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SUBHASHITHANI : 074

अग्नि: शेषं ऋण: शेषं शत्रु: शेषं तथैव च

पुन: पुन: प्रवर्धेत तस्मात् शेषं न कारयेत्

Agnih shesham runah shesham shatru shesham thathaiva cha

punah punah pravardhet tasmaat shesham na kaarayet

Fire, loan and enemy traces, even if they remain in small amount, they grow back repeatedly, hence finish them without leaving a trace.

இளைதாக முள்மரம் கொல்க களையுநர்

கைகொல்லும் காழ்த்த இடத்து.  – KURAL 879

முள்மரத்தை, அது சிறிய கன்றாக இருக்கும்போதே கிள்ளி எறிவது போல, பகையையும், அது முற்றுவதற்கு முன்பே வீழ்த்திட வேண்டும்.

Destroy the thorn, while tender point can work thee no offence;

Matured by time, 'twill pierce the hand that plucks it thence.

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मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्तत: || 24||

saṅkalpa-prabhavān kāmāns tyaktvā sarvān aśheṣhataḥ

manasaivendriya-grāmaṁ viniyamya samantataḥ

BG 6.24: Completely renouncing all desires arising from ( sankalpa) thoughts of the world, one should restrain the senses from all sides with the mind.

The formative thought lurking in the mind is ‘Sankalpa’. It is this  seed of sankalpa that sprouts and grows in to the plant of desire. The desire that is like a spark to-day is capable of developing in to a conflagration tomorrow. It is therefore to be entirely eliminated with the weapons of discrimination and dispassion. The senses are safe only when freed from desire. ( Swamy Chidbhavananda )

एकेन शुष्क वृक्षेण दह्यमानेन वह्निना I

दह्यते तद्वनं सर्वं कुपुत्रेण कुलं यथा II

Ekena shushka vrukshena dahyamaanena vahninaa I Dahyate tadvanam sarvam kuputrena kulam yatha. A barren tree catching fire may result in the whole forest getting destroyed, just as one bad child spoils the good name of the whole family.

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