Friday, February 1, 2019

RIPPLES ON THE SURFACE OF WATER



Subhashitham: 009

आयुर्वर्षसतं नृणां परिमितं रात्रौ तदर्धं गतं
तस्यार्धस्य परस्य चार्धमपरं बालस्त्ववृद्धयो: I
शेषं व्याधिवियोग ढु: सहितं सेवा दिभी र्नीयते
जीवे वारितरङ्ग चञ्चलतरे सौख्यं कुत: प्राणिनां II
The life of man ( as ordained ) is limited to a hundred years; half of it passes away in the night; of the remaining ,half, one-half again is passed in childhood and old age ; and the rest which has its illness , bereavements , and  troubles is spent in serving  (others ).What happiness can there be for mortals in a life which is even more uncertain than the ripples on the surface of water? –Vairaagya satakam
We have in the Atmabodha of Sri Sankara bhagavath pada a beautiful sloka about the fleeting nature of human life;
उपादाने s खिलाधारे जगन्ति परमेश्वरे I
सर्गस्थिलयान्यान्ति बुद्बुदानीव वारिणि II  Verse-8
Like bubbles in water , the worlds  rise, exist and dissolve in the supreme self.
We have also in Thirumaalai of Sri Thonaradipodi alwar a pasuram reflecting
 similar sentiments:
veda nool piraayam nooru manusar thaam puguvarelum
Paadiyum urangippogum ninravippadinaiyaandu
Pedai balaganadagum pini pasi mooppu thunbam
Aadalal piravi venden arangamaa nagarulaane.
Sri Krishnaya thubyam nama:
VNMukundan.                                    

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