DHEERAH-(3)-धीर:-BRAVE, RESOLUTE

 SUBHASHITHANI:314

अङ्गणवेदी वसुधा कुल्या जलधिः स्थली च पातालम् ।
वाल्मिकः च सुमेरुः कृतप्रतिज्ञस्य धीरस्य ॥

anggaNavedI vasudhA kulyA jaladhiH sthalI cha pAtAlam |
vAlmikaH cha sumeruH kRutapratigyasya dhIrasya ||
To a person of firm conviction the vast earth is like a courtyard , the ocean a small pond , the netherworld (Patala) like a picnic spot and mount Meru like ant hill.

 सुखं च दुःखं च भवाभवौ च लाभालाभौ मरणं जीवितं च।

पर्यायशः सर्वमेते स्पृशन्ति तस्माद् धीरो न हृष्येत्र शोचेत्  IIVidura niti

Happiness and sorrow, prosperity and poverty, gain and loss, these visit all by turns. Therefore the brave should neither rejoice or bewail.

तृणोल्कया ज्ञायते ज्ञानरूपं  वृत्तेन भद्रो व्यवहारेण साधु: ।

शूरो भयेष्वर्थकृच्छ्रेषु धीर:  कृच्छ्रेष्वावत्सु सुहृदश्चारयश्च ॥

Thrunolkaya gyaayate gyaana roopam vruttena bhadro vyavahaarena saaduh I
Shooro bhayeshvartha kruchcheshu  dheerah kruchevaava tsu suhrudaas chaarayascha II

The gold is identified by burning in fire, nobility is known by one’s action, a virtuous man

 is known by his conduct . A hero is known in danger, the valiant in difficulty, and friends

 and foes in dire calamities .

धीरस्तु भोज्यमानोऽपि पीड्यमानोऽपि सर्वदा।
आत्मानं केवलं पश्यन् न तुष्यति न कुप्यति॥Ashta vakra gita

 The wise who always see self only, are neither pleased nor get angry whether they are feted or tormented.॥3.9॥

सुदुर्बलं नावजानाति किञ्चित्
युक्तो रिपुं सेवते बुद्धिपूर्वम् ।
न विग्रहं रोचयते बलस्थैः काले
च यो विक्रमते स धीरः ॥ – viduraneeti

sudurbalam naavajaanaati ki~nchit yukto ripum sevate buddhipoorvam
na vigraham rochayate balasthaih kaale cha yo vikramate sa dheerah   
He who does not show even a little contempt towards the weak, handles the enemies with discern, steers clear from having a conflict with the stronger and demonstrates valour is brave.- 

पराञ्चि खानि व्यतृणत्स्वयम्भूस्तस्मात्पराङ्पश्यति नान्तरात्मन् ।
कश्चिद्धीरः प्रत्यगात्मानमैक्षदावृत्तचक्शुरमृतत्वमिच्छन् ॥ १ ॥

parāñci khāni vyatṛṇatsvayambhūstasmātparāṅpaśyati nāntarātman |
kaściddhīraḥ pratyagātmānamaikṣadāvṛttacakśuramṛtatvamicchan || 1 ||
The self-existent ( svayambhu)  created the senses out-going: therefore, one sees outside and not the âtman within. Some intelligent man, with his senses turned away, (from their object), desirous of immortality, sees the âtman within.

सुव्याहृतानि सुक्तानि सुकृतानि ततस्ततः।
 सञ्चिन्वन् धीर आसीत् शिलाहरी शिलं यथा ॥Vidura niti

Gathering up the wise sayings and the noble deeds of the great , scattered here and there one should remain persevering like sadhus who live by picking grains left over in the field after the harvest(uncha vrutti).

रथः शरीरं पुरुषस्य राजन्
आत्मा नियन्तेन्द्रियाण्यस्य चाश्वाः I
तैरप्रमत्तः कुशली सदश्वैर्दान्तैः
 सुखं याति रथीव धीरः  IIVidura niti

This body is the chariot, buddhi (intellect)  is the charioteer and the senses are the horses. One who controls all these travels happily in this world like the charioteer who has controlled the horses of the chariot.

एते बहुविधा शोका विलापरुदिते तथा।
वर्जनीया हि धीरेण सर्वावस्थासु धीमता।। Ramayana - 2.105.39।।

A wise man, holding on to his fortitude in all circumstances, should avoid such occasions of grief, these words of lamentation and this crying.
(Sri Rama to Bharata at the forest )

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH