Subhashitas Flashcards
(11 cards)
अयं निज: परो वेति गणना लघुचेतसाम् |
उदारचरितानाम् तु वसुधैव कुटुंबकम् ||
Considerations like “he is mine” or “he is another’s” occur only to the narrow minded. To the broad minded, the whole world is their family.
उद्यमेनैव सिध्यन्ति कार्याणि च मनोरथै: |
न हि सुप्तस्य सिंहस्य प्रविशन्ति मुखे मृगा: ||
Success in life can only be achieved through hard work and not by merely wishing for it. No animal will enter the mouth of a lion that is sleeping.
न कश्चिदपि जानाति किं कस्य श्वो भविष्यति |
अत: श्व: करणीयानि कुर्यादद्यैव बुद्धिमान् ||
Nobody knows what will happen and to whom tomorrow. Hence, a wise person should do today what is scheduled for tomorrow
सदयं हृदयं यस्य भाषितं सत्यभूषितम् |
काय: परहिते यस्य कलिस्तस्य करोति किम् ||
What harm can Kalipurusha do to him, whose heart is full of kindness, whose speech is adorned with truth and whose body is for the good of others.
आचार्यात् पादमादत्ते पादं शिष्य: स्वमेधया |
पादं सब्रह्मचारिभ्य: पादं कालक्रमेण च ||
A student learns only a quarter from his teacher, a quarter from his own intelligence, a quarter from his peers and the rest in due course of time.
छायामन्यस्य कुर्वन्ति तिष्ठन्ति स्वयमापते |
फलान्यपि परार्थाय वृक्षा: सत्पुरुषा इव ||
Trees stand in the sun and give shade to others. Likewise, good people bear hardship and bring welfare to others. they give to others whatever they have earned.
त्यजेदेकं कुलस्यार्थे ग्रामस्यार्थे कुलं त्यजेत् |
ग्रामं जनपदस्यार्थे आत्मार्थे पृथिवीं त्यजेत् ||
An indiscriminate individual must be kept away in the interest of the family. If it is in the interest of the village a family must be sacrificed. A village may be abandoned for the sake of the country. One must leave the world for self-realization.
उपकारिषु यः साधु: साधुत्वे तस्य को गुण: |
अपकारिषु य: साधु: स साधुरिति कीर्तित: ||
If one is good to those who do good to him, of what merit is one’s goodness? It is only he who is good to even those who do harm to him, who is called a saint.
न किञ्चित् सहसा कार्यं कार्यं कार्यविदा क्वचित् |
क्रियते चेत् विविच्यैव तस्य श्रेय: करस्थितम् ||
Never should a wise man do a work in haste. If he does it with due deliberation success is surely in his hands.
वयमिह परितुष्टा वल्कलैस्त्वं दुकूलैः सम इह परितोषो निर्विशेषो विषेशः |
स तु भवति दरिद्रो यस्य तृष्णा विशाला मनसि च परितुष्टे कोऽर्थवान् को दरिद्रः ||
A yogin says to a king “I am here (i.e. the hermitage) content with garments made of bark, while you are happy with your silken garments. Our contentment ios the same, There is not difference. He who has abundant desire, is poor. When there is contentment in the mind, who is rich and who is poor?
क्षुद्रोऽपि नूनं शरणं प्रपन्ने ममत्वमुच्चैश्शिरसामतीव
Men with lofty ideals take into their fold even the lowly ones that surrender them
