NEVER ADVISE! – IT IS A FUTILE EXERCISE

SUBHASHITHAM: 049

जन्मान्तर सहस्रेषु या बुधिर्भविता नृणां  I

तामेव भजते जन्तु: उपदेशो निरर्तक:  II 

Janmaantara sahasreshu yaa buddhir bhavita nrunaam I

Taameva bhajate jantu: upadesho nirartaka:  II

The habits formed over many births continue in current birth also. It is therefore futile to advise people to change.              

स्वभावो नोपदेशेन शक्यते कर्तुं अन्यथा I

सुतप्तमपि पानीयं पुनर् गच्छति शिततां  II

Svabhavo nopadeshena sakyyate kartum anyatha I

Sutaptamapi paaneeyam punar gacchati shitataam 

 The intrinsic qualities cannot be changed by advice.  Water however hot becomes cold once again .  

उपदेशो हि मूर्खाणां प्रकोपाय न शान्तये  I

पय: पानं भुजङ्गानां केवलं विष वर्धनं  II   

Upadesho hi moorkhaanaam prakopaaya na shantaye I

Paya: paanam bhujangaanaamkevalamvishavardhanam II  

Advice given to fools leads to provocation and not to satisfaction ; To feed serpents on milk is simply to nourish their poison.               

दुर्जन: प्रकृतिं याति सेव्यमानोपि नित्यश: I

स्वेदनाभ्य ञ्जनोपायै: श्वपुच्छमिवनामितं   II

Durjana: prakrutim yaati sevyamaanopi nityasa: I

Svedanabhya anjanopaayai: shvapucchamivanaamitam II         

 A wicked man,even though served everyday,reverts to his natural disposition, like dog’s tail resuming it’s natural bent, notwithstanding such remedies as causing sweat and rubbing it with unguents (for making it straight ). ( நாய் வாலை நிமிர்த்த முடியுமா ? )  

नाद्रव्ये निहिता काचित् क्रिया फलवती भवेत्  I 

न व्यापार शतेनापि शुकवत् पाठ्यते बक :  II

Naa dravye nihita kaachit  kriyaa phalavati bhavet  I

 Na vyaapaara satenaapi shukavat paatyate baka: II                   

No action exercised upon an unfit object can bear fruit; A crane cannot be taught (to speak ) like a parrot even with hundreds of efforts.                                                                                                             Even Bhagavad Gita mentions : 

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 sadṛiśhaṁ cheṣhṭate svasyāḥ prakṛiter jñānavān api   I

 prakṛitiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣhyati  II                           

 BG 3.33: Even wise people act according to their natures, for all living beings are propelled by their natural tendencies. What will one gain by repression?            

                                                                                                                                         

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