LITTLE DROPS OF WATER

Subhashitham:004

जल बिन्दु  निपाथेन क्रमशः पूर्यते घटः I

स हेतु सर्व विद्द्यानां धर्मस्य च धनस्य च I I208 Chanakya niti

Jalabindu nipaathena kramashah pooryaathe ghatah I

Sahethu sarva viddyaanaam dharmasya cha dhanasya cha II

Trickling water droplets can fill the pitcher in due course of time. Exactly in the same way, we should

Accumulate Knowledge, Dharma and Wealth.

 The idea here is that nothing in this world is small enough to be ignored. In acquiring knowledge, fame or wealth there is no place for slackness or despondency. The very effort is satisfying and rewarding.

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन |
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि || 47 ||

karmaṇy-evādhikāras te mā phaleṣhu kadāchana
mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr mā te saṅgo ’stvakarmaṇi

BG 2.47: You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, nor be attached to inaction.

Also, in matters of great importance one should have patience and perseverance. As the lord says in

BG CH6-Verse 25 :

शनै: शनैरुपरमेद्बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया |
आत्मसंस्थं मन: कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् || 25||

Slowly and steadily, with conviction in the intellect, the mind will become fixed in God alone, and will think of nothing else.

In this sloka the importance of need to repeatedly practice whatever has been learnt is stressed.

Further, it is guaranteed that in course of  time the goal will be achieved:

न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते |
तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्ध: कालेनात्मनि विन्दति || 38||

na hi jñānena sadṛiśhaṁ pavitramiha vidyate
tatsvayaṁ yogasansiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati

BG 4.38: In this world, there is nothing as purifying as divine knowledge. One who has attained purity of mind through prolonged practice of Yoga, receives such knowledge within the heart, in due course of time.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH