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Saturday, March 21, 2026

bondage between true friends should like between mud and water



करोतु तादृशीं प्रीतिं यदृशी नीरपङ्कयोः।
रविणा शोषिते नीरे पङ्कदेहो विशीर्यते॥

karotu tādṛśīṁ prītiṁ yadṛśī nīrapaṅkayoḥ|
raviṇā śoṣite nīre paṅkadeho viśīryate||
mahaasubhaashitasamgraha 8794 subhashitamanjari

The deep affection and bondage that should be developed between true friends should like what happens between mud and water. When the mud is soaked in water, the mixture remains so supple and big. However, when the lump of mud soaked in water is exposed to sunlight and the sun evaporates the water, then the lump of mud just get shattered into dust.

Here the two friends are so close and are completely devoted to one another that when one becomes weak the other just withers away.

കരോതു താദൃശീം പ്രീതിം യദൃശീ നീരപങ്കയോഃ।
രവിണാ ശോഷിതേ നീരേ പങ്കദേഹോ വിശീര്യതേ॥
മഹാസുഭാഷിത സംഗ്രഹം ൮൭൯൪ -- സുഭാഷിത മഞ്ജരി
രണ്ടു പേര്‍ യഥാര്‍ത്ഥത്തില്‍ ഉറ്റ ചങ്ങാതിമാര്‍ ആണെങ്കില്‍ അവര്‍ തമ്മിലുള്ള ബന്ധവും തമ്മില്‍തമ്മില്‍ ഉള്ള കരുതലും വെള്ളവും ചെളിയും പോലെ ആയിരിക്കണം. വെള്ളത്തില്‍ കുതിര്‍ന്നു കിടക്കുമ്പോള്‍ ചെളി ഒരു വലിയ കട്ടയായി നീണ്ടു നിവര്‍ന്നു നില്‍ക്കും. പക്ഷെ വെയില്‍ ഏറ്റു ചെളിയോടുകൂടെയുള്ള വെള്ളം ആവിയായി പോകുമ്പോള്‍ ആ ചെളിക്കട്ട വെറും പൂഴിയായി തകര്‍ന്നു വീഴും.

ഇവിടെ ഈ രണ്ടു സുഹൃത്തുക്കള്‍ വളരെ അടുപ്പത്തിലാണ്. ഒരാള്‍ക്ക് കോട്ടം വരുമ്പോള്‍ മറ്റെയാളും തകര്‍ന്നുപോകുന്നു.

Sunday, December 10, 2023

शेषं परविभूतये



गोशतादपि गोक्षीरं प्रस्थं ग्रामशतादपि।
प्रासादादपि खट्वार्धं शेषं परविभूतये॥
सुभाषितमञ्जरी १४-५०४
gośatādapi gokṣīraṃ prasthaṃ grāmaśatādapi।
prāsādādapi khaṭvārdhaṃ śeṣaṃ paravibhūtaye॥
subhāṣitamañjarī 14-504
A great reminder from Subhaashita manjari
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Even if a person is the owner of a hundred cows, he can, at best, use for himself only the milk given by one cow.
He can at best consume a single measure of grain a day, even if he is the owner of a hundred villages
He can occupy only a portion of a cot, even if he is the owner of a huge palatial mansion.
The rest of what he has is just for the use and benefit of others around him
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A great statement indeed
The universe around us is so huge and so richly endowed..
By some sheer chance, or even through conscious effort, we might get control and possession of resources and materials in excess of what we really need..
Human nature is to hoard..
We will not be able to enjoy more that our body and mind would permit..
Beyond that limit, we cannot use anything..
But we tend to hoard everything.. and often we exercise our ownership rights to prevent others from getting any advantage from the resources, which are too often distributed unequally..
We can afford to be generous..
We can share our joys and resources.
Of course this is not a call for anyone to throw caution to the winds and fritter away all he has.. in the shortest time possible.
It is only a message of caution against excessive greed and possessiveness.
Regards
k v ananthanarayanan

Sunday, February 16, 2020

blowing hot and cold



क्षणे तुष्टाः क्षणे रुष्टाः तुष्टाः रुष्टाः क्षणे क्षणे
अव्यवस्थितचित्तानां प्रसादोऽपि भयङ्करः॥
व्यवस्थितः प्रशान्तात्मा कुपितोऽप्यभयङ्करः।
अव्यवस्थितचित्तानां प्रसादोऽपि भयङ्करः॥
समयोचितपद्यमालिकायाम्॥
kṣaṇe tuṣṭāḥ kṣaṇe ruṣṭāḥ tuṣṭāḥ ruṣṭāḥ kṣaṇe kṣaṇe
avyavasthitacittānāṁ prasādo'pi bhayaṅkaraḥ||
vyavasthitaḥ praśāntātmā kupito'pyabhayaṅkaraḥ|
avyavasthitacittānāṁ prasādo'pi bhayaṅkaraḥ||
samayocitapadyamālikāyām||


People, be it rulers, bosses, spouses, family members, friends, neightbours, who are in a very happy and benevolent mood at one moment and could plunge to great anger and violence just within a short time, are to be handled with extreme caution..
Even the favourable mood of a person who can have sudden mood-swings, can mean great danger.

On the contrary, people who are calm and composed by nature, are not really dangerous even if they are extremely provoked and even if they seething with anger.
Again, the favourable mood of a person who is prone to unpredictable mood swing is indeed dangerous.

Yes, balance of behaviour, and some sort of predictabilty is necessary for the welfare of a person himself and for others too.

If a fellow behaves like a cow most of the time.. we can understand..
If he behaves like a poisonous snake all the time then too he can be handled with due dilgence..

But a fellow who can be a cow one moment and a venomours reptile the other moment can pose serious problems

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

share and be happy....



गोशतादपि गोक्षीरं प्रस्थं ग्रामशतादपि।
प्रासादादपि खट्वार्धं शेषं परविभूतये॥
सुभाषितमञ्जरी १४-५०४
gośatādapi gokṣīraṃ prasthaṃ grāmaśatādapi।
prāsādādapi khaṭvārdhaṃ śeṣaṃ paravibhūtaye॥
subhāṣitamañjarī 14-504


A great reminder from Subhaashita manjari
==============
Even if a person is the owner of a hundred cows, he can, at best, use for himself only the milk given by one cow.
He can at best consume a single measure of grain a day, even if he is the owner of a hundred villages
He can occupy only a portion of a cot, even if he is the owner of a huge palatial mansion.
The rest of what he has is just for the use and benefit of others around him
================
A great statement indeed
The universe around us is so huge and so richly endowed..
By some sheer chance, or even through conscious effort, we might get control and possession of resources and materials in excess of what we really need..
Human nature is to hoard..
We will not be able to enjoy more that our body and mind would permit..
Beyond that limit, we cannot use anything..
But we tend to hoard everything.. and often we exercise our ownership rights to prevent others from getting any advantage from the resources, which are too often distributed unequally..

We can afford to be generous..
We can share our joys and resources.

Of course this is not a call for anyone to throw caution to the winds and fritter away all he has.. in the shortest time possible.

It is only a message of caution against excessive greed and possessiveness.

ഗോശതാദപി ഗോക്ഷീരം പ്രസ്ഥം ഗ്രാമശതാദപി।
പ്രാസാദാദപി ഖട്വാര്‍ധം ശേഷം പരവിഭൂതയേ॥
സുഭാഷിതമഞ്ജരീ 14-504

ഒരാള്‍ക്ക്‌ നൂറു പശുക്കള്‍ ഉണ്ടെങ്കിലും  സ്വന്തം ആവശ്യത്തിന്നു  ഏറിവന്നാല്‍ ഒരു പശു  കറക്കുന്ന പാല്‍  മാത്രമേ ഉപയോഗിക്കാന്‍ വേണ്ടിവരൂ.  
എത്ര ഏക്കര്‍ കൃഷിഭൂമി ഉണ്ടെങ്കിലും  ഒരു ചെറിയ ഭാഗത്തുനിന്ന് കൊയ്തെടുത്ത  ഒരു കൊച്ചു നാഴി ധാന്യം മാത്രമേ പാചകം ചെയ്ത് ഉണ്ണുവാന്‍ പറ്റൂ
എത്ര മുറികളുള്ള മണിമാളികയില്‍  കഴിഞ്ഞാലും രാവുറങ്ങുവാന്‍ ഒരു കട്ടിലിന്‍റെ  ഒരു ഭാഗം മാത്രമേ ആവശ്യമുള്ളു..

ബാക്കി നമുക്കുല്ലതെല്ലാം മറ്റുള്ളവരുടെ സുഖത്തിനും സന്തോഷത്തിനും വേണ്ടിയുള്ളതാണെന്ന്  ഓര്‍ക്കണം 


അടിവരയിട്ടു പറയേണ്ട ഒരു കാര്യം.. നമുക്ക് വേണ്ടത് കുറച്ചു മാത്രം.  നമുക്കുള്ളത് ധാരാളം  എന്നാണെങ്കില്‍  അധികമുള്ളത്  ധൂര്‍ത്തടിക്കാന്‍ വേണ്ടി  ഉപയോഗിക്കരുത്..   ആവശ്യമുല്ലവരോടൊപ്പം പങ്കു വയ്ക്കണം.  അതാണ്‌ മനുഷ്യന്റെ ചുമതല