NATURE BORN INCLINATIONS ARE DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME

Subhashitham: 007
काक: पद्म वने रति न कुरुते  हंसो न कूपोदके I 

मूर्ख: पण्डित संगमे न रमते दासो न सिंहासने II

कुस्त्री सज्जन संगमे न रमते  नीचं जनं सेवते I

या यस्य प्रकृति स्वभाव जनिता  केनापि न त्यज्यते II
Kaakah padma vane rati na kurute hamso na koopodake I
Moorkhah pandita samgame na ramate daaso na simhaasane II
Kustree sajjana sangame na ramate neecham janam sevate I
Yaa yasya prakruti svabhaava janitaa kenaapi na tyajyate II

A crow has no fascination for a lovely lotus-pond;
 Swan is not happy to dwell in a small well.

 A fool hates assembly of wise men; An attendant trembles to sit on a thone( Simhasana ). An unchaste woman shuns men of character and prefers men of her own ilk. Whatever the nature-born inclinations, beings tend to hold on to it.

In  the Bhagavath Gita ch3-verse 33 ( karma yoga ) Sri Krishna presents universal laws of life as follows:

सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्या: प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि |

प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रह: किं करिष्यति ||BG3.33||

sadṛiśhaṁ cheṣhṭate svasyāḥ prakṛiter jñānavān api
prakṛitiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣhyati

 Even wise people act according to their natures, for all living beings are propelled by their natural tendencies. What will one gain by repression?

If it is so, is there no salvation?  Kalidasa in Malavikagnimithra says:

मन्दोऽप्यमन्दतामेति संसर्गेण विपश्चितः

पङ्कछिदः फलस्येव निकर्षेणाविलं पयः

Mando’pyamandataameti samsargena vipashchitah

Pankachchhidah phalasyeva nikashenaavilam payah

Even a fool becomes clever by association with the wise just as even muddy water becomes clear when it comes into contact with the fruits of the nirmalee tree (i.e. when the fruits are put in the water).

संग: सर्वात्मना त्याज्य: स चेत् त्यक्तुं न शक्यते  I

साधव सत्वभि गन्तव्य: संत: सङ्गस्य भेषजं  II

Get rid of all earthly attachments with all your heart, if for some reason you are not able to do that , approach men of wisdom. Wise men are the anti-dote for attachment.

Sri Krishnaaya thubyam nama: