THE TWO BIRDS- DVAA SUPARNA SAYUJA SAKHAYAA

SUBHASHITHAM :083
Dwa Suparna Sayuja Sakhaya: Parable of two birds .

A parable of two birds dwelling on the same tree (body), one represents the mind-aggregate, the other the Consciousness (supreme Brahman).  

द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया समानं वृक्षं परिषस्वजाते।

तयोरन्य: पिप्पलं स्वाद्वत्त्यनश्नन्नन्यो अभिचाकशीति॥

समाने वृक्षे पुरुषों निमग्नोऽनाशया शोचति मुह्यमान:।

जुष्टं यदा पश्यत्यन्यमीशमस्य महिमानमिति वीतशोक:॥

Dwa Suparna Sayuja Sakhaya Samanam Vriksam Pariswajate

Tayor anyah pippalam swadu atti, anashnan anyo abhijakashiti. - Mundaka Upanishad 3.1:1

Samane vrikshe purusho nimagno 'nishaya shocati muhyamanah

Jushtam yada pashyati anyam isham asya mahimanam iti vita-shokah - Mundaka Upanishad 3.1:2

Two birds living together, each the friend of the other, perch upon the same tree

Of these two, one eats the fruits of the tree, but the other simply looks on without eating.

Although the two birds are on the same tree, one of them (the ego ) is sunk in ignorance and deluded,grieves his helplessness.

If in some way or other he turns his face to his friend who is the Lord, at once the suffering bird becomes free of all anxieties.
எண்ணென்ப ஏனை எழுத்தென்ப இவ்விரண்டும்

கண்ணென்ப வாழும் உயிர்க்கு..

The twain that lore of numbers and of letters give

Are eyes, the wise declare, to all on earth that live.  Kural-392

द्वाम्भसि निवेष्टव्यौ गले बद्ध्वा दृडं शिलां I

धनवन्तं अदातारं दरिद्रं च अतपस्विनं II  Vidura niti

Dvaambasi niveshtavyau gale badhvaa drudam shilam I

Dhanavantam adaataaram dridram cha atapasvinam II

These two are to be drowned in water with massive stone tied their neck. A rich man who does not give charity and a poor man who does not practice austerities.

द्वाविमौ कण्टकौ तीक्ष्णौ शरीर परिशोषिणौ I

यस्चाधनः कामयते यश्च कुप्यत् अनीस्वरः II Vidura niti

Dvaavimau kantakau teekshnau shareera pari shoshinau I

Yaschaadhanah kaamayate yascha kuyat aneesvarah II

There are two sharp thorns that tend to wither the body . The poor man who desires far  beyond his means and one who feels angry at another over whom he is no master.

न्यायागतस्य द्रव्यस्य बोद्धव्यौ द्वातिक्रमौ I 

अपात्रे प्रतिपत्तिस्च पात्रे चाप्रतिपादनम् II

These two are to be known as misapplications of wealth rightly acquired,viz, to give to the undeserving and not to give to the worthy.

 SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH