THE WAYS OF THE NOBLE

SUBHASHITHAM : 034

उदये सविता रक्तो रक्तश्चास्तमये तथा ।
सम्पत्तौ च विपत्तौ च महतामेकरूपता ॥
udayé savitā rakto raktashchāstamayé tathā |
sampattau cha vipattau cha mahatāmékarūpatā ||

The sun looks alike while rising and setting. Great men too remain alike in both prosperity and adversity.

In the Bhagavad Gita , such a nature is described as SAMATVAM ( Equanimity )

योगस्थ: कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय |
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्यो: समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते || 48||

yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā dhanañjaya
siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṁ yoga uchyate

BG 2.48: Be steadfast in the performance of your duty, O Arjuna, abandoning attachment to success and failure. Such equanimity is called Yoga.

 Have we some example of such a person ? Who else will fulfil this condition better than Sri Rama ? The equanimity he showed when he was offered the crown and when he was told that he was banished to the forest for fourteen years is unparalleled. Listen to Kamban on this :

இப்பொழுதுஎம்மனோரால் இயம்புதற்கு  எளிதோ?யாரும்

செப்பரும் குணத்து இராமன் திருமுகச் செவ்வி நோக்கின்

ஒப்பதே முன்பு ; பின்பு அவ்வாசகம் உணரக்கேட்ட

அப்பொழுது அலர்ந்த செந்தாமரையினை வென்றது ;அம்மா!   ( Kamba Ramayanam )

व्यसनेषु मनुष्याणां भृशं भवति दुखित: I    उत्सवेषु च सर्वेषु पितेव परितुष्यति  II  Valmiki Ramayana

Vyasaneshu  manushyaanaam brusam bhavati dukhkita: I Utsaveshu cha sarveshu piteva paritushyati II

“ Rama feels distressed when he finds men in  straits and rejoices like a father in their jubilations .”

कथंचित् उपकारेण कृतेनैकेन तुष्यति  I   न स्मरेत्अपकाराणां सतमप्यात्मवत्तया  II

Katamchit upakaarena krutenaikena tushyati I Na smaret apakaaraanaam satamapyatmavattayaa II

Even a small help Rama is supremely grateful . But even hundred bad deeds done to him ,he will forget them instantly.

நன்றி மறப்பது நன்றன்று நன்றல்லது
அன்றே மறப்பது நன்று.

nandri maRappadhu nandrandru nandralladhu

andrae maRappadhu nandru  -  Kural 108

'Tis never good to let the thought of good things done thee pass away;
Of things not good, 'tis good to rid thy memory that very day.

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