Pranam REFLECTIVE THOUGHTS ON ANCIENT CULTURE 2
1 क्रोधो वैवस्वतो राजा तृष्णा वैतरणी नदी । विद्या कामदुधा धेनु: सन्तोषो नन्दनम् वनम् ॥ शुक्रनीति Krodho vaivasvatho Raja trshna vaitharani nadhi/ Vidhya kamadhudha denu santhosho nandanam vanam Sukra neethi Anger is the King of Death (Yama), greed (desire) is the river Vaitarani (in the Hell). (However)Knowledge is (like) the cow which fulfills all wishes (Kamadhenu), (and) bliss is the paradise. 2 लोभमूलानि पापानि सङ्कटानि तथैव च । लोभात्प्रवर्तते वैरम् अतिलोभात् विनश्यति ॥ LOPA MOOLANI PAPANI SANGADANI TATAIVA CHA/ LOPADPRAVARTATE VAIRAM ANILOPAD VINASYATI// Greed is a cause of sin ( a greedy person can do any sin to satisfy his greed) Greed is cause of calamity, greed gives rise to enmity (greedy person invites enemies) Greed destroys a person (a greedy persons life gets spoiled by his own deeds) . 3 संरोहति अग्निना दग्धम् वनम् परशुना हतम् । वाचा दुरुक्तम् वीभत्सम् न संरोहति वाक्शतम् ॥ महाभारत SAMROHATHI AGNINAA DAGDHAM VANAM PARASUTHA HATHAM/ VACHAA DURUKTHAM VEEBATSUM NA SAMROHATHI VAKSHATHAM MAHABHARTAHAM Bhisma says to Yudhishthira, "The forest which gets destroyed due to the fire or due to the axe, will again grow in time. But the wound caused to the mind due to the bad and harsh words will never get healed". And Tiruvalluvar said, THEEYINAR SUTTA PUUN ULLARUM AARADHE NAVINAR SUTTA VADU/ The wound caused by fire shall heal; but never the tongue whipped words of bad men which cause the mark of identification in the heart. 4 एषाम् न विद्या न तपो न दानम् ज्ञानम् न शीलम् न गुणो न धर्म: । ते मर्त्यलोके भुविभारभूता मनुष्यरूपेण मृगाश्चरन्ति ॥ Esham na vidya, na tapo, na dhanam, Gnanam, na sheelam, nag uno, na dharma,/ Na martyaloke bhuvi bhara bhutha manushya roopena mrigascharanthi// Definition of animal: A person who is not educated, who is not ready to work hard, who does not donate whatever he has, who does not have knowledge, who does not have a good character, good qualities and one who does not obey dharma, such a person on this earth is just a useless person, he is as good as any other animal. 5 अनाहूत: प्रविशति अपृष्टो बहु भाषते । अविश्वस्ते विश्वसिति मूढचेता नराधम: ॥ --- विदुरनीति Anahrutha pravishati, aprushto bahu bhashate,/ Avisvaste visvasithi mooda cheta naradhama// A fool comes without invitation (he lands up anywhere even if he is not required i.e. he does not have self respect), talk even if not asked for (they have habit of poking his nose in other's business), and trusts a person who is not trustable (he is not able to evaluate others properly) KR IRS 4521 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZorAg5z%2BVD72v20X3YnwLTCWZg6F-Y6ZnJeq5ZWDvLCk8w%40mail.gmail.com.
