Namaste Members.
As a natural extension to our 'Hindu Dharma: Codes...' thread, let us have a collection of these beautiful SamskRuta shubhAshiAs (Hindu words of wisdom): these gems of words so nicely complement the Dharma Shastras, even as they shine with their own splendour.
I shall post them in convenient instalments so each subhAshita can be read, understood, contemplated and adopted in our own lives to the possible extent. Members may also contribute to this useful collection of wisdom.
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अभिवादन शीलस्य नित्यं वृद्धोपसेविनः ।
चत्वारि तस्य वर्धन्ते आयुर्विद्या यशो बलम् ॥
abhivAdana shIlasya nityaM vRuddhopasevinaH |
chatvAri tasya vardhante AyurvidyA yasho balam ||
One who daily bows to the elders in the house and seeks their blessings, gets four things--his lifetime, learning skills, fame and power among his people and bodily strength--growing day by day.
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अधमाः धनमिच्छन्ति दनं मानं च मध्यमाः ।
उत्तमाः मानमिछन्ति मानो हि महतां धनम् ॥
adhamAH dhanamichChanti danaM mAnaM cha madhyamAH |
uttamAH mAnamiChanti mAno hi mahatAM dhanam ||
One who seeks wealth at the cost of honour is at the third and lowest position in dharma. One who seeks honour along with wealth is at the middle position. And one who seeks honour though this would not bring him wealth is at the highest position in dharma.
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अद्भिर्गत्राणि शुध्यन्ति मनः सत्येन शुध्यति ।
विद्यातपोभ्यां जीवात्मा भुद्धिर्ज्ञानेन शुध्यति ॥
adbhirgatrANi shudhyanti manaH satyena shudhyati |
vidyAtapobhyAM jIvAtmA bhuddhirj~jAnena shudhyati ||
• By taking bath in pure water, bodies of living men are purified.
• By talking truth always, wherever and to whosoever, the mind is puriried.
• With learning by good education, and doing meditation, our soul called JIvAtma is purified.
• With jnAnam (wisdom), our buddhi (intelligence) is purified.
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अजराऽमरवत् प्राज्ञो विद्यामर्थं च साधयेत् ।
गृहीत इव केशेषु मृत्युना धर्म माचरेत् ॥
ajarA&maravat prAj~jo vidyAmarthaM cha sAdhayet |
gRuhIta iva kesheShu mRutyunA dharma mAcharet ||
A man who is wise, when he is in the stages of learning and earning, should learn and earn with care, thinking that he is going to live long in this world and that old age or death will never approach him.
But when giving charity to the poor, doing puja to the deities, and such other acts of dharma, they should never be postponed for a later day with the thought that the man is going to live in this world for a long time.
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अनेक संशयोच्छेदि परोक्षार्थस्य दर्शकम् ।
सर्वस्य लोचनं शास्त्रं यस्य नास्त्यन्ध एव सः ॥
aneka saMshayochChedi parokShArthasya darshakam |
sarvasya lochanaM shAstraM yasya nAstyandha eva saH ||
The ShAstras such as VyAkaraNam, MImAmsA, Vedanta, and Tarka, since they clear all sorts of doubts that arise in us and shine as the two eyes of every person, one who has not learnt them would be considered blind even if he has his two eyes.
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अपृष्टोऽपि हितं ब्रूयात् यस्य नेच्छेत् पराभवम् ।
एष एव सतां धर्मो विपरीत मतोऽन्यथा ॥
apRuShTo&pi hitaM brUyAt yasya nechChet parAbhavam |
eSha eva satAM dharmo viparIta mato&nyathA ||
If you don't want a known person to fail in his act, you should counsel him if he seeks it. If he happens to be your friend, you should voluntarily give him the counsel even if he does not seek it from you. This is the quality of the good man.
Remaining without giving him your counsel with the thought that you would counsel him when he seeks it or why should you volunteer it when it is not asked for, is the quality of the bad man.
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अरावप्युचितं कार्य मातिथ्ये गृहमागते ।
छेतुः पार्श्वगतां छायां नोपसंहरते दृमः ॥
arAvapyuchitaM kArya mAtithye gRuhamAgate |
ChetuH pArshvagatAM ChAyAM nopasaMharate dRumaH ||
Even if a person is our enemy, if he seeks our home, we should receive him well and not insult him. Just as the well-grown trees in a forest give their shade even to the person whose purpose is to cut them for wood, for the very reason that he has sought their refuge.
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अर्चकस्य प्रभावेन शिला भवति शङ्करः ।
आभिरूप्याच्च मूर्तीनां देवः सान्निध्यमृच्छति ॥
archakasya prabhAvena shilA bhavati sha~gkaraH |
AbhirUpyAchcha mUrtInAM devaH sAnnidhyamRuchChati ||
Because of the power and efficacy of the temple priest who is doing puja to the deities as ordained and with extreme care, the stone image turn into the deities Shiva and Vishnu and bless the worshipping people.
In addition, those stone images, since they are sculpted by excellent sculptors, to the form of the deities they create, they become charged with the divine presence of the deities.
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