GENEROSITY – DAATRUTVAM  (दातृत्वं)

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दातृत्वं प्रियवक्तृत्वं धीरत्वमुचितज्ञता |

अभ्यासेन न लभ्यन्ते चत्वार: सहजा गुणा: ||

Daatrutvam priyavaktrutvam dheeraatvam uchitagyataa I Abhyasena na labyante chatvaara: sahajaa gunaa: II

Charitable nature, The art of pleasant speech, Courage of conviction, Right conduct – these are not obtained by practice; they are in-born qualities.

शत हस्त समाहर सहस्र हस्त संकिर I

कृतस्य कार्यस्य चेह स्फातिं समावह  II  Atharva Veda

Sata hasta samaahara sahasra hasta samkira I Krutasya kaaryasya cheha sphaatim samaavaha II

Procure wealth with one hundred hands and distribute it in charity with one thousand hands. Thus you attain perfection of the duties to be done.

शतेषु जायते शूरः सहस्रेषु च पण्डितः ।

वक्ता दशसहस्रेषु दाता भवति वा न वा ॥

shateShu jAyate shUraH sahasreShu cha paNDitaH |  vaktA dashasahasreShu dAtA bhavati vA na vA ||

One in hundred is valiant hero; one in thousand a scholar; one in ten thousand is an orator, while a generous giver is extremely rare.

दातव्यं भोक्तव्यं धनविषये संचयो न कर्तव्यः ।

पश्येह मधुकरीणां संचितार्थं हरन्त्यन्ये ॥

Daatavyam bhokta  vyam dhanavishaye sanchayo na karthavya: I

 Pasyeha madhukareenaam chanchitaartham harantyanye II

Wealth should be given or enjoyed and spent. It should never be stock-piled. Look at the Honey-bees, they collect and store them for others to enjoy.

ஈத்துவக்கும் இன்பம் அறியார்கொல் தாமுடைமை

வைத்திழக்கும் வன்க ணவர்.

Do the stern-eyed who lay up and lose their possessions not know the happiness which springs from the pleasure of giving ?   - Kural: 228

दाता लघुः अपि सेव्यः भवति, न कृपणः महान् अपि समृद्ध्या ।

कूपः अन्तःस्वादुजलः प्रीत्यै लोकस्य न समुद्रः॥

dātā laghuḥ api sévyaḥ bhavati, na kṛipaṇaḥ mahān api samṛiddhyā |

kūpaḥ antaḥ-svadu-jalaḥ prītyai lokasya na samudraḥ ||

A giver is worthy even if small, not a miser great in prosperity. Look! It is the well water that is potable and the water of the ocean ( even though vast )  does not please the thirsty.

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