KIM AASCHARYAM?- किमाश्चर्यं-WHAT WONDER?

 SUBHASHITHANI:310

Yaksha

किमाश्चर्यं- Kim aascharyam ?
What is the greatest wonder?

Yudhishtira

अहन्यहनि भूतानि गच्छन्तीह यमालयम् ।
शेषाः स्थावरमिच्छन्ति किमाश्चर्यमतः परम् ॥

Ahanyahanibhootaani gachchanti iha yamaalayam I
Seshaah sthaavaram ichchanti kim aascharyam atah param II
Day after day, countless beings are going to the abode of death
Those that remain desire to be immortal What can be a greater wonder than that?

किं धनेन कुबेरस्य सुभाषितगुणेन किं ।
वाचस्पतेश्च दीपेन रवेः सिंधोश्च बिंदुना ॥
kim dhanena kuberasya subhAShita guNena kim ।
vAchaspateH cha dIpena raveH, sindhoH cha bindunA ॥
What good is wealth for Kubera ? Of what use are subhashithani for Bhruhaspati? How good is a torch in lighting the sun? How good is a drop of water in filling the ocean?

 गुणेषु क्रियतां यत्नः किम् आटोपैः प्रयोजनम् |
विक्रीयन्ते न घण्टाभिर्गावः क्षीरविवर्जिताः ||

guṇeṣu kriyatāṁ yatnaḥ kiṁ āṭopaiḥ prayojanam| 
vikriyante na ghaṇṭābhirgāvaḥ kṣīravivarjitāḥ|| 
Let us strive to attain perfection in our actions, what use is it to make false pretensions? A cow cannot be sold just by tying a bell , if it is bereft of milk.

किं कोकिलस्य विरुतेन गते वसन्ते
किं कातरस्य बहु शस्त्र परिग्रहेण
मित्रेण किं व्यसन कालपरान्ग्मुखेन
किं जीवितेन पुरुषस्य निरक्षरेण

Of what use is cuckoo’s yelling once the vasantha ruthu is over?
Of what use is putting on armaments to a coward?
Of what use is a friend who avoids at the time of difficulties ?
Of what use is life for a man who is an illiterate ?

किं नु मे स्यादिदं कृत्वा किं नु मे स्यादकुर्वतः ।
इति संचित्य मनसा प्राज्ञः कुर्वीत वा नवा ॥
kim nu me syAt idam kRutvA kim nu me syAt akurvataH ।
iti sinchitya manasA prAjnaH kurvIta vA navA ॥
A wise man should always ponder as to what would happen if I did so ? ; and what would happen if I didn’t do so? and then do or not do accordingly.

किं दुःसहं नु साधूनां विदुषां किमपेक्षितम् ।
किमकार्यं कदर्याणां दुस्त्यजं किं धृतात्मनाम् ॥Bhagavatham
kim duH sahaM nu sAdhUnAm vidhUShAm kim apekShitam ।
kim akAryam kadAryANAm suH tyajam kim dhRutAtmanAm ॥
What is not tolerable for the virtuous people? What will the wise men long for ? What mischief is prohibited for the rogues? What sacrifice is beyond the nature of men of steady wisdom?

कवयः किं  न  पश्यन्ति  किं  न  भक्षन्ति  वायसाः  |
मद्यपाः किं  न जल्पन्ति  किं  न  कुर्वन्ति  योषितः | Chanakya niti
Kavayah  kim na pashyanti  kim na bhakshanti  vaayasaah.
Madyapaah  kim  na  jalpanti  kim  na  kurvanti  yoshitah;
What is it that a poet cannot perceive? What is it that crows will not eat? What is it that a drunkard will not babble? What is it that a woman cannot achieve?

किं कुलेन विशालेन शीलम् एवात्र कारणम् ।
कृमयः किं न जायन्ते कुसुमेषु सुगन्धिषु ॥

Kim kulena vishalena sheelam evaatra kaaranam I
Krumayah kim na jaayante kusumeshu sugandhishu II
Of what use is a noble birth, if one does not possess noble character. Don’t we see insects being born in beautiful and fragrant flowers?

किमत्र चित्रं यत्संतः परानुग्रहतत्पराः ।
न हि स्वदेहसौख्याय जायन्ते चंदनद्रुमाः ॥

kimatra chitram yat santaH para anugraha tatparAH ।
na hi sva deha saukhyAya jAyante chandana drumAH ॥
What wonder is there in noble men being always engaged in serving others? Sandal wood trees do not grow for their own good.

यस्य नास्ति स्वयं प्रज्ञा शास्त्रं तस्य करोति किम्।
लोचनाभ्यां विहीनस्य दर्पणः किं करिष्यति॥

yasya nāsti svayaṁ prajñā śāstraṁ tasya karoti kim|
locanābhyāṁ vihīnasya darpaṇaḥ kiṁ kariṣyati||
For one who has no understanding or wisdom of his own, what is the use of all scriptures. Just as , for the one who has no eyes, the mirror is of no use"

 SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH