EQUAL-THULYAM--तुल्यं,

SUBHASHITHANI:202

समान कुल शीलानां तुल्यार्थ ज्ञान चेतसाम् I

शोभते सख्य संभन्धो हासाय तु विपर्यये II

Samaana kula sheelaanaam tulyaartha gyaana chetasaam I

Shobhate sakhya sambhandho haasaaya viparyaye II

Friendship will flourish only between people of Similar pedigree and conduct, similar

 wealth, education, and thinking. Otherwise, it becomes a laughing matter.

यद्धात्रा  निजभालपट्टलिखितं स्तोकं  महद्वा धनं    
तत्प्राप्नोति मरुस्थलेSपि नितरां मेरौ  ततो नाSधिकं |
तद्धीरो भव चित्तवत्सुकृपणां वृत्तिं वृथा मा कृथा:
कूपे पश्य पयोनिधावपि घटो गृह्णाति तुल्यं जलम्   ||Niti satakam

Yaddhaatra nijabhaalpattalikhitam stokam mahadvaa dhanam.
Tatpraapnoti marusthalepi nitaraam merauo btato naadhikam.
Taddhiro bhava chittavatsukrupanaam vruttim vruthaa maa kruthaah.
Koope pashya payonidhaavapi ghato gruhnaati tulyam jalam.

Whatever small or big amount of wealth, the creator has writ one’s destiny he is sure to get it even in a desert and never more than that in the golden mount Meru. Therefore take heart and do not bemoan your plight in front of the affluent. Look! Whether you fill the pitcher in the well or the ocean ,it can hold water to it’s capacity.

तुल्य शील वयो वृत्ताम् तुल्य अभिजन लक्षणाम् |

राघवो अर्हति वैदेहीम् तम् च इयम् असित ईक्षणा || Ramayana

"Sri Rama is suited to Seetha with Her well matched character, age and conduct; with well matched pedigree and characteristics this black-eyed Seetha is also suited to Him."

यो दद्यात् काञ्चनं मेरुं कृत्स्नां चैव वसुन्धराम् ।
एकस्य जीवितं दद्यात् न च तुल्यं युधिष्ठिर ॥ Maha bharata

O Dharma putra! Even if one gifts a lot of gold, huge land or Meru mountain itself , that will not be equal to helping a man’s life.

नास्त्यन्या तृष्णया तुल्या क्वचिदास्ति नितम्बिनी  |
या   प्राणानपि  मुष्णन्ति  भवत्येकाSधिकं  प्रिया      ||
Naastyanyaa trushnayaa tulyaa kvachidaasti nitambinee.
Yaa praanaanapi mushnanti bhavetyrkaadhikam priya

 There is no comparison between a beautiful buxom woman and’'Trushna’' (desire )    , because the latter captivates and even causes death and is also the darling of numerous people.

पण्डिते चैव मूर्खे च बलवत्यपि दुर्बले। .
ईश्वरे च दरिद्रेच मृत्योः सर्वत्र तुल्यता ॥ ५४ ।।Bhoja prabhandam

Death is same (inescapable) to one and all  ,whether one is a scholar or a fool , one is strong or weak , whether one is rich or poor .

This is a rare subhashitha in the form of a conversation  between  mango tree and sugar-cane: ( Remember also that this was written hundreds of years ago)

मा गर्वं कुरु शर्करे ! तव गुणान् जानन्ति राज्ञां गृहे,

 ये दीनाः धनवर्जिताः च कृपणाः स्वप्नेऽपि पश्यन्ति न ।

 आम्रः अहम् मधुकूपकैः मम फलैः तृप्ताः हि सर्वे जनाः,

 हे दग्धे ! तव किं गुणैः मम फलैः तुल्यं न किञ्चित् फलम् ॥

O Sugar-cane! Don’t be proud. Your sweetness is known only  to rich  people in a palace. But poor people and miserly can never even dream about you. Where as , my fruits( mango) are sweet like honey and is enjoyed by  one and all. Therefore, you are no match to the mango fruits.  

शान्ति तुल्यं तपो नास्ति तोषान्न परमं सुखम् I

नास्ति तृष्णापरो व्याधिर्न च धर्मो दयापरः II
Shanti tulyam Tapo nsaasti Toshaann paramam sukham,
Naasti Trushnaaparo vyadhir na cha Dharmo dayaaparah.

There is no self purifying process equal to attaining peace of mind, and no bliss equal to being satisfied over one's lot. There no disease bigger than excessive desire or craving for any worldly thing and no tenet of Religion greater than kindness towards all living beings.

 दानेन तुल्यो विधिरास्ति नान्यो
    लोभोच नान्योस्ति रिपुः पृथिव्या ।
विभूषणं शीलसमं च नान्यत्
    सन्तोषतुल्यं धनमस्ति नान्यत् ॥
No ritual as sacred as sacrifice (charity). No enemy like greed. No ornament like chastity. No wealth like happiness.

विद्वत्वं च नृपत्वं च नैव तुल्यं कदाचन ।
स्वदेशे पूज्यते राजा विद्वान् सर्वत्र पूज्यते ॥
There is no comparison between being a scholar or being a king. King is respected only in his state. While a scholar is respected world wide.

राम राम रामेति रमे रामे मनोरमे ।
सहस्रनाम तत्तुल्यं रामनाम वरानने ॥श्रीरामरक्षास्तोत्रम्

Raama Raama Raameti Rame Raame Manorame |
Sahasra-Naama Tat-Tulyam Raama-Naama Varaanane ||
1: By meditating on "Rama Rama Rama" (the Name of Rama), my Mind gets absorbed in the Divine Consciousness of Rama, which is Transcendental,

2: The Name of Rama is as Great as the Thousand Names of God (Vishnu Sahasranama).

विश्वं दर्पणदृश्यमाननगरी तुल्यं निजान्तर्गतम्,

पश्यन्नात्मनि मायया  बहिरिवोद्भूतं यदा निद्रया।
यः साक्षात्कुरुते प्रबोधसमये  स्वात्मानमेवाद्वयम्,
तस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम  इदं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्तये ॥१॥ Dakshinaamurthy stothram

This world is unreal like the image of a city in the mirror, it exists inside. Due to the power of Maya it looks as if it is manifested outside like in dream we see things outside ourselves. Salutations to Sri Shiva in the form of preceptor, who, at the time of self realization, makes one aware that Atma is without second (i.e. one).॥1॥  

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH