DEFER NOT VIRTUE TO ANOTHER DAY

Subhashitham: 011

This subhashitha is from a great collection of slokas called “Dharma saara “

ग्रुहेश्वर्था निवर्तन्ते स्मशाने मित्र बान्धवा:  I

शरीरं काष्टमा दत्ते पापं पुण्यं सह व्रजेत्  II

When a man dies what follows him is only the fruits of his good and bad deeds. All the wealth are left behind, the relatives and friends follow  up to the burning ghat, the body is consumed by the funeral pyre.

It is due to this reason Thiuvalluvar says:

அன்றறிவாம் என்னா தறஞ்செய்க மற்றது
பொன்றுங்கால் பொன்றாத் துணை. 36

இளைஞராக உள்ளவர், பிற்காலத்தில் பார்த்து கொள்ளலாம் என்று எண்ணாமல் அறம் செய்ய வேண்டும். அதுவே உடல் அழியும் காலத்தில் அழியா துணையாகும்.

Defer not virtue to another day .

 Do deeds of virtue now Say not , 'To-morrow we'll be wise';
Thus, when thou diest, shalt thou find a help that never dies.

There are a set of people who think that they can commit murder etc and feel that they have nothing to answer if they commit  suicide. The sasthraas are very clear that the results of one's actions follow him  even after death.

यथा  धेनु  सहस्रेषु  वत्सो गच्छति  मातरम्  |

तथा  यच्च  कृतं  कर्म  कर्तारमनुगच्छति     ||

In a herd of thousands of cows, their calves recognise their respective mothers and then follow them. In the same manner, the deeds done by a person also follow him thereby implying that ultimately he has to face the consequences of good or bad deeds done by him.

 Sri Krishnaya thubyam nama:

V.N.Mukundan.