DHEERAH- BRAVE, COURAGEOUS- धीराः

 SUBHASHITHANI:284

विकारहेतौ सति विक्रियन्ते येषां
न चेतांसि त एव धीराः ।Kumara sambhavam
Vikārahetau sati vikriyante yeṣāṃ na cetāṃsi ta eva dhīrāḥ-Kalidasa
Only he can be considered a dheera ( a person of courage) whose mind is not disturbed or overcome by emotions even in the presence of objects of temptation.

एकाग्रता निरोधो वा मूढैरभ्यस्यते भृशं।
धीराः कृत्यं न पश्यन्ति सुप्तवत्स्वपदे स्थिताः॥Ashtavakra gita
Ekaagrataa nirodho vaa moodairabhyaste bhrusham I
Dheerah krutyam na pasyanti suptavat svapade sthitaah II
The ignorant make a great effort to practice one-pointedness and the stopping of thought, while the wise see nothing to be done and remain in themselves like those asleep.॥18.33॥ 

रत्नैर्महाब्धेस्तुतुषुर्न देवा
न भोजिरे भीमविषेण भीतिम् ।
सुधां विना न प्रययुर्विरामं
न निश्चितार्थाद्विरमन्ति धीराः ॥
While churning the ocean for nectar, Gods were not pleased with gems secured from ocean. Nor did they entertain fear when they secured the terrible poison. They churned the ocean until they got nectar. Thus persons with determination do not swerve from their goal.

अविद्यायामन्तरे वर्तमानाः
स्वयं धीराः पण्डितं मन्यमानाः ।
जङ्घन्यमानाः परियन्ति मूढा
अन्धेनैव नीयमाना यथान्धाः ॥ Mundaka upanisad

The following are the comments of Swami Vivekananda on this sloka, which incidentally  appears in both Mundaka upanisad 1.2.8 and Katopanisad 1.2.5 :

There are still greater dangers in regard to the transmitter, the Guru. There are many who, though immersed in ignorance, yet, in the pride of their hearts, fancy they know everything, and not only do not stop there, but offer to take others on their shoulders; and thus the blind leading the blind, both fall into the ditch.

— "Fools dwelling in darkness, wise in their own conceit, and puffed up with vain knowledge, go round and round staggering to and fro, like blind men led by the blind." — (Katha Up., I. ii. 5). The world is full of these. Every one wants to be a teacher, every beggar wants to make a gift of a million dollars! Just as these beggars are ridiculous, so are these teachers.

असिद्धार्था निवर्तन्ते नहि धीराः कृतोद्यमाः। Kathasaritsagara 5.3.14
asiddhārthā nivartante nahi dhīrāḥ kṛtodyamāḥ
The strong minded ones once having put in efforts do not turn back till they have achieved their objective.

अर्थः सुखं कीर्तिरपीहि  मा  भूदनर्थएवाSवास्तु  तथाSपि धीराः |
निजप्रतिज्ञामधिरूढमाना  महोद्यमाः  कर्म समारभन्ते   ||
Arthah sukham keertirapeehi maa 
bhoodanarthaevaastu tathaapi  dheeraah.
Nijapratigyaamadhiroodhamaanaa 
mahodyamaah  karma  samaarabhante,
 Persons who are brave, industrious and with firm determination , are not
deterred by not having wealth, pleasure and fame in society or by other road blocks
being faced by them, and by adhering to their commitment proceed with the work taken in hand by them.

சிதைவிடத்து ஒல்கார் உரவோர் புதையம்பிற்
பட்டுப்பாடு ஊன்றும் களிறு- Thirukkural-597
The strong minded will not faint, even when all is lost; the elephant stands firm, even when wounded by a shower of arrows.

देहिनो ऽस्मिन् यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा
तथा देहान्तर-प्राप्तिर् धीरस् तत्र न मुह्यति IIBG-2.13
dehino ‘smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā
tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati
As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The wise men are not deluded by this.

अप्राप्यं नाम नेहास्ति धीरस्य व्यवसायिनः II
Aprāpyaṃ nāma nehāsti dhīrasya vyavasāyinaḥ
There is nothing unattainable to the one who has courage and who works hard.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH