TRUTH-SATYAM(5)- SATYAM BRAHMA-सत्यं ब्रह्म

SUBHASHITHANI:278

सत्यं ब्रह्म  तपः सत्यं सत्यं सृजति च प्रजाः
सत्येन धार्यते लॊकः स्वर्गं  सत्येन गच्छति [MB - 12.183.1]
Truth is Brahma; Truth is Penance; it is Truth that creates all creatures. It is by Truth that the whole universe is upheld; and it is with the aid of Truth that one goes to heaven

सत्यानृता च परुषा प्रियवादिनी च
हिंस्रा दयालुरपि चार्थपरा वदान्या ।
नित्यव्यया प्रचुरनित्यधनागमा च
वाराङ्गनेव नृपनीतिरनेकरुपा ॥ ४७ ॥Niti satakam
Truthful as well as false, harsh as well as sweet, cruel and compassionate, miserly and charitable, always spending and always earning abundantly, the conduct of a king is full of contradictions like the conduct of courtesans. ( Not only kings, I have seen captains 
of industry behaving exactly as mentioned! )

अहिंसा परमो धर्मः तथाहिंसा परं तपः।
अहिंसा परमं सत्यं यतो धर्म प्रवर्तते ॥ महाभारत (११५-२३)
Ahimsaa paramo dharmah  tatha ahimsaa param tapah I
Ahimsa paramam sathyam yato dharma pravartate II
Non-violence is supreme dharma, similarly ahimsa is supreme austerity,and ahimsa is ultimate truth. Hence, Ahimsa hence is fundamental to growth of dharma .

सम्पद्यन्ते गुणाः सर्वे, संयमो नियमस्तपः।
गुणानामालयः सत्यं, मत्स्यामिव नीरधिः।।
Just as fishes are born and sustained in the ocean; Satyam is the rest-house of all 
virtues like samyama, niyama,and tapas .

गोभिर्विप्रैश्च वेदैश्च सतीभिः सत्यवादिभिः ।
अलुब्धै र्दानशीलैश्च सप्तभि र्धार्यते मही ।।
The world is sustained because of the following seven : Cows,vedic scholars,veda,saintly persons, truthful persons,non-covetous, persons who give charity .

आहुः सत्यं हि परमं धर्मं धर्मविदो जनाःI 2.14.3 Ramayana
Aahuh  satyam hi paramam dharmam dharmavido janaah ( Kaikeyi to Dasaratha )
Those who have knowledge of dharma say that Truth is the highest dharma

न  हिंस्यात परवित्तानि  देयं काले  न  दापयेत् |
विक्रान्तः सत्यवाक् क्षान्तो नृपो न चलते पथः  ||  
Na himsyaatparavittaani deyam kaale na daapayet.
Vikraanth satyavaak kshaanto nrupo na chalate pathh.
The King must not destroy the wealth of his citizens and whatever he has to give or dole out should not be delayed and given in time.  He should be valourous, truthful, and also forgiving.  A king, who acts like this never goes astray from the path of proper governance of his kingdom."

सत्यं माता पिता ज्ञानं धर्मो भ्राता दया सखा।
शान्ति: पत्नी क्षमा पुत्र: षडेते मम बान्धवा:॥Mahabharatha
satya mata pita gyaanam dharmo bhrata daya sakha.
shantih patni lshama putrah shedete mam baandhawaah.
Truth is my mother, Knowledge is my father, Righteousness is my brother, Mercy is my friend, Peace is my wife and Forgiveness my son. These six are my kith and kins.

सत्यं ब्रूयात् प्रियं ब्रूयात् न ब्रूयात् सत्यमप्रियम् ।
प्रियं च नानृतं ब्रूयात्  एष धर्मः सनातनः ॥
satyaṃ brūyāt priyaṃ brūyāt na brūyāt satyamapriyam ।
priyañca nānṛtaṃ brūyāt eṣa dharmassanātanaḥ ॥  -manusmṛti
Speak the truth, and speak favourably. Do not tell the truth if it is not favourable. 
Also, do not tell an untruth (although) it is favourable.  This is the eternal dharma.

सत्यं  भवति  किं  जातु  जलं  मरुमरीचिस्सु 
Can there ever exist real water in a mirage? — Katha Sarit Sagara

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH