuciḥ|

pādaśaucavihīnaṁ hi praviveśa nalaṁ kaliḥ|| 8

kṣemendrakavipraṇite cārucaryāyām||

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a very significant instruction from poet Kshemendra in his Charucharya.. the treatise of good conduct.

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A persons should start performing chanting of the names or god, offering oblations to fire, or worshipping the god with flowers, or for that matter any good thing shoud first make himself clean and pure by washing his own feet thoroughly..

The deity of disaster and misfotune, Kali entered the Emperor Nala through his feet which were not washed properly .

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The story of Emperor Nala is very famous.. He was a great ruler, perfect in all sense.

He was ruling his country well.. But once he played dice with his brother and lost the kingdom as a wager.

it is believed that this king once entered his palace in the dusk after some tour, and he failed to wash his feet before entering..

The time was not good for Nala, and the evil deity of misfortune and suffering, Kali was waiting for him to infest him, but was at a loss to take charge of the king because the king was perfect in all his actions..

Finally when the king forgot to wash his feet, Kali grabbed the opportunity and entered the body of the king

The kings character underwent a sea change..

He started behaving in not so proper ways..

And in a game of chess with his brother, lost the kingdom too and adjourned to forest along with his wife Damayanti..

In the forest, he protected the king of snakes Karkotaka from a wildfire, but in turn was bitten by the snake and lost his personal beauty..

His wife Damayanti was lost too.

The king landed up as a charioteer to Rituparna.. and learned the Aksha Hridaya Vidya and finally kali left him.

After that he regained Damayanti and regained the kingdom too.

The story is long with many episodes, and many versions too

The story is found first in the epic Mahabharatham

Here the most relevant part of the story is that the king Nala allowed his attention slip for some moments, and overlooked the need for personal cleanliness.. and that the results were disastrous..

न कुर्वीत क्रियां काञ्चिदनभ्यर्च्य महेश्वरम्

न कुर्वीत क्रियां काञ्चिदनभ्यर्च्य महेश्वरम्।

ईशानार्चनरतं श्वेतं नाभून्नेतुम् यमः क्षमः॥ ४

क्षेमेन्द्रकविप्रणिते चारुचर्यायाम्॥

na kurvīta kriyāṁ kāñcidanabhyarcya maheśvaram|

īśānārcanarataṁ śvetaṁ nābhūnnetum yamaḥ kṣamaḥ|| 4

kṣemendrakavipraṇite cārucaryāyām||

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Another gem from poet Kshemendra in his short work Charucharya--contraining one hundred verses teaching moral values to students.

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One should not embark on any task without paying respects and floral worship to Lord Maheshvara, the Shankara..

Sage Shveta engaged himself for even in the worship of Ishana the Shankara and when Yama the god of death came to tie him with his ropes as the Sages life on earth was drawing to a close, he could not do that.. He was prevented by the Lord from dragging the sage to the world of death..

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The story of Sage Shveta is given in the Linga Mahapuranam, second Khandam Chapter Eight..

Some sages are assembled with the Grand-sire, Brahmadeva, and in response to their queries , the Lord of Creation Brahma is explaining the greatness of Lord Shiva..

Brahma explains that even if death is ordained by fate, such death cannot overtake a person who is constantly worshiping Lord Shiva.

Brahmadeva tells the story of Sage Shveta..

The Sage Shveta lived in a cave, where he had consecrated and Shivalingam and his sole occupation in life was doing pooja to Shiva and Chanting the lord’s holy name..

The time for death came for the sage too as it happens to all living beings.

The lord of time, the Lord of death, Kaala the Yama, came to the cave and informed sage that it was time for the latters death , and then Yama started tying the sage with his powerful ropes with a view to maim him and drag him to the netherworld..

The sage resisted saying that he was doing pooja to His Lord Manifest in the Shivalingam and that his pooja should not be stopped or interrupted..

He warned Kaala that if he tried to intimidate him, there could be dire consequences.. He pointed out to the Shivalinga and said that the Lord present there was ever eager to protect him..

The Death God laughed at the sage and tried to tighten the ropes, to drag the Sage away..

He further teased the sage by declaring that no God or any other being would come to save him from the strong ropes with which he would tie the poor human being.

When the sage cried out Lord Shankara appeared from the Shivalinga along with Mother Uma the Amabika, Ganesha, and of Course Bhagavan Nandi too.

Seeing the Mahaakaala, Kaalakaala, Lord Shankara, the god of death Yama ran away for his life..

So if we worship Shiva, death can never come anywhere near us..

Harishchadra served as brial ground keeper to uphold solemn promise-- हरिश्चन्द्रो हि धर्मार्थी सेहे चाण्डालदासताम्

न त्यजेत् धर्ममर्यादामपि क्लेशदशां श्रितः।

हरिश्चन्द्रो हि धर्मार्थी सेहे चाण्डालदासताम्॥१३

क्षेमेन्द्रकविप्रणिते चारुचर्यायाम्॥

na tyajet dharmamaryādāmapi kleśadaśāṁ śritaḥ|

hariścandro hi dharmārthī sehe cāṇḍāladāsatām||13

ksemendrakavipraṇite cārucaryāyām||

A reallly great instruction from Kshemendra in chaarucharya

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One should not give or flout the rules and dictates of dharma or righteousness even if he has been driven to a state of utter penury and physical and mental difficulties and is facing impossible challenges..

Take the case of King Harishchandra.. To maintain dharma, he took up the menial job of assisting a Chandaala in managing a cremation ground.. ( and faced impossible challenges even in that job)

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The story of King Harischandra is known to every Indian. He was a very upright person, living the live of absolute honesty, keeping his family and his subjects happy.

But sage Visvamitra got a fanciful idea that it should be proved that the kings uprightness was brittle and would break and crumble if tested under tough situations.

The sage asked for some financial help for conducting a yajna and then managed to drain the coffers of the king by secret manifpulation.. So when the time came the king did not have cash in his treasury to fulfill his promis

Driven to penury, the king gave up the kingdom in favour of the sage Visvamitra and adjourned to the city of Varanasi, with his wife Chandramati and young son Rohita.

Fate played cruel to him even there. Just ot eke out a livelihood, the king had taken the employment as a sevant to a Chandala attending to the cremations of dead bodies in a burial ground.

Chandramathi has simultaneouly taken up the employment as a servant maid in some household..

As luck would have it, a venomous snake bit Rohita while he was playing, and the young prince passed away.. The erstwhile queen took the body of the child for cremation to the burial ground where Harishchandra was working.. The lady did not have any money or moneys worth left with her, and she pleaded to the man, who had changed so much in appearance that his wife could not recognise him, to help her to cremate the body of the boy.. But Harischandra would not agree to allow such cremation unless the fee due to his master, the Chandaala was paid..

Even when the lady was crying and explaining about her abject poverty, the erstwhile king saw the mangalyasootra tied to her neck... The mangalyasootra was costly enough to pay the bill. But then it was again a play of fate.. When Harischandra tied the Mangalyasootra around the neck of Chandramati, there was a divine blessing that only Harishandra would ever see the holy insignia of their marriage..

Chandramathi recognised her husband and Harischandra realised that the dead child was his own son, Prince Rohita.

Still he did not agree to break the rules of his duty.

At this stage, the Divine beings intervened, and the fortunes of Harischandra, and his glory were restored..

(The story is found in many puranas and many texts, and there are ever so many versions.. with minor changes in names of the character, and also in the presentation of the incidents.. But the basic theme is the steadfast adherence of the King to Truth and righteousness.)

Harischandra is a personage that is worth emulating..

We believe that challenges and sufferings visit us to enable us to atone for our bad karmas, and we should face them and negotiate them through the path of righteousness ever.. if we break the rules and deviate from the path of dharma, the burden of bad karma would continue to increase and accumulate, and we would never overcome the evil effects thereof..

ന ത്യജേത് ധര്‍മമര്യാദാമപി ക്ലേശദശാം ശ്രിതഃ।

ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രോ ഹി ധര്‍മാര്‍ഥീ സേഹേ ചാണ്ഡാലദാസതാം॥൧൩

ക്ഷേമേന്ദ്രകവിപ്രണിതേ ചാരുചര്യായാം॥

ചാരുചര്യ എന്ന കൃതിയില്‍ മഹാനായ ക്ഷേമേന്ദ്ര കവി നല്‍കുന്ന ഏറെ കഴമ്പുള്ള ഒരു നിര്‍ദ്ദേശം

അസഹനീയമായ ദാരിദ്ര്യത്തിലെയ്ക്കും ദുരന്തങ്ങളിലേയ്ക്കും വലിച്ചെറിയപ്പെട്ടാലും എന്തൊക്ക വെല്ലുവിളി നേരിടേണ്ടി വന്നാലും ഒരാള്‍ തനിക്ക് നിശ്ചയിച്ച് വച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന ധര്‍മ്മത്തിന്‍റെയും സദാചാരത്തിന്‍റെയും വഴിയില്‍ നിന്ന് വ്യതിചലിച്ച് ഒരിക്കലും പ്രവര്‍ത്തിക്കാന്‍ പാടുള്ളതല്ല.

ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്ര ചക്രവര്‍ത്തിയുടെ കാര്യം തന്നെ എടുക്കാം. ധര്‍മ്മം സംരക്ഷിക്കാന്‍ വേണ്ടി അദ്ദേഹം ഒരു ചണ്ടാലന്‍റെ അടിയാളനായി ചുടുകാട് കാവല്‍ നില്‍ക്കുവാനും അവിടെ ജോലി ചെയ്യുവാനും ഉള്ള പ്രവൃത്തി ഏറ്റെടുത്തു.. ആ ജോലിയില്‍ താങ്ങാനാവാത്ത ഏറെ ദുരിതം അനുഭവിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.

ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്ര ചക്രവര്‍ത്തിയുടെ കഥ അറിയാത്തവരായി ഭാരതഭൂമിയില്‍ ആരും ഉണ്ടാവുകയില്ല. അദ്ദേഹം ഏറെ സത്യസന്ധതയോടെയും നെറിയോടെയും തന്‍റെ പ്രജകളെയും സ്വന്തം കുടുംബത്തെയും സുഖവും സന്തോഷവും മാത്രം നല്‍കി പരിപാലിച്ചു വന്നു.

പക്ഷെ മഹര്‍ഷിയായ വിശ്വാമിത്രനു ഒരു വിചിത്രമായ തോന്നല്‍ ഉണ്ടായി. അദ്ദേഹം ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍റെ സത്യസന്ധത വെറും കാപട്യം മാത്രമാണെന്നു ധരിച്ചുവശായി. അതിന്‍റെ പൊള്ളത്തരം തെളിയിക്കണം എന്നും മഹര്‍ഷി നിശ്ചയിച്ചുറപ്പിച്ചു. കുറച്ചു പരീക്ഷണങ്ങള്‍ നേരിട്ടാല്‍ ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍റെ സത്യസന്ധത തകര്‍ന്നു തരിപ്പണം ആവുമെന്നായിരുന്നു വിശ്വാമിത്രന്‍റെ വിശ്വാസം.

ഒരു യജ്ഞം നടത്തുവാനായി വിശ്വാമിത്രന്‍ ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രനോട് ധനസഹായം ആവശ്യപ്പെട്ടു. അതേസമയം കുതന്ത്രങ്ങള്‍ പ്രയോഗിച്ച് മഹര്‍ഷി രാജാവിന്‍റെ ധനസഞ്ചയം മുഴുവന്‍ രാജാവറിയാതെ അടിച്ചുമാറ്റി. അതുകൊണ്ട് തന്നെ യാഗത്തിനായി മഹര്‍ഷി പണം ആവശ്യപ്പെട്ടുകൊണ്ട് വന്നപ്പോള്‍ അത് കൊടുക്കാന്‍ ഒട്ടും വയാത്ത അവസ്ഥയില്‍ പെട്ടുപോയി ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍.

പണം ഇല്ലാത്ത അവസ്ഥയില്‍ രാജാവ് സ്വന്തം രാജ്യം തന്നെ വിശ്വാമിത്രനു തീറെഴുതി കൊടുത്തിട്ടു ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍ രാജ്ഞി ചന്ദ്രമാതിയെയും കുമാരന്‍ രോഹിതനെയും കൂടെ കൂട്ടി അടുത്ത നഗരമായ വാരാണസിയിലേയ്ക്ക്‌ പലായനം ചെയ്തു.

അവിടെ വാരാണസിയിലും വിധി ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രനോട് തന്‍റെ ക്രൂരത തുടര്‍ന്നു. ജീവിതം മുന്നോട്ടു കൊണ്ടുപോകുവാന്‍ വേണ്ടി മാത്രം ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍ അവിടെ ഒരു ശ്മശാനത്തില്‍ ഒരു ചണ്ടാലന്‍റെ അടിയാളായി ജോലി ചെയ്തുവന്നു. ശവശരീരങ്ങള്‍ ചിതയിലിട്ടു കത്തിക്കുന്ന ജോലിയാണ് അവിടെ അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്.

രാജ്ഞിയായ ചന്ദ്രമതിയും അതേസമയം വാരാണസിയില്‍ ഏതോ ഒരു വീട്ടില്‍ വീട്ടുജോലിക്കാരിയായി ചേര്‍ന്നിരുന്നു.

ഭാഗ്യദോഷം എന്ന് പറയട്ടെ, ഒരു വിഷപ്പാമ്പ് കളിച്ചു കൊണ്ടിരുന്ന രോഹിതകുമാരനെ കടിക്കുകയും കുമാരന്‍ ഉടനെ മരണപ്പെടുകയും ചെയ്തു. ഒരിക്കല്‍ മഹാറാണി ആയിരുന്ന ചന്ദ്രമതി സ്വന്തം കുഞ്ഞിന്‍റെ മൃതദേഹവും ചുമന്നെടുത്ത് ചുടുകാട്ടില്‍ എത്തുന്നു. അവിടെയാണ് ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍ അടിയാളായി ജോലി ചെയ്യുന്നത്. കുമാരനെ ദഹിപ്പിക്കാന്‍ ആവശ്യമായ പണം ചന്ദ്രമതിയുടെ കൈയില്‍ ഇല്ല. വിധിയുടെ വൈപരീത്യം കാരണം രൂപവും ഭാവവും തീരെ മാറിയ ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രനാണ് ചുടുകാടിന്‍റെ സൂക്ഷിപ്പുകാരന്‍ എന്നൊന്നും അറിയാതെ തന്നെ ചന്ദ്രമതി അയാളോട് കാശില്ലെങ്കിലും കുഞ്ഞിനെ ദഹിപ്പിക്കണം എന്ന് യാചിക്കുകയാണ്. പക്ഷെ യജമാനന് കിട്ടേണ്ട പണം കിട്ടിയില്ലെങ്കില്‍ കുഞ്ഞിന്‍റെ ശരീരം ദാഹിപ്പിക്കുവാന്‍ തീര്‍ത്തും വിസമ്മതിക്കുന്നു ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍.

താങ്ങാനാവാത്ത ദാരിദ്ര്യം വിളിച്ചു പറഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ട് കേഴുന്നുണ്ട് എങ്കിലും അവരുടെ കഴുത്തില്‍ കിടക്കുന്ന വിലപിടിച്ച മംഗല്യ സൂത്രം ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍ കാണുന്നുണ്ട്. അത് വിറ്റാല്‍ ദഹിപ്പിക്കാനുള്ള സംഖ്യ എളുപ്പം കിട്ടുമല്ലോ എന്ന് അയാള്‍ അവരോടു ചന്ദ്രമതിയെ ഓര്‍മ്മിപ്പിക്കുന്നു.

ഇവിടെയും വിധിയുടെ വിളയാട്ടമാണ്. പതിവ്രതാ രത്നമായ ചന്ദ്രമതിയുടെ കഴുത്തില്‍ ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍ കെട്ടിയ മംഗല്യസൂത്രം അയാള്‍ക്ക് മാത്രമേ കാണുവാന്‍ കഴിയുകയുള്ളൂ എന്ന ദൈവീകമായ വരസിദ്ധി ഉള്ളതാണ്.

അതോടെ ചന്ദ്രമതി ആ ചുടുകാട് സൂക്ഷിപ്പുകാരന്‍ ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍ തന്നെ ആണെന്ന് തിരിച്ചറിയുന്നു. രാജാവും മരിച്ചു കിടക്കുന്നത് തന്‍റെ ഓമന മകനാണെന്ന് മനസ്സിലാക്കുന്നു.

എന്നിട്ടും ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍ തന്‍റെ ജോലിയുടെ ധര്‍മ്മം തെറ്റിക്കാന്‍ തയാറാവുന്നില്ല.

ഈ അവസരത്തില്‍ ദൈവീക ശക്തികള്‍ ഇടപെടുന്നു. ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന് തനിക്ക് നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട കുടുംബവും രാജ്യവും പ്രതാപവും എല്ലാം തിരിച്ചു കിട്ടുന്നു.

(ഈ കഥ പലേ പുരാണങ്ങളിലും മഹാഭാരതത്തിലും പിന്നെ മറ്റു ഗ്രന്ഥങ്ങളിലും എല്ലാം കാണുന്നു.. ചില ഗൌരവമല്ലാത്ത പാഠഭേദങ്ങളോടെ. കഥാഗതി അല്ല പ്രധാനം. ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന് സത്യത്തോടുള്ള പ്രതിബദ്ധത ഭാരതീയ പൈതൃകത്തിലെ ഒരു വഴിവിളക്കായി എന്നും പ്രകാശം പകരുന്നു. )

ഓരോ മനുഷ്യനും മാതൃകയാക്കേണ്ട ഒരു വ്യക്തിത്വം ആണ് ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്രന്‍.

നാം ഭാരതീയര്‍ വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നു, നമുക്ക് സംഭവിക്കുന്ന വെല്ലുവിളികളും കഷ്ടങ്ങളും ദുരിതങ്ങളും എല്ലാം നമ്മുടെ പാപ കര്‍മ്മങ്ങളുടെ അനന്തരഫലങ്ങള്‍ ആനെന്നും അതുകൊണ്ട് തന്നെ നേരായ വഴിയിലൂടെ മാത്രം അവയെ അഭിമുഖീകരിക്കുകയും തരണം ചെയ്യുകയും ആണ് നാം ചെയ്യേണ്ടത് എന്നും.

അല്ലാതെ കഷ്ടങ്ങള്‍ വന്നു എന്ന കാരണം കൊണ്ട് മാത്രം നേരും നെറിയും കൈവിട്ടു തെറ്റായ വഴിയില്‍ നീങ്ങിയാല്‍ നമ്മുടെ ദുഷ്കര്‍മ്മങ്ങളുടെ ഭാരം വര്‍ദ്ധിച്ചു കൊണ്ടേയിരിക്കും. ദുരിതങ്ങളില്‍ നിന്ന് അപ്പോള്‍ നമുക്ക് ഒരിക്കലും കരകയറാന്‍ പറ്റാതെ വരും.

उचितेन विचारेण चारुतां यान्ति सूक्तयः

 

उचितेन विचारेण चारुतां यान्ति सूक्तयः।वेद्यतत्त्वावबोधेन विद्या इव मनीषिणाम्॥ औचित्य विचार चर्चा क्षेमेन्दर्कृते

ucitena vicāreṇa cārutāṁ yānti sūktayaḥ|vedyatattvāvabodhena vidyā iva manīṣiṇām|| mahasubhashita samgraha 6311 auchityavichaara charchaa of Kshemendra

Beautifully worded and crafted maxims and phrases assume extreme charm when they are aptly backed up by right and relevant thought process. It is just like the education and training of people of great intellect getting encouraged and supported by the constant reminders and expostulations of the persons and preceptors who have mastery and long term experience in the subject of study.

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

invite a guest.. do not invite trouble

वक्रैः क्रूरतरैर्लुब्धैर्न कुर्यात् प्रीतिसंगतिम्।

वसिष्ठस्याहरद् धेनुं विशामित्रो निमन्त्रितः॥३५

क्षेमेन्द्रकविप्रणिते चारुचर्यायाम्॥

vakraiḥ krūratarairlubdhairna kuryāt prītisaṁgatim|

vasiṣṭhasyāharad dhenuṁ viśāmitro nimantritaḥ||35

kṣemendrakavipraṇite cārucaryāyām||

Another quote from Charucharya of Kshemendra.

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Meaning

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A person should never have a friendly and generous get together with a persons who is perverted, cruel and avaricious

Being invited to be a guest, Visvamitra tried to take away by fore the cow of Sage Vasishta.

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We should try to develop friendship with good people and seek the company of only those who are really nice.. If we try to seek the company, knowingly or unknowingly, of people who are too selfish, cruel and avaricious to understand what is fairplay and justice, we are inviting danger in capital letters.

The story of the altercation between Vishvamitra and Vasishta is given as an example.

Vishvamitra, the king was on a hunting spree in a forest. He lost his way and finally reached the precincts of the hermitage of Sage Vasishta..

Seein the king and his retinue wandering around the sage invited them to be his guests. The king Vishvamitra enjoyed the hospitality.. He was given all the facilities befitting a Royal personage.. When Vishvamitra asked Vasishta how a poor sage could arrange for such an affluent feast, Vasishta revealed the Surabhi, the divine cow was staying in his hermitage, and it was her bounty that the sage could accord such opulent hospitaity to the king and his men..

Vishvamitra, instead of being thankful, was pervertedly avaricious, and asked the Sage to hand over the cow to the King.. When Vasishta declined, the king used force and captured the divine cow..

So the hospitality accorded to a pervert proved to be hazardous to the host.

The story goes on that Vasishta simply annihilated the forces of Visvamitra through his yogic powers and Visvamitra was beaten left and right..

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Word Analysis

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नरः a person

वक्रैः perverts

क्रूरतरैः extremely cruel

लुब्धैः avaricious

सह with

प्रीति संगतिं न कुर्यात् should not try to have a friendly meeting or get together.

निमन्त्रितः invited as a guest

विश्वामित्रः king Visvamitra

वसिष्टस्य of Vasishta

धेनुं आहरत् captured, grabbed the cow.

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Regards

K v ananthanarayanan

Retire at the right time.. Or…

Retire at the right time.. Or…

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जराशुभ्रेषु केशेषु तपोवनरुचिर्भवेत्।

अन्ते वनं ययुर्धीराः कुरुपूर्वा महीभुजः॥९५

क्षेमेन्द्रविरचिते चारुचर्यायाम्॥

jarāśubhreṣu keśeṣu tapovanarucirbhavet|

ante vanaṁ yayurdhīrāḥ kurupūrvā mahībhujaḥ||95

kṣemendraviracite cārucaryāyām||

A very wise advise presented by Kshemendra in his work Charucharya. This idea is reflected in and is cavassed with a lot of force in almost all the ancient texts of our country, including Itihasas, Puranas and Dharmashastre..

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When the hairs of a person have turned white due to old age, then he shold definitely turn his mind to retire to some simple hermitage where he could spend his time and rest of his life, in penance and contemplation

Even great Kings with Emperor Kuru in the vanguard, retired to forest when they became old and were expecting end to their physical existence on earth..

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Yes, the greatest problem with old people is that they have outlived their utility and productivity, but most of them feel young and aggressive in mind.. And they do not want to part with anything they have earned or even hoarded during their active innings of life.. They often forget to realize that a younger and more vigorous set of people are waiting in the queue, anxious to occupy the slots created by the expected departure of the oldies.. A lot of strife and unrest in society arise out of such a situation.. Even strife between parents and their offspring arise out of the tendency of the elderly parents to hold on to whatever they could keep in their clutch..

Better let go.. When the time to depart to the abode of yama comes the oldie cannot take anything with him

The idea of Vanaparsta was an established practice in India.. Great kings, when they realized that their next generation had become good enough to take control of the state and family, would just retire to lives of penance and austeriry..

The fact is , it is better to leave before you are thrown out..

This should be a lesson to the elderly and doddery politicians who just stick on like parasites to their positions, come whatever may..

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word analysis

नरः a person

केशेषु जराषुभ्रेषु सत्सु when his hairs have turned white due to old age

तपोवनरुचिः भवेत् get deeply interested in doining penance in a hermitage.. should observe physical and spiritual austerity.

कुरुपूर्वाः धीराः महीभुजः great and valorous kings and emperors like Kuru

अन्ते वनं ययुः.. just retired to forest when their ends were near.