better not to divulge

आयुर्वित्तं गृहच्छिद्रं मन्त्रौषध समागमः।

दानमानापमानाश्च गोप्यान्येते गुरोरपि॥

सुभाषितशतकत्रये॥

āyurvittaṁ gṛhacchidraṁ mantrauṣadha samāgamaḥ|

dānamānāpamānāśca gopyānyete gurorapi||

subhāṣitaśatakatraye||

It would be better to keep following matters very confidential, confidential to the extent that they should not be revealed even to the most revered and elderly preceptor.

1. One’s age 2. One’s state of finance 3. Quarrels and bickering inside one’s close family

4. Discovery or gaining knowledge about secret spells or drugs 5. News about the gifts on is either giving or receiving, the honours or accolades received or the insults and slighting one has suffered.

ആയുര്‍വിത്തം ഗൃഹച്ഛിദ്രം മന്ത്രൌഷധ സമാഗമഃ।

ദാനമാനാപമാനാശ്ച ഗോപ്യാന്യേതേ ഗുരോരപി॥

സുഭാഷിതശതകത്രയേ॥

താഴെ പറയുന്ന കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ ഏറെ രഹസ്യമായി സൂക്ഷിക്കുന്നതാണ് ബുദ്ധിമാന്‍റെ ലക്ഷണം അത്തരം രഹസ്യങ്ങള്‍ വായോവൃദ്ധനായ ഗുരുവിനോട് പോലും പങ്കു വയ്ക്കാതിരിക്കുന്നതാണ് വിവേകം.

൧. ഒരാളുടെ വയസ്സ് ൨ ഒരാളുടെ സാമ്പത്തിക സ്ഥിതി ൩. സ്വന്തം വീട്ടില്‍ അടുത്ത കുടുംബക്കാരും ആയി സംഭവിക്കുന്ന കലഹങ്ങളും തെറ്റിദ്ധാരണകളും. ൪. ഏതെങ്കിലും മന്ത്രങ്ങളോ ഔഷധങ്ങളോ കണ്ടെത്തുകയോ അവ ഉപയോഗിക്കാനുള്ള നൈപുണ്യം കൈവരികയോ ആണെങ്കില്‍ അക്കാര്യം ൬. ആര്‍ക്കെങ്കിലും ദാനമോ സഹായമോ ചെയ്യുക, ആരില്‍ നിന്നെങ്കിലും സമ്മാനമോ വേറെ സഹായമോ സ്വീകരിക്കുക, മറ്റുള്ളവരില്‍ നിന്ന് പ്രശംസയും ബഹവുമാനവും കിട്ടുക, അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ ആരെങ്കിലും നമ്മെ അപമാനിക്കുക

sandwitched...

ये च मूढतमाः लोके ये च बुद्धे परं गताः।
ते एव सुखं एधन्ते मध्यमः क्लिश्यते जनः॥
महाभारते १२-२५-२८
ye ca mūḍhatamāḥ loke ye ca buddhe paraṁ gatāḥ|
te eva sukhaṁ edhante madhyamaḥ kliśyate janaḥ||
mahābhārate 12-25-28


Absolutely idiotic people who lack even the primary knowledge about the happenings around them and their consequence, are supremely happy for ever..

People who have learned everything and are brimming with knowledge and maturity .. those who have reached the topmost state of erudition.. they too are very happy..

But people who are in between, that is , those who know a little, but know not enough, live in worries and anxieties..

But then most of us, the majority of us are in the last category.. We are aware of the challenges of life, but we are yet to find any answers to most of the issues.. and so we worry our hearts out..

A statement from the epic Mahabharatham..

eternally blessed ..

असारभूते संसारे सारमेतत्चतुष्टयः।

काशीवासः सतां सङ्गः गङ्गांभः शंभुपूजनं॥ 

asārabhūte saṁsāre sārametatcatuṣṭayaḥ| 

kāśīvāsaḥ satāṁ saṅgaḥ gaṅgāṁbhaḥ śaṁbhupūjanaṁ|| 

The life on this earth is so empty and frustrating.. 

But four things can impart vitality and meaning to the human life which is otherwise of little value. 

They are 

1.. Stay in the city of Kaashi, the abode of the master of the world 

2. Remaining always in the company of noble souls... satsang 

3. Being blessed with the holy waters of Ganga 

and 

4. Having the fortune to worship Lord Shambu the Maheshwara.. 

Usually those who happen to live in the city of Kashi become fortunate to have the other three also.. 

Indeed, they are blessed million times..

അസാരഭൂതേ സംസാരേ സാരമേതത്ചതുഷ്ടയഃ।
കാശീവാസഃ സതാം  സംഗഃ  ഗംഗാംഭഃ ശംഭുപൂജനം॥

ഒരു എത്തും പിടിയും കിട്ടാത്ത അതീവ ദുഷ്കരമായ ഈ ഭൂമിയിലെ ജീവിതത്തില്‍ ഏറ്റവും അര്‍ത്ഥവത്തും അനുഗ്രഹപ്രദവുമായ നാല് കാര്യങ്ങള്‍

1 ലോകനാഥനായ വിശ്വനാഥന്‍റെ തട്ടകമായ കാശിയില്‍ ജീവിക്കുക
2. മനസ്സുകൊണ്ടും വാക്കുകൊണ്ടും ശരീരം കൊണ്ടും നന്മ മാത്രം കരുതുന്ന, നന്മ മാത്രം ചെയ്യുന്ന  മഹത്തുക്കളുമായുള്ള സത്സംഗം
3 ഗംഗാ മാതാവിന്റെ തീര്‍ത്ഥം നുകരാനുള്ള പുണ്യം
പിന്നെ
4.  ഭഗവാന്‍ ശംഭുവിനെ പൂജചെയ്യുവാനുള്ള ഭാഗ്യം.

കാശിയില്‍ ജീവിക്കാന്‍ സാധിക്കുന്നവര്‍ക്ക് മറ്റു മൂന്നു കാര്യങ്ങളും വളരെ സുലഭാമാണല്ലോ

none cares about the meek and obedient....

none cares about the meek and obedient....

अकृतोपद्रवः कश्चिन्महानपि न पूज्यते।

अर्चयति नराः नागं न तार्क्ष्यं न गजाधिकम्॥

akṛtopadravaḥ kaścinmahānapi na pūjyate|

arcayati narāḥ nāgaṁ na tārkṣyaṁ na gajādhikam||

A person who is calm and quiet and who means no harm to others is verily not respected ( compared to the persons who prove to be some threat to us..). 

We worship venomous snakes with great devotions and alacrity.. 

Such great devotion or interest is not seen in the worship of even the king of vultures Garuda or even huge animals like the elephant. 

( Garuda and others simply exist without meddling with the life of others, and therefore they are taken for granted.. but the puny reptile specializes spewing venom.. and it therefore worshiped) 

Rattle the Sabre.. and one will be noted, and even worshiped..

they are the salt of the earth.....

गोभिर् विप्रैश्च वेदैश्च सतीभिर्सत्यवादिभिः
अलुब्धैर्दानशीलैश्च सप्तभिर् धार्यते मही॥
gobhir vipraiśca vedaiśca satībhirsatyavādibhiḥ
alubdhairdānaśīlaiśca saptabhir dhāryate mahī||

The earth is borne and maintained in its pleasant and balanced state by the presence of
1.. The cows
2..The learned persons.. vipraas
4.. The Vedas
4.. Chaste ladies
5.. Those who speak truth at any cost
6.. Those who are not stingy
7.. Those who are magnanimous and charitable by nature..

The sloka speaks for itself.. No elaboration seems necessary..

uneven distribution...

दृश्यम्ते भुवि भूरिनिंबतरवः कुत्रापि ते चन्दनाः
पाषाणैः परिपूरिता वसुमती वज्रामणिर्दुर्लभः।
श्रूयन्ते करटारवाश्च सततं चैत्रे कुहूकूजितं
तन्मन्ये खलसङ्कुलं जगदिदं द्वित्राः क्षितौ सज्जनाः॥
dṛśyamte bhuvi bhūriniṁbataravaḥ kutrāpi te candanāḥ
paṣāṇaiḥ paripūritā vasumatī vajrāmaṇirdurlabhaḥ|
śrūyante karaṭāravāśca satataṁ caitre kuhūkūjitaṁ
tanmanye khalasaṅkulaṁ jagadidaṁ dvitrāḥ kṣitau sajjanāḥ||

We see a lot of Margosa (veppu) trees with bitter leaves and fruits everywhere on the earth.. But the sandalwood trees are rare to see..
The face of the earth abounds in hard rocks, but diamonds are found very sparsely..
The cacophony of the cry of crows is an experience round the year but we hear the musical refrain of the cuckoo only in the spring season
Verily the world is filled with ordinary and often evil things and people, but good and noble people are also seen once or twice...

merciless killers

ज्योतिषं व्यवहारं च प्रायश्चित्तं चिकित्सकं।

विना शास्त्रेण यो ब्रूयात् तमाहुर्ब्रह्मघातकं॥

jyotiṣaṁ vyavahāraṁ ca prāyaścittaṁ cikitsakaṁ|

vinā śāstreṇa yo brūyāt tamāhurbrahmaghātakaṁ||

The following type of people are considered even lower than the murderers of the Gurus and learned men...

Those who make astrological predictions without proper backing of texts and knowledge.

Those who act a arbitrators or advocates without any legal knowledge worth its name

Those who indulge in sorcery and prescribe expiation without any scriptural backing

And

The quacks who start practicing medicine without any knowledge or training..

Such people are really diabolic killers and cancerous growths on human-kind..

exaggerated perceptions....

शतनिष्को धनाढ्यश्च शतग्रामेण भूपतिः।

शताश्वः क्षत्रियो राजा शतश्लोकेन पण्डितः॥

śataniṣko dhanāḍhyaśca śatagrāmeṇa bhūpatiḥ|

śatāśvaḥ kṣatriyo rājā śataślokena panḍitaḥ||

A person who is having just  hundred Nishkas is often considered as very wealthy.. 
One who is having control of one hundred villages is understood as a great landlord.. 
A kshatriya having hundred horses ready for war is termed as a king.. 
and a person who can quote one hundred slokas could pose himself as a scholar

Nishka.. is a globule of gold .. often tied to the horn of a cow when the cow is given as Daanam or gift  in sacrifices and ceremonies. 
It was also considered a legal tender as coin as early as in Mahabharata times.. 
Anyway the value of one hundred nishkas may not add up to much.. but for an ordinary human being, the owner of even hundred nishkas is very rich..

Likewise a person having some agricultural lands in some villages is considered a big landlord, a zamindar, even as the world is so wide.

A person of the warrior clan who can muster the help of even hundred horse-soldiers would be looked upon as a king..

And worst of all, a fellow like me who may be able to quote, or even cut and paste a few slokas, could easily be mistaken to be a scholar..

The world is so short-sighted.. It is carried away easily..

brahmin in the proper sense....

ब्राह्मणस्य तु देहोऽयं नोपभोगाय कल्पते

इहक्ळेशाय महते प्रेत्यानन्त सुखाय च॥ 

brāhmaṇasya tu deho'yaṁ nopabhogāya kalpate| 

ihakḻeśāya mahate pretyānanta sukhāya ca|| 

In his worldly life the body of a brahmin ( and a learned man) is only for toiling, observing all the rituals, studies, learning and teaching.. It is toil in this world to gain great virtue which are sure to take them to eternal bliss in their life in heaven.. 

So when brahmins are told to lead very strict and disciplined life, they should never complain.. This is their duty for the benefit of the whole universe and that alone can lead them to eternal bliss ever after.. 

If Brahmin is not able to practice what is expected of him, he does not deserve to be addressed by that name..

the eight-fold misery

ऋणं याच्ना च वृद्धत्वं जारचोरं दरिद्रता।

रोगश्च भुक्तशेषाश्चप्यष्टकष्टा प्रकीर्तिताः॥

ṛṇaṁ yācnā ca vṛddhatvaṁ jāracoraṁ daridratā|

rogaśca bhuktaśeṣāścapyaṣṭakaṣṭā prakīrtitāḥ||

The following eight situations in life are termed as utmost in misery..

1. Being in debt

2. Being a beggar

3.Being an elderly person

4. Being forced into selling body for sex

5. Being a thief or robber

6 Living in poverty

7. Being gripped by disease and ill health

8. Being forced to eat and live upon food which is thrown away by others as remnants..

These rules apply to simple and straightforwards human beings.. If anyone raises a question whether these ideas will be in sync with some institutions and and some professions.. there is no answer..

handicaps without reservaion...

मूकः परापवादे परदारनिरीक्षणेऽप्यन्धः।

पङ्गुः परधनहरणे स जयते लोकत्रये पुरुषः॥ 

mūkaḥ parāpavāde paradāranirīkṣaṇe'pyandhaḥ| 

paṅguḥ paradhanaharaṇe sa jayate lokatraye puruṣaḥ|| 

The person with the following physical handicaps wins over the three worlds.. 

One who is DEAF to scandals being spread about his fellow human beings. 

One who is BLIND if he has to look at ladies with bad intentions 

One who is LAME if he is tempted to covet and take away the wealth of others..

മൂകഃ പരാപവാദേ പരദാരനിരീക്ഷണേഽപ്യന്ധഃ।

പങ്ഗുഃ പരധനഹരണേ സ ജയതേ ലോകത്രയേ പുരുഷഃ॥ 

ഊമയും കുരുടനും ഞൊണ്ടിയുമായ ഒരു മനുഷ്യനാണ് സ്വന്തം  ജീവിതം ഏറ്റവും ധന്യമാക്കി ജീവിക്കുന്നത്.
അയാള്‍  മറ്റുള്ളവരുടെ കുറ്റം പറയുന്നതിലും ചൂണ്ടിക്കാണിക്കുന്നതിലും ഊമയാണ്.
പര്സ്ത്രീകളില്‍  നോട്ടം ചെല്ലുമ്പോള്‍ അയാള്‍ കുരുടനാവും
മറ്റുള്ളവരുടെ സ്വത്ത്  പറിച്ചെടുക്കാന്‍ തോന്നിയാല്‍ അയാള്‍  ഞൊണ്ടി ആകും
ഇത്തരത്തിലുള്ള ശാരീരിക വൈകല്യങ്ങള്‍ ഉള്ളവരാണ്  മൂന്നു ലോകത്തും വിജയികള്‍

ഇവിടെ  കണ്ണുകൊണ്ടും  വാക്കുകൊണ്ടും പ്രവൃത്തി കൊണ്ടും  ദോഷം ചെയ്യാന്‍ അശക്തരായ സജ്ജനങ്ങളെക്കുരിച്ചാണ് സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നത്

priorities..

अर्थातुराणां न गुरुर्न बन्धुः

कामातुराणां न भयं न लज्जा।

विद्यातुराणां न सुखं न निद्रा

क्षुदातुराणां न रुचिर् न पक्वः॥

arthāturāṇāṁ na gururna bandhuḥ

kāmāturāṇāṁ na bhayaṁ na lajjā|

vidyāturāṇāṁ na sukhaṁ na nidrā

kṣudāturāṇāṁ na rucir na pakvaḥ||

For people who are desperately running after money, there is no consideration for even their elders, preceptors or relatives.

For people obsessed with carnal desires and who run after bodily pleasures, there is neither fear nor shame

For people eager to acquire knowledge, there is no question of considering physical comforts or even sleep

and 

For people who are hungry, there will not be any concern as to whether the food is tasty or whether it is rightly cooked

Those who run after money would not care for the welfare of their kith and kin, and would not hesitate even to cheat them if that would mean getting more money. 

Those who are after sensual pleasures say goodbye to fear of law and bad name and also to any sense of shame. 

Knowledge can be acquired only through a lot of efforts and in that process, sleep and other physical comforts would have to be set aside..

And for the hungry man, it is some food to fill the stomach that matters and taste and other culinary qualities are not of much concern..

they keep the universe in place...

गोभिर् विप्रैश्च वेदैश्च सतीभिर्सत्यवादिभिः

अलुब्धैर्दानशीलैश्च सप्तभिर् धार्यते मही॥

gobhir vipraiśca vedaiśca satībhirsatyavādibhiḥ

alubdhairdānaśīlaiśca saptabhir dhāryate mahī||

The earth is borne and maintained in its pleasant and balanced state by the presence of

1.. The cows

2..The learned persons.. vipraas

4.. The Vedas

4.. Chaste ladies

5.. Those who speak truth at any cost

6.. Those who are not stingy

7.. Those who are magnanimous and charitable by nature..

The sloka speaks for itself.. No elaboration seems necessary..

appearances do count....

समुद्रमथनात् लेभे हरिर्लक्ष्मीं हरो विषं

भाग्यं फलति सर्वत्र न विद्या न च पौरुषं॥

samudramathanāt lebhe harirlakṣmīṁ haro viṣaṁ

bhāgyaṁ phalati sarvatra na vidyā na ca pauruṣaṁ||

When the milky ocean was churned, Lord Vishnu got Laksmi as consort. 

But only the poison Halahalam came to the share of Lord Shiva.

This would prove that it is not education or valour that always work in one's favour..

But, it is luck that can prove to be the decisive factor, invariably..

(Samudramathanaat... In the process of churning the ocean, HariH.. Vishnu Lakshmeem.. The gooddess of wealth Lakshmi Lebhe.. got .. HaraH Visham (Lebhe) Shiva got poison..

Vidyaa.. Education Paurusham... manliness, valour, na phalati.. are not effective.. (Paranthu) but.. sarvatra bhaagyam phalati.. Luck is always the producer of good results..)

Unity in diversity

मृत्पिण्डमेकं बहुभाण्डरूपं

सुवर्णमेकं बहुभूषणात्मकं। 

गोक्षीरमेकं बहुधेनुजातं 

ब्रह्मैकमेव बहुदेहवर्ती॥

mṛtpiṇḍamekaṁ bahubhāṇḍarūpaṁ

suvarṇamekaṁ bahubhūṣaṇātmakaṁ| 

gokṣīramekaṁ bahudhenujātaṁ 

brahmaikameva bahudehavartī|| 

The clay is only one even if a lot of pots are made from it. 

The gold is one an the same though lots and lots of ornaments are made from it 

The breeds and colours of cows may vary, but the milk is having the same composition 

Likewise, the Supreme being is one, although It manifests in many bodies. 

(Bahubhaanda roopam mruth pindam ekam eva.. Bahubhooshanaatmakam suvarnamamapi ekam. Api cha bahudhenu jaatham goksheeram api ekam. 

Bahu deha vartee brahma api ekam eva.. )

sense and nonsence

बालसखित्वमकारणहास्यं स्त्रीषु विवादमसज्जन सेवा

गार्द्दभयानमसंस्कृत वाणी षट्सुतरां लघुतामुपयाति॥

सुभाषितशतकत्रये १८९

bālasakhitvamakāraṇahāsyaṁ strīṣu vivādamasajjana sevā

gārddabhayānamasaṁskṛta vāṇī ṣatsutarāṁ laghutāmupayāti ||

subhāṣitaśatakatraye 189

ബാലസഖിത്വം അകാരണഹാസ്യം സ്ത്രീഷു വിവാദം അസജ്ജനസേവാ 

ഗര്‍ദ്ദഭയാനം അസംസ്കൃത വാണീ ഷട്ട്സുതരാം ലഘുതാം ഉപയാതി 

An interesting list of activities which can make even the brightest and the noblest of the persons look like complete idiots or morons.. the activities are:-

1. Playing with boys of very small age and aping their activities.

2. Laughing without proper reason, or cracking jokes out of place

3. Argument with feamales

4. Being in the service of cruel people

5.Travelling atop a donkey

6. Using very foul language.

Invariably the six qualities can make anyone a funny and pathetic piece of human wreck.

When a grown up man plays with boys.. and this many do, sometimes to show off, we see middle aged fellows trying to play cricket with small boys..sometimes the ball hits them in the wrong places and that end up in agony for themselves, sometimes one of the boys is hit, and a big army of mothers shout at the fellow in the worst vocabulary only they can possess..

Some people just crack rotten jokes, just to show off, and all except the one who made the joke can understand the results ..

Arguments with females.. this point needs no elaboration

Doing service to a bad employer can make our live the meanest toil, and insult to ourselves.

Travelling atop a donkey has many benefits. The donkey can vary its speed at will.. It can entertain the rider with its sweet songs. The children in the street will be invariably ready with stones to encourage the locomotion. Some even many manage to tie some empty tin with a few stones to the tail of the donkey, so that the sound of rumbling stone will be an excellent propeller as well as a nice accompaniment for the musical performances of the donkey

Even decent fellows, when in a crowd, revel in using bawdy or foul language, especially when they could site female presence in the vicinity.. They think they are the heroes, but others know such fellows are  zeroes.. 

this is the real stuff

सत्यम् तपो ज्ञानमहिम्सता च

विद्वत् प्रणामं च सुशीलता च।

एतानि यो धारयते स विद्वान्

न केवलं यो पठितः स विद्वान्॥

सुभाषितशतकत्रयं

satyam tapo jñānamahimsatā ca

vidvat praṇāmaṁ ca suśīlatā ca|

etāni you dhārayate sa vidvān

na kevalaṁ yo paṭhitaḥ sa vidvān||

subhāṣitaśatakatrayaṁ

The noble qualities like truthfulness, sincere penance, deep knowledge, non-violence, profound respect for the learned and sterling character make a great scholar. Mere reading and memorizing of volumes after volumes of books are not sufficient to make one learned.

സത്യം തപോ ജ്ഞാനംഅഹിംസതാ ച

വിദ്വത് പ്രണാമം ച സുശീലതാ ച

ഏതാനി യോ ധാരയതെ സ വിദ്വാന്‍

ന കേവലം യോ പഠിത: സ വിദ്വാന്‍

സുഭാഷിതശതകത്രയം

ഉന്നതങ്ങളായ  ഗുണങ്ങളായ   

സത്യസന്ധത ,   ആത്മാര്‍ഥതയോടെ യുള്ള തപസ്സ്,  ആഴത്തിലുള്ള  അറിവ്,  ആര്‍ക്കും ഉപദ്രവം കൊടുക്കാതിരിക്കാന്‍ അതായത് അഹിംസയില്‍ ഉറച്ച നിഷ്ഠ,  അറിവും മഹത്ത്വവുമുള്ളവരെ വന്ദിച്ചു അനുസരിക്കുവാനുള്ള മനസ്സ്,  ഇതെല്ലാം ഉള്ള ആളാണ്‌ യഥാര്‍ത്ഥ വിദ്വാന്‍,  

പുസ്തകങ്ങള്‍ പഠിച്ചവനോ വല്ലതും അഭ്യസിച്ചവനോ അവ ഉരുവിടുന്നവാണോ  അതുകൊണ്ട് മാത്രം  വിദ്വാന്‍ ആവുകയില്ല. 

the source never gets depleted

गृह्णन्तु सर्वे यदि वा यदेच्छं
नास्ति क्षतिः क्वापि कवीश्वराणाम्।
रत्नेषु लुप्तेषु बहुष्वमर्त्यैः
अद्यापि रत्नाकर एव सिन्धुः॥
सुभषितशतकत्रयं
gṛhṇantu sarve yadi vā yadecchaṁ
nāsti kṣatiḥ kvāpi kavīśvarāṇām|
ratneṣu lupteṣu bahuṣvamārtyaiḥ
adyāpi ratnākara eva sindhuḥ||
subhaṣitaśatakatrayaṁ

ഗൃഹ്ണന്തു സര്‍വേ യദി വാ യഥേച്ഛം
നാസ്തി ക്ഷതി:  ക്വാപി കവീശ്വരാനാം
രത്നേഷു ലുപ്തേഷു ബഹുഷ്വമര്‍ത്യൈ:
അദ്യാപി രത്നാകര ഏവ സിന്ധു
സുഭാഷിതശതകത്രയം

let the people devour to their hearts' fill from the wisdom of the divine poets. The source can never get depleted.
while churning the milky ocean the gods took away all the gems they could lay their hands upon from the Ocean. Still even today the ocean retains the status of the treasury of all valuable gems.

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cuckoo vs donkey

वाङ्ग्माधुर्यात् सर्वलोकप्रियत्वं
वाक्पारुष्यात् सर्वलोकोऽप्रियत्वं।
को वा लोके कोकिलस्योपकारः
को वा लोके गर्द्दभस्यापकरः॥
सुभषितशतकत्रयं॥। प्रस्तुतिः   आर्षविद्यामन्दिरं
vāṅgmādhuryāt sarvalokapriyatvaṁ
vākpāruṣyāt  sarvaloko'priyatvaṁ|
ko vā loke kokilasyopakāraḥ
ko vā loke garddabhasyāpakaraḥ||
subhaṣitaśatakatrayaṁ||| prastutiḥ   ārṣavidyāmandiraṁ

വാങ്ങ്മാധുര്യാത് സര്‍വ്വലോകപ്രിയത്വം
വാക്ക്‌ പാരുഷ്യാത് സര്‍വലോക അപ്രിയത്വം
കോ വാ ലോകേ കോകിലസ്യ ഉപകാര:
കോ വാ ലോകേ ഗര്ദ്ദഭസയ അപകാര:
സുഭാഷിത ശതകത്രയം  ഒരു ആര്ഷവിദ്യാലയ പ്രസിദ്ധീകരണം

Everyone adores a person who always utters sweet words. A person with harsh words is abhored.  The sweetness or harshness need not be any special virtue. It is just in human nature to listen to sweet words, even when they are not worth a penny.  Harsh utternace which may be of great value go unheeded.  Apart from the sweet blabber what is the use for the cuckoo in this world.  Though it is possess of a very harsh voice, the donkey have many other good uses. 

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priority

दुर्जनाः सज्जनात् पूर्वं पूज्यतां तेन किं सतां।
पूर्वं प्रक्षाळितं पIयुः आननात् अधिकं किमु॥
सुभषितशतकत्रयं
durjanāḥ sajjanāt pūrvaṁ pūjyatāṁ tena kiṁ satāṁ|
pūrvaṁ prakṣāḻitaṁ payuḥ ānanāt adhikaṁ kimu||
subhaṣitaśatakatrayaṁ
ദുര്‍ജനാ: സജ്ജനാത്‌ പൂര്‍വ്വം പൂജ്യതാം തേന കിം സതാം
പൂര്‍വ്വം പ്രക്ഷാള്‍യതെ പായു ആനനാത്‌ അധികം കിമു

Let tyrants and arrogant people be   given priority over the noble persons.  
The noble are not the losers.  
Is it not the usual practice to clean one's excretory organs before washing the face? 
Does it mean that those organs are superior to one's face?

Out of fear and possible backlashes the arrogant people are given more importance in some situations.  
Men of steady character and repute need not be peeved by that . 
The ultimate winners will be persons with character.

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