PHALAM-फलं-FRUIT,RESULT

 SUBHASHITHANI:296

यो न वेत्ति गुणान्यस्य न तं सेवेत पण्डितः |
न हि तस्मात्फलं तस्य सुकृष्टा दूषरादिव || Subhashitha sangraha

Yo na vetti gunaanyasya na tam seveta panditah I
Na hi tasmaat phalam tasya sukrushtaa doosharaadiva II
A wise man must never serve a master who cannot value his qualities. Serving him will be like trying to cultivate on barren land. No matter how hard you plough the land and sow seeds, there will be no crop.

फल-हीनं नृपं भृत्याः कुलीनम् अपि चोन्नतम् ।
सन्त्य् अज्यान्य् अत्र गच्छन्ति शुष्कं वृक्षम् इवाण्डजाः ॥ Pancha tantra

phala-hīnaṃ nṛpaṃ bhṛtyāḥ kulīnam api connatam |
santy ajyāny atra gacchanti śuṣkaṃ vṛkṣam ivāṇḍajāḥ || 163 ||

Even if the king belongs to a good family and considered great, if there is nothing to be gained from him, his servants leave him and go elsewhere, much like the birds leave a dry, fruitless tree, however big it may be.

( I am neither a political analyst nor have any political affiliation ; but I am not able to desist from mentioning how this subhashitha reflects the truth beautifully about people leaving or threatening to leave a particular political party in India )

वचस्तत्र प्रयोक्तव्यं यत्रोक्तं लभते फलम् ।
स्थायीभवति चात्यंतं रागः शुक्लपटे यथा ॥
vachastatra prayoktavyam yatra labhate phalam ।
sthAyI bhavati cha atyantam rAgah shuklapaTe yathA ॥
Speak only what is appropriate and which will yield results and has an enduring effect. Just like colour sticks better only on white cloth.

नैवाकृति: फलति नैव कुलं न शीलं
विद्यापि नैव न च यत्नकृताऽपि सेवा।
भाग्यानि पूर्वतपसा खलु सञ्चितानि
काले फलन्ति पुरुषस्य यथैव वृक्षा:।।

Nothing fructifies beforehand-neither the form, nor the family background, not even one's virtues, nor even the education, not also the painstaking service rendered to the community. It is the fortune of a person accrued by the performance of penance that yields fruits in due course, like the tree which yields fruits when it is time.

गुरुलाघवमर्थानामारम्भे कर्मणां फलम्।
दोषं वा यो न जानाति न बाल इति होच्यते।।2.63.7।।Ramayana
Gurulaaghavam arthaanaam aarambhe karmanaam phalam I
Dosham vaa yon a jaanaati na baala iti hochyate  II
He who, at the commencement of any action, does not foresee the good or evil consequences of his action is considered childish. ( Dasarata to Kausalya-  Dasarata killed a rishi putra by mistake using sabda vedi and was cursed to suffer putra sokham ) 

अविज्ञाय फलं यो हि कर्म त्वेवानुधावति।
स शोचेत्फलवेलायां यथा किंशुकसेचकः।।2.63.9।।Ramayana
Without foreseeing the fruits of his action, he who runs after action only will regret at the time of fruition like the one who waters the palasa tree.

छायां अन्यस्य कुर्वन्ति तिष्ठन्ति स्वयं आतपे ।
फलानि अपि पर अर्थाय वृक्षाः सत्पुरुषा इव ॥ १८६
Chayam anyasya kurvanti tishtanti svayam aatape ।
Phalani api para arthaya vrukshah satpurusha iva ॥
They provide shade for others while they stand in the heat.
Even the fruits they bear are for others, trees are really like great men.

यत्र नार्यस्तु पूज्यन्ते रमन्ते तत्र देवता: ।
यत्रैतास्तु न पूज्यन्ते सर्वास्तत्राफलाः क्रिया: ॥ ७०
Yatra naryastu pujyante ramante tatra devata ।
Yatraitaastu na pujyante sarvastatraphalah kriyaah ।।
Where women are honoured , divinity blossoms there, where they are dishonoured , all action remains unfruitful.

 भूमिर् मित्रं हिरण्यं च विग्रहस्य फल-त्रयम् ।

नास्त्य् एकम् अपि यद्य् एषां न तं कुर्यात् कथञ्चन ॥ २४९ ॥Pancha tantra

bhūmir mitraṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca vigrahasya phala-trayam |
nāsty ekam api yady eṣāṃ na taṃ kuryāt kathañcana || 249 ||

Land, friend and riches – these three are the gains of war. If even one of these is not a potential gain, then one should not go to war with any one.

प्रयत्ने समके केचिदेव स्युः फलभागिनः ।
क्षीरोदमथनाद्देवैरमृतं प्राप्ति नासुरैः ॥ २४१- Pancha tantra

Prayatne samake kechideva syuh phalabhaginah ।
Kshirodamathanaddevairamrutam prapti nasuraih ॥241

When many people put in equal efforts, only a few reap the benefits.
In the churning of the ocean, only gods got the nectar and not the demons.

शुभं वाप्यशुभं कर्म फलकालमपेक्षते ।
शरदैव फलात्याशु शालिर्न सुरभौ क्वचित् ॥ २४२
Shubham vapyashubham karma phalakalamapekshate ।
Sharadaiva phalatyashu shalirna surabhau kvachit ॥242
Results of auspicious or inauspicious work depend on the right time.
Paddy grows well in autumn and not in spring when flowers bloom.

यादृशं फलमाप्नोति कुप्लवैः संतरन् जलम् |
तादृशं फलमाप्नोति कुपुत्रैः संतरंस्तमः || Manu Smriti
If you plan to navigate through darkness (miseries) of the world with the help of a bad son, then you will meet with the same fate as if you tried to cross the ocean using a leaky boat .

ऊषरेषु  च  क्षेत्रेषु  यथा बीजं  हि निष्फलं  |

उपकारोSपि नीचानां कृतो भवति तादृशः ||
Usareshu cha kshetreshu yathaa beejam hi nishphalam.
Upakaaropi neechaanaam kruto bhavati taadrushah.
Just as in a field with saline soil it is futile to sow seeds in it (as no crop can grow on it) in the same manner any favour or help rendered to mean and wicked persons also does
not produce any fruitful results.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH

PS: Srimad  Bhagavad Gita deals exhaustively about Karma and karma phala. Some of those fascinating slokas we will see in the next blog.