Life and its limbs are governed by a strange mixture or logic, faith, reasoning and sometimes lame justification,may be at times blind adulation also. Old religious beliefs said god is running the world with His power of delusion, Maya... if we buy this idea, we have to say all ideas about godhead were tinted with a sense of uncertainty or even one can say, fraud. Yudistira is said to have remarked in yaksha prasnam..."no two books on scriptures, no two arguments, no two sages reach exact agreement on any issue and the dialogue goes on and on. The real truth is hidden in a dark cave..The best way is to follow the path trodden by noble elders". The feeling of hurt to logic(or intelligent reasoning) is highlighted, but we are processing this wonderful logic with an imperfect mind or brain. So it is not only garbage in --garbage out, but also garbage added in between. Every leader of opinion worth his salt has resorted to exploiting the credulousness of the public, be it Krishna, Gandhi, Sankara, Churchill, Rasputin ... or baba or mata. What they achieve in their lifetime stands out and speaks for itself. We cannot judge even whether "Kayamkulam Kochunni" , a robber who looted the rich to help the poor was good or evil. (The westerners may see the shadow of Robin Hood). So the discussion can be nothing but inconclusive.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
it is in the eye of the beholder
जाढ्यं ह्रीमति गण्यते व्रतशुचौ दम्भः शुचौ कैतवं
शूरे निर्घृणता मुनौ विमतिता दैन्यं प्रियालोपिनि
तेजस्विन्न्यवलिप्तता मुखरता वक्तव्यवक्तिस्थिस्थिरे
तत् को नाम गुणो भवेत् स गुणिना यो दुर्ज्जनैर्नाङ्किता॥४३
भर्तृहरेर्नीतिशतकात्
jāḍhyaṁ hrīmati gaṇyate vrataśucau dambhaḥ śucau kaitavaṁ
śūre nirghṛṇatatā munau vimatitā dainyaṁ priyālopini
tejasvinnyavaliptatā mukharatā vaktavyavaktisthistire
tat ko nāma guṇo bhavet sa guṇinā yo durjjanairnāṅkitā||43
bhrtṛharernītiśatakāt
The evil people have the knack of making a donkey out of a pedigree horse. If a gentleman is modest, they will call him a dumb idiot. If he is very sincere in his daily life and carriage, he will be called arrogant. If he spoke with people and carried himself in a friendly manner, he will be branded as a thief and timeserver. If he is ruthless in combating evil things in society, his will be called unscrupulous. If he is sincere and imparts valuable knowledge to others with good speech, he will be termed as sick and even mad, with no other work to do. Is he is having some sponatneous magnetic personality, which makes him distinguished from others, then he will be deemed the epitome of fraud, and lack of care and concern for others. If he is a good orator, his name would be a verbose fool.
So the evil and jealous public have their own stock thesaurus to define the actions of the leaders of the society.
True, skepticism at the appearance of new faces in our middle triggers suspicion but the society is expected to find the merits in people and give them a proper pride of place instead of being paranoid. about everything.
This is the view of Bharthruhari of about three hundred millenniums. It is for us to see the relevance of such dicta and follow them or rejects them in toto.
शूरे निर्घृणता मुनौ विमतिता दैन्यं प्रियालोपिनि
तेजस्विन्न्यवलिप्तता मुखरता वक्तव्यवक्तिस्थिस्थिरे
तत् को नाम गुणो भवेत् स गुणिना यो दुर्ज्जनैर्नाङ्किता॥४३
भर्तृहरेर्नीतिशतकात्
jāḍhyaṁ hrīmati gaṇyate vrataśucau dambhaḥ śucau kaitavaṁ
śūre nirghṛṇatatā munau vimatitā dainyaṁ priyālopini
tejasvinnyavaliptatā mukharatā vaktavyavaktisthistire
tat ko nāma guṇo bhavet sa guṇinā yo durjjanairnāṅkitā||43
bhrtṛharernītiśatakāt
The evil people have the knack of making a donkey out of a pedigree horse. If a gentleman is modest, they will call him a dumb idiot. If he is very sincere in his daily life and carriage, he will be called arrogant. If he spoke with people and carried himself in a friendly manner, he will be branded as a thief and timeserver. If he is ruthless in combating evil things in society, his will be called unscrupulous. If he is sincere and imparts valuable knowledge to others with good speech, he will be termed as sick and even mad, with no other work to do. Is he is having some sponatneous magnetic personality, which makes him distinguished from others, then he will be deemed the epitome of fraud, and lack of care and concern for others. If he is a good orator, his name would be a verbose fool.
So the evil and jealous public have their own stock thesaurus to define the actions of the leaders of the society.
True, skepticism at the appearance of new faces in our middle triggers suspicion but the society is expected to find the merits in people and give them a proper pride of place instead of being paranoid. about everything.
This is the view of Bharthruhari of about three hundred millenniums. It is for us to see the relevance of such dicta and follow them or rejects them in toto.
ജാഢ്യം ഹ്രീമതി ഗണ്യതേ വ്രതശുചൌ ദംഭഃ ശുചൌ കൈതവം
ശൂരേ നിര്ഘൃണതാ മുനൌ വിമതിതാ ദൈന്യം പ്രിയാലോപിനി
തേജസ്വിന്ന്യവലിപ്തതാ മുഖരതാ വക്തവ്യവക്തിസ്ഥിസ്ഥിരേ
തത് കോ നാമ ഗുണോ ഭവേത് സ ഗുണിനാ യോ ദുര്ജ്ജനൈര്നാങ്കിതാ॥൪൩
ഭര്തൃഹരേര്നീതിശതകാത്
വക്രത നിറഞ്ഞ മനസ്സുള്ളവര് നല്ല ജനുസ്സ് കുതിരയെ കഴുതയായി വിവരിക്കും. അതുപോലെ കാണും.
ഒരാള് വിനയത്തോടെ പെരുമാറുകയാണെങ്കില് അയാളെ അവര് ഭീരു എന്നും വിഡ്ഢി എന്നും വിളിക്കും.
ഒരാള് ജീവിതത്തിലും പെരുമാറ്റത്തിലും ഏറെ ആത്മാര്ത്ഥതയും കൃത്യ നിഷ്ഠയും വച്ചു പുലര്ത്തുന്നു എങ്കില് അവര് അയാളെ അഹങ്കാരി എന്ന് വിളിക്കും
ഒരാള് ചുറ്റും ഉള്ളവരോട് സൌഹൃദത്തോടെ സംസാരിക്കുകയും എല്ലാവരോടും ചങ്ങാത്തം കാണിക്കുകയും ചെയ്താല് അയാളെ അവസരവാദി എന്നും കള്ളന് എന്നും അവര് മുദ്രകുത്തും.
ഒരാള് സമൂഹത്തിലെ അനീതികളോട് സന്ധിയില്ലാ സമരം ചെയ്യുകയാണെങ്കില്, അത്തരം അനീതികളെ തകര്ക്കാന് ശ്രമിക്കുകയാണെങ്കില് അയാള്ക്ക് കണ്ണില് ചോര ഇല്ലാത്ത ദുഷ്ടനാവും അവരുടെ കാഴ്ച്ചപ്പാടില്.
ഒരാള് ഏറെ ആത്മാര്ത്ഥതയോടെ സ്വന്തം വാക്കുകള് കൊണ്ടും മറ്റും മറ്റുള്ളവര്ക്ക് വിലയേറിയ അറിവ് പകര്ന്നു കൊടുക്കുവാന് ശ്രമിക്കുകയാണെങ്കില് ദോഷൈകദൃക്കുകള്ക്ക് അയാള് വട്ടനും, വേറെ പണി ഒന്നും ഇല്ലാതെ ചുറ്റിത്തിരിയുന്നവനും ആണെന്നു തോന്നും.
ഒരാള്ക്ക് മറ്റുള്ളവരില് നിന്ന് ഏറെ വിഭിന്നനും ഉന്നതനും ആണ് അയാളെന്നു തെളിയിക്കുന്ന നൈസര്ഗ്ഗികവും ആകര്ഷകവുമായ വ്യക്തിത്വം ഉണ്ടായിപ്പോയാല് അയാളെ തട്ടിപ്പുകാരനും ജാഡക്കാരനും മട്ടുല്ലവരോടെ കരുതല് ഒട്ടും ഇല്ലാത്തവനും ഒക്കെ ആയി ചിത്രീകരിക്കാന് നിരവധി ദുഷ്ടന്മാര് കച്ച കെട്ടി ഇറങ്ങും.
ഒരാള് നല്ല ഒരു വാഗ്മി ആണെങ്കില്, സ്വന്തം വാക്കുകള് കൊണ്ട് ജനങ്ങളെ ആകര്ഷിക്കുന്ന ആള് ആണെങ്കില് അയാളെ വിടുവായന്, വാചകക്കസര്ത്ത് നടത്തുന്നവന്, അധികപ്രസംഗി എന്നൊക്കെ വിളിച്ചു അധിക്ഷേപിക്കാനാവും വളഞ്ഞ വഴിയില് ചിന്തിക്കുന്ന ആളുകള്ക്ക് ഏറെ താല്പര്യം.
ദുഷിച്ച മനസ്സും കുറ്റം മാത്രം കണ്ടുപിടിക്കാനുള്ള പ്രവണതയും ഉള്ള ആളുകള്ക്ക് അവരുടേതായ പ്രത്യേക ശബ്ദകോശം ഉണ്ടെന്നു തോന്നുന്നു.
എന്തെങ്കിലും പുതുമയുള്ള കാര്യങ്ങളോ ഏതെങ്കിലും പുതുമുഖങ്ങലോ സമൂഹത്തില് പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെടുമ്പോള്, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ആ കാര്യങ്ങള്ക്കോ വ്യക്തികള്ക്കോ എന്തെങ്കിലും മെച്ചം ഉണ്ടെന്നു തോന്നുമ്പോള് അവരെ അവഗണിക്കാനും ഇകഴ്ത്തിക്കാക്കാണിക്കുവാനും ഉള്ള പ്രവണത സ്ഥാപിത താല്പര്യങ്ങള്ക്ക് ഉണ്ടാവുന്നത് ഒരുപക്ഷെ അസൂയ കൊണ്ടാവാം. പക്ഷെ അത്തരം എതിര്പ്പ് തല ഉയര്ത്തും എന്ന കാര്യത്തില് ഒരു സംശയവും വേണ്ട.
സഹസ്രാബ്ദങ്ങള്ക്കു മുമ്പ് ഭര്തൃഹരി ഈ അഭിപ്രായം പങ്കുവച്ചു. ആ വീക്ഷണത്തിന് ഇന്നും ഏറെ പ്രസക്തി ഉണ്ടെന്ന് കാണാം.
।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु।
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu|
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु।
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu|
Friday, May 06, 2011
that day will come
या साधूंस्च खलान् करोति विदुषो मूर्खान् हितान् द्वेषिणः।
प्रत्यक्षं कुरुते परोक्षममृतं हालहलं तत्स्क्षणं
तामाराधय सत्क्रित्याम् भगवतीम् भोक्तुम् फलं वाञ्चितम्
हे साधो व्यसनैगुणेषु विपुले ष्वास्था वृथा मा कृथा।
भत्रुहरेर्नीतशतकं
yā sādhūṁsca khalān karoti viduṣo mūrkhān hitān dveṣiṇaḥ|
pratyakṣaṁ kurute parokṣamamṛtaṁ hālahalaṁ tatskṣaṇaṁ
tāmārādhaya satkrityām bhagavatīm bhoktum phalaṁ vāñcitam
he sādho vyasanaiguṇeśu vipule ṣvāsthā vṛthā mā kṛthā|
bhartruharernītaśatakaṁ
You noble peope, if you embark on the path righteous, as prescribed by the traditons and divine customs, the good deeds by you will make the wicked people into staunch supporters, your enemies will be turned into bosom friends doing your bidding, whatever good you were doing in secrecy will now become public and gain praise, even the worst poison halahalm will trun inno amrutham, In the course of time all evil and negative aspects will turn into positive in your favorur. So do not panick, or disheartende.
The optimaism of a seer poet is apparent here. Let us hope his prophecy comes true.
प्रत्यक्षं कुरुते परोक्षममृतं हालहलं तत्स्क्षणं
तामाराधय सत्क्रित्याम् भगवतीम् भोक्तुम् फलं वाञ्चितम्
हे साधो व्यसनैगुणेषु विपुले ष्वास्था वृथा मा कृथा।
भत्रुहरेर्नीतशतकं
yā sādhūṁsca khalān karoti viduṣo mūrkhān hitān dveṣiṇaḥ|
pratyakṣaṁ kurute parokṣamamṛtaṁ hālahalaṁ tatskṣaṇaṁ
tāmārādhaya satkrityām bhagavatīm bhoktum phalaṁ vāñcitam
he sādho vyasanaiguṇeśu vipule ṣvāsthā vṛthā mā kṛthā|
bhartruharernītaśatakaṁ
You noble peope, if you embark on the path righteous, as prescribed by the traditons and divine customs, the good deeds by you will make the wicked people into staunch supporters, your enemies will be turned into bosom friends doing your bidding, whatever good you were doing in secrecy will now become public and gain praise, even the worst poison halahalm will trun inno amrutham, In the course of time all evil and negative aspects will turn into positive in your favorur. So do not panick, or disheartende.
The optimaism of a seer poet is apparent here. Let us hope his prophecy comes true.
।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु।
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu|
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु।
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu|
Thursday, May 05, 2011
soothing hands of friendship
न तन्मित्रं यस्य कोपाद्बिभेति यद्वा शङ्कितेनोर्पचर्यं।
यस्मिन्मित्रे पितरीवाश्वसीत तद्वै मित्रम् सङ्गतानीतराणि ।३५
महाभारते विदुरनीतिवाक्ये अध्यायः ३६
na tanmitraṁ yasya kopādbibheti yadvā śaṅkitenorpacaryaṁ|
yasminmitre pitarīvāśvasīta tadvai mitram saṅgatānītarāṇi |35
mahābhārate viduranītivākye adhyāyaḥ 36
Vidura, deals with a wide gamut of issues in his discourse to his elder brother, and in this couplet he talks about the friendship that is true and soothing. " Friendship can be termed as worthwhile only if one need not have to be terrified about the outburst of the anger of the other friend while opening up his heart before the latter, and the friend need not be waited upon with extreme caution for fear of retribution. A friend whom we can approach as if he is our own father, is a true friend. Other friendships are only incidental and of little consequence.
The human life is worth its existence only because of true friendships. No relation between humans can be more intimate and at the same time more sacred that true friendship. No inhibitions should mar the path of friendship. Many alleged friendships are just ad-hoc and when the show of friendship is between a person with some power over his inferior counterpart, such friendships rot into the state of master-servant relation. As a public gesture, the master may call his subordinate a friend but these are mere empty words. Vidura feels that the paternal feeling between friends as ideal. It is true. One need not have any reservations to open up his heart and unload the burden of all his woes before his father...for a father, the son, however good or bad he is, cannot be a burden.
I tend to be personal here.. I am performing my father's twenty fourth sraaddham (death anniversary) today... I know my father was more than a friend, more than everything else, to me.
यस्मिन्मित्रे पितरीवाश्वसीत तद्वै मित्रम् सङ्गतानीतराणि ।३५
महाभारते विदुरनीतिवाक्ये अध्यायः ३६
na tanmitraṁ yasya kopādbibheti yadvā śaṅkitenorpacaryaṁ|
yasminmitre pitarīvāśvasīta tadvai mitram saṅgatānītarāṇi |35
mahābhārate viduranītivākye adhyāyaḥ 36
Vidura, deals with a wide gamut of issues in his discourse to his elder brother, and in this couplet he talks about the friendship that is true and soothing. " Friendship can be termed as worthwhile only if one need not have to be terrified about the outburst of the anger of the other friend while opening up his heart before the latter, and the friend need not be waited upon with extreme caution for fear of retribution. A friend whom we can approach as if he is our own father, is a true friend. Other friendships are only incidental and of little consequence.
The human life is worth its existence only because of true friendships. No relation between humans can be more intimate and at the same time more sacred that true friendship. No inhibitions should mar the path of friendship. Many alleged friendships are just ad-hoc and when the show of friendship is between a person with some power over his inferior counterpart, such friendships rot into the state of master-servant relation. As a public gesture, the master may call his subordinate a friend but these are mere empty words. Vidura feels that the paternal feeling between friends as ideal. It is true. One need not have any reservations to open up his heart and unload the burden of all his woes before his father...for a father, the son, however good or bad he is, cannot be a burden.
I tend to be personal here.. I am performing my father's twenty fourth sraaddham (death anniversary) today... I know my father was more than a friend, more than everything else, to me.
--
।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु।
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu|
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु।
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu|
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
it shows, no?
व्यवहारेऽन्तर्गतमाकारः सूचयति
चाणक्यनीतिसूत्रं॥ ५५४॥
आकरैरिङ्गितैर्गत्या चेष्ठया भाषणेन च।
नेत्रवक्त्रविकारैश्चलक्ष्यतेऽन्तर्गतं मनः॥
पञ्चतन्त्रे विष्णुशर्मणI
vyavahāre'ntargatamākāraḥ sūcayati
cāṇakyanītisūtraṁ || 554||
ākarairiṅgitairgatyā ceṣṭhayā bhāṣaṇena ca|
netravaktravikāraiścalakṣyate'ntargataṁ manaḥ||
pañcatantre viṣṇuśarmaṇā
Even though a person may try to conceal his real motives his body language and behaviour will betray him. This is what Chanakya has said in his aphorisms on human conducts. The great storyteller of Panchatanatram, Vishnu sarma has further elaborated "Through the shape and curves of the body, through gestures, through the gait, through movements of the limbs, through speech, and the subtle movements of the eye and the lips and through changing involuntary emotions, a person would reveal whatever thoughts he is trying to conceal from others.
Our own body and limbs are often treacherous. Maybe due to social compulsions or due to the shame involved, we may try often to conceal the true thoughts arising in our mind. We may apply the throttle of self control and try to show a blank face. But self control is a fleeting phenomenon. Within a short time the shape and manners of the body, the stealthy walk, talk and speech will betray our hidden agenda . A well experienced person does not require any lie detector to divine this. We see this happening especially in children who want to conceal small things from parents, spouses while dealing with petty matters in day to day affairs, lovers, especially young and fresh when they are exposed to company in public gaze, thieves, government officials taking bribe...etc..the list can be quite long. It is the law of nature..If the innards are rotting the shine of the skin will gradually fade and the stink will come out.
चाणक्यनीतिसूत्रं॥ ५५४॥
आकरैरिङ्गितैर्गत्या चेष्ठया भाषणेन च।
नेत्रवक्त्रविकारैश्चलक्ष्यतेऽन्तर्गतं मनः॥
पञ्चतन्त्रे विष्णुशर्मणI
vyavahāre'ntargatamākāraḥ sūcayati
cāṇakyanītisūtraṁ || 554||
ākarairiṅgitairgatyā ceṣṭhayā bhāṣaṇena ca|
netravaktravikāraiścalakṣyate'ntargataṁ manaḥ||
pañcatantre viṣṇuśarmaṇā
Even though a person may try to conceal his real motives his body language and behaviour will betray him. This is what Chanakya has said in his aphorisms on human conducts. The great storyteller of Panchatanatram, Vishnu sarma has further elaborated "Through the shape and curves of the body, through gestures, through the gait, through movements of the limbs, through speech, and the subtle movements of the eye and the lips and through changing involuntary emotions, a person would reveal whatever thoughts he is trying to conceal from others.
Our own body and limbs are often treacherous. Maybe due to social compulsions or due to the shame involved, we may try often to conceal the true thoughts arising in our mind. We may apply the throttle of self control and try to show a blank face. But self control is a fleeting phenomenon. Within a short time the shape and manners of the body, the stealthy walk, talk and speech will betray our hidden agenda . A well experienced person does not require any lie detector to divine this. We see this happening especially in children who want to conceal small things from parents, spouses while dealing with petty matters in day to day affairs, lovers, especially young and fresh when they are exposed to company in public gaze, thieves, government officials taking bribe...etc..the list can be quite long. It is the law of nature..If the innards are rotting the shine of the skin will gradually fade and the stink will come out.
--
।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु।
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu|
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु।
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu|
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
do not pollute
नाप्सु मूत्रं कुर्यात्
चाणक्यसूत्रम् ४०६
न मूत्रं पथि कुर्वीत न भस्मनि न गोव्रजे
न फालकृष्टे न जले न चित्याम् न च पर्वते
न जीर्णदेवायतने न वल्मीके कदाचन
मनुस्मृत्याम्
nāpsu mūtraṁ kuryāt
cāṇakyasootram 406
na mūtraṁ pathi kurvīta na bhasmani na govraje
na phālakṛṣṭe na jale na cityām na ca parvate
na jīrṇadevāyatane na valmīke kadācana
manusmṛtyām
चाणक्यसूत्रम् ४०६
न मूत्रं पथि कुर्वीत न भस्मनि न गोव्रजे
न फालकृष्टे न जले न चित्याम् न च पर्वते
न जीर्णदेवायतने न वल्मीके कदाचन
मनुस्मृत्याम्
nāpsu mūtraṁ kuryāt
cāṇakyasootram 406
na mūtraṁ pathi kurvīta na bhasmani na govraje
na phālakṛṣṭe na jale na cityām na ca parvate
na jīrṇadevāyatane na valmīke kadācana
manusmṛtyām
--
।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु।
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu|
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु।
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu|
Monday, May 02, 2011
a request
my dear friends, I find that there are many pageviews to this blog.. But I do not know whether there is any useful purpose served. Please let me know where I falter, where I commit mistakes, where I become boring and pedantic. my id is
kvananthanarayanan@gmail.com
(k v ananthanarayanan alias kanfusion)do not smell, hear or see and perish...
उपस्थितविनाशः पथ्यवाक्यं न शृणोति
॥चाणक्यसूत्रं ३९५॥
दीपनिर्वाणगन्धम् च न सुहृद्वाक्यमरुन्धतीम्।
न जिघ्रन्ति न शृणोति न पश्यन्ति गतायुषः॥
॥चाणक्यसूत्रं ३९५॥
दीपनिर्वाणगन्धम् च न सुहृद्वाक्यमरुन्धतीम्।
न जिघ्रन्ति न शृणोति न पश्यन्ति गतायुषः॥
upasthitavināśaḥ pathyavākyaṁ na śṛṇoti
|hāṇakyasūtraṁ 395||
dīpanirvāṇagandham ca na suhṛdvākyamarundhatīm|
na jighranti na śṛṇoti na paśyanti gatāyuṣaḥ||
This is a gem from the master statesman Chaanakya
"A person whose annihilation is imminent will not listen to wise counsel.
If one sees a person who is not able to catch the smell coming from the wick of a lamp which is going to be put off because it has run out of oil, a person who does not care to listen to the advice of his friends and who is not able to see the star Arundathi, he can safely infer that such person's good life has already come to an end."
When a person's fortunes are in the downward trend, his faculties to sense further danger gets depleted. It is essential that he should be patient enough to listen and act according to the wiser counsel. But at this stage of life he becomes brash and even callous about such advice.
When an oil-lamp is running out of oil, the wick gets burned up badly and gives a pungent smell. If we smell the trouble and replenish the lamp with oil, we are safe. Similarly if we listen to the advise of our dear friends even if such counsel may not be palatable, we are again in the safe path. Arundathi star represents the consort of Vasishta, one of the seven great sages (saptharshi..the starry constellation representing the seven sages and the ( star Arundathi (a double to vasishta) is also visible in the sky--the big dipper asterism )...She represents motherhood, chastity and absolute fidelity to the husband. It is a custom in India that immediately after marriage newlyweds look up in the sky to see that star..Seeing Arundathi symbolically signifies the vow of mutual fidelity. And the stars are seen in the heaven when the sky is not turbid. If a person has become incapable of seeing this star, it would mean that he has lost all that is good in life and his end is near.
|hāṇakyasūtraṁ 395||
dīpanirvāṇagandham ca na suhṛdvākyamarundhatīm|
na jighranti na śṛṇoti na paśyanti gatāyuṣaḥ||
This is a gem from the master statesman Chaanakya
"A person whose annihilation is imminent will not listen to wise counsel.
If one sees a person who is not able to catch the smell coming from the wick of a lamp which is going to be put off because it has run out of oil, a person who does not care to listen to the advice of his friends and who is not able to see the star Arundathi, he can safely infer that such person's good life has already come to an end."
When a person's fortunes are in the downward trend, his faculties to sense further danger gets depleted. It is essential that he should be patient enough to listen and act according to the wiser counsel. But at this stage of life he becomes brash and even callous about such advice.
When an oil-lamp is running out of oil, the wick gets burned up badly and gives a pungent smell. If we smell the trouble and replenish the lamp with oil, we are safe. Similarly if we listen to the advise of our dear friends even if such counsel may not be palatable, we are again in the safe path. Arundathi star represents the consort of Vasishta, one of the seven great sages (saptharshi..the starry constellation representing the seven sages and the ( star Arundathi (a double to vasishta) is also visible in the sky--the big dipper asterism )...She represents motherhood, chastity and absolute fidelity to the husband. It is a custom in India that immediately after marriage newlyweds look up in the sky to see that star..Seeing Arundathi symbolically signifies the vow of mutual fidelity. And the stars are seen in the heaven when the sky is not turbid. If a person has become incapable of seeing this star, it would mean that he has lost all that is good in life and his end is near.
(Hindu marriage ceremony has a event where bridegroom shows Arundhati to his wife. Arundhati is one of the double star. It is attached to the star Vasishtha. Double Stars (visual binaries) are two stars that move around together gravitationally bound to each other. Star Vasishtha is more than 10 times brighter than the star Arundhati and it is harder to differentiate Arundhati from Vasishtha. Like this double Star, the couple are expected to be together for ever.)
--
Sunday, May 01, 2011
is it worth the penny?
अफलानि दुरन्तानि समव्ययफलानि च।
अशक्यानि च वस्तूनि नारभेत विचक्षणः॥
बल्ललादेवस्य भोजप्रभन्धात्
aphalāni durantāni samavyayaphalāni ca|
aśakyāni ca vastūni nārabheta vicakṣaṇaḥ||
ballalādevasya bhojaprabhandhāt
A person with good sense should never embark on a mission (1) which is not likely to yield the expected result (2) the result of which is not capable of reasonable evaluation
(3) which in the final analysis would only result in just balancing the labour involved and the moderate result
(the attempt and result just breaking even) and (4) which is in the first place incapable of achievement.
The statement may seem too commonplace and the first reaction would be that it is too obvious and does not require any poetic endorsement. But if we are honest to ourselves, we would find that most of us do not act in the manner envisaged here. Most of us take the decision to proceed with a thing in the first flush of enthusiasm, caring least about the positive result..
True, we may not have a very elaborate road-map with all the details when we take the first step. But realism should govern our actions. It is meaningless to perform an action which in the final analysis would have taken its toll, and the end result does not carry us even an inch ahead.
And we have with us the politicians who promise to deliver to us our doorstep the moon and the rainbow all at one time and the funny thing is that we believe them invariably.
अशक्यानि च वस्तूनि नारभेत विचक्षणः॥
बल्ललादेवस्य भोजप्रभन्धात्
aphalāni durantāni samavyayaphalāni ca|
aśakyāni ca vastūni nārabheta vicakṣaṇaḥ||
ballalādevasya bhojaprabhandhāt
A person with good sense should never embark on a mission (1) which is not likely to yield the expected result (2) the result of which is not capable of reasonable evaluation
(3) which in the final analysis would only result in just balancing the labour involved and the moderate result
(the attempt and result just breaking even) and (4) which is in the first place incapable of achievement.
The statement may seem too commonplace and the first reaction would be that it is too obvious and does not require any poetic endorsement. But if we are honest to ourselves, we would find that most of us do not act in the manner envisaged here. Most of us take the decision to proceed with a thing in the first flush of enthusiasm, caring least about the positive result..
True, we may not have a very elaborate road-map with all the details when we take the first step. But realism should govern our actions. It is meaningless to perform an action which in the final analysis would have taken its toll, and the end result does not carry us even an inch ahead.
And we have with us the politicians who promise to deliver to us our doorstep the moon and the rainbow all at one time and the funny thing is that we believe them invariably.
--
।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु।
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu|
|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|
Have a nice and happy day
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
(kanfusion)
blog http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/
त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI
तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII
let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life is GOVINDA alone.
Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I
लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु।
lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu|
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