AGAIN AND AGAIN -PUNAH PUNAH- (पुनः पुनः)

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पापं प्रज्ञां नाशयति क्रियमाणं पुनः पुनः ।

नष्टप्रज्ञः पापमेव नित्यमारभते नरः ॥ ५२॥

pApaM pragyaam  nAshayati kriyamANaM punaH punaH |
naShTapragyaH pApameva nityamArabhate naraH ||

Vidura observes in the MahAbhArata, "One loses the discriminating intellect (pragyaa) by committing errors of judgment (pApa) again and again and one who has lost that ability keeps on repeating the same errors."

पुण्यं प्रज्ञां वर्धयति क्रियमाणं पुनः पुनः ।

वृद्धप्रज्ञः पुण्यमेव नित्यमारभते नरः ॥ ५३॥

puNyaM pragyaa  vardhayati kriyamANaM punaH punaH |
vRuddhapragyaH puNyameva nityamArabhate naraH ||

One’s store of merit (punya) increases by doing good deeds again and again and one who is blessed with discriminating intellect keeps on doing worthy things.

ऋणश्शेषोऽग्निशेषश्च शतृशेषस्तथैव च ।

पुनः पुनः प्रवर्धन्ते तस्मात् शेषं न रक्षयेत् ॥

ṛṇaśśeṣo'gniśeṣaśca śatṛśeṣastathaiva ca ।
punaḥ punaḥ pravardhante tasmāt śeṣaṃ na rakṣayet ॥

A balance of debt, remainder of fire, (and) residue of enemies too - keep growing again and again; hence do not protect these leftovers.

दग्धं दग्धं त्यजति न पुनः काञ्चनं कान्तिवर्णं

छिन्नं छिन्नं त्यजति न पुनः स्वादुतामिक्षुदण्डम्  |

घृष्टं घृष्टं त्यजति न पुनश्चन्दनं चारुगन्धं

प्राणान्तेSपि प्रकृति  विकृतिर्नायते नोत्तमानाम् ||From Voice of Satya Sai

Dagdham dagdham tyajati na punah kaanchanam kaanti varnam

Chinnam chinnam tyajati na punah svaadutaamikshudandaam.I

Ghrushtram Ghrushtam tyajati na punas chandanam charu gandham

Praanaantepi prukriti vikrutirnaayate nottamaanaam II

In spite of being burnt in fire again and again Gold does not lose its

lustre and colour, and similarly the stem of sugarcane on being cut into

pieces does not shed its sweet taste.   Sandalwood also does not give up

its fragrance  in spite of being rubbed again and again on a stone .   In

the same manner noble and righteous persons of highest integrity do not

allow any change in their nature and good behaviour even on the face of

imminent death.

  जन्म  दुखं , जरा  दुखं , जाया दुखं  पुनः  पुनः I

अन्त्य  काले  महा  दुखं , तस्मात् जाग्रत  जाग्रत  जाग्रत !

Janma Dukham, Jaraa Dukham,    Jaayaa Dukham Punah Punah

Antya Kaale Mahaa Dukham,   Tasmaat Jaagrata Jaagrata Jaagrata!

Birth is misery, Old age is misery,  Spouse is a misery now and again,

The final moments are most sorrowful,Therefore, beware, beware, beware!

पुनर्वित्तं  पुनर्मित्रं  पुनर्भार्या  पुनर्मही  |

एतत्सर्वं  पुनर्लभ्यं  न शरीरं  पुनः पुनः ||  - चाणक्य नीति 

Punarvittam  punarmitram  punarbhaaryaa  punarmahee.

Etatsarvam punarlabhyam  na  shareeram punah punah.

Wealth,  friends, wife and landed property if lost can be

acquired again and again , but not this human body (bestowed upon us by the God Almighty).

अदान दोषेण भवेद् दरिद्रो दारिद्र दोषेण करोति पापं I

पापादवस्यं नरकं प्रयाति पुनर दरिद्रः पुनरेव पापी II

 One who is not liberal with his wealth in the previous birth , is born a poor . Being poor he indulges in sinful activities. That makes him suffer in hell (Narakam).Then again he is born a poor, indulges again in sin and the cycle continues. 

यावत् सीताम् न पश्यामि राम पत्नीम् यशस्विनीम् || ५-१३-५२

तावद् एताम् पुरीम् लन्काम् विचिनोमि पुनः पुनः |

"Till such time  I see Seetha, the wife of Sri Rama and one with fame, till then I will search the city of Lanka again and again."  ( Hanuman in Sundara Kanda )

पुनरपि जननं पुनरपि मरणं   पुनरपि जननी जठरे शयनम् |

इह संसारे बहु दुस्तारे   कृपयाऽपारे पाहि मुरारे II Bhaja Govindam

Punarapi jananam punarapi maranam,  Punarapi janani jatare sayanam,I

Iha samsaare khalu dusthare,  Krupayaa pare pahi murare. II

Again and again one is born, And again and again one dies, And again and again one sleeps in the mother’s womb, Help me to cross, This limitless sea of Life,Which is difficult to cross , my Lord.
आलोड्य  सर्व -शास्त्राणि  विचार्य  च  पुनः  पुनः I

इदं  एकं  सुनिष्पन्नं  ध्येयो  नारायणो  सदा II

 After a deep study of all the Sastras and  repeated inquiries into their purport, we come to the conclusion that the deity to be meditated upon constantly is Narayana. 

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH