THE DESTRUCTION OF TEN SINS -DASAHARA- (दशहरा )

SUBHASHITHANI:149

एतानि दश पापानि हरत्वं मम जान्हवी I

दश पाप हरा यस्मात् तस्मात् दशहरा स्मृता II      

Etaani dasa paapaani haratvam mama Janhavee I

Dasa papa haraa yasmaat tasmaat dasaharaa smrutaa II

O Ganga! These ten sins may please be eliminated from me . Since the ten sins are destroyed , it is called dasahara.( dasa-ten ; hara- destroying )

पारुष्यं अनृतं चैव पैशुन्यं चापि सर्वतः I

असंपत्त प्रलापस्च वाङ्गमयं स्यात् चतुर्विदं II

Harsh words, falsehood, defamatory and illogical - these are the four sins committed by speech.
ஆக்கமுங் கேடும் அதனால் வருதலால்
காத்தோம்பல் சொல்லின்கட் சோர்வு. Kural-642
Since gain and loss in life on speech depend,
From careless slip in speech thyself defend.

अदद्दानं  उपादानं  हिंसा चैवाविदानतः I

परदारोप सेवा च कायिकं त्रिविदं मतं II

Grabbing what is not ours,  harming others without reason, wishing for another’s wife -  these three are considered as sins committed by the body.
சிற்றின்பம் வெஃகி அறனல்ல செய்யாரே
மற்றின்பம் வேண்டு பவர். -Kural-178
No deeds of ill, misled by base desire,
Do they, whose souls to other joys aspire.

परद्रव्येष्वपि ध्यानं मनसा निष्ट चिन्तनं I

विददापि निवेस्च्च मानसं त्रिविदं स्मृतं  II

Desiring for other’s wealth, nurturing sinful thoughts,  exhibiting false attraction to objects and people- these three are the sins committed by the mind.
மனத்துக்கண் மாசிலன் ஆதல் அனைத்தறன்
ஆகுல நீர பிற.-Kural-34
Spotless be thou in mind! This only merits virtue's name; All else, mere pomp of idle sound, no real worth can claim. 

एतानि दस पापानि प्रशमं यान्तु जान्हवी I

स्नातस्य मम दे देवी जले विष्णु पदोद्भवे  II

O Ganga! Who came from the feet of lord Vishnu,  Kindly destroy the above mentioned ten sins from me , who is having a holy bath in you.

( These slokas were collected  by me from a tamil monthly some twenty years back and I am happy to share them with the readers. If any  mistakes are noted in the slokas , kindly inform me , I would  gladly stand  corrected. )

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH