BUDDHI-4 - बुद्धि - INTELLECT

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वसन्त यौवना वृक्षाः पुरुषा धन यौवनाः ।

 सौभाग्य यौवना नार्यो युवानो बुद्धि यौवनाः ॥

Vasanta yauvanaa vrukshaah prushaa dhana yauvanaah I

Saubhaagya yauvanaa naaryo yuvaano buddhi yauvanah II

The spring is the youth of trees, wealth is the youth of men, beauty is the youth of women and intelligence is the youth of the young.

या देवि सर्वभूतेषु बुद्धिरूपेण संस्थिता ।
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमोनमः ॥

I offer repeated salutations to that devi (Durga) who resides in
all the living beings in the form of the intellect.

पुत्राश्च विविधैः शीलैर्नियोज्याः सततं बुधैः
नीतिज्ञाः शीलसम्पन्ना भवन्ति कुलपूजिताः    – चाणक्य नीति

putraashcha vividhaih shIeeairniyojyaah satataM budhaiHh
neetij~naah sheelasampannaa bhavanti kulapoojitaah    – chaaNakya neeti

Intelligent people always equip children with varieties of integrities. Those with moral integrity and endowed with character, become worshiped in the clan.

प्रमादिनां  न वित्तानि  न विद्या  वनितापि  च |
न हि मद्यजुषा क्वापि साधनान्यथ धीश्च ह्रीः ||

Pramaadinaam na vittaani na vidyaa vanitaapi cha.
Na hi madyajushaa kvaapi saadhanaanyatha dheeshcha  hreeh. 

Persons who perform their job carelessly and negligently can neither be rich nor well educated.  They even may not have a wife (and a family)   Likewise, persons addicted to liquor are also devoid of means of livelihood, wisdom, modesty and shyness.

अज्ञः सुखमाराध्यः सुखतरमाराध्यते विशेषज्ञः ।
ज्ञानलव दुर्विदग्धं ब्रह्माऽपि नरं न रञ्जयति ॥Niti satakam

To convince an ignorant person is easy. It is even easier to convince a learned person. But even Lord Brahma cannot explain and convince a person who has limited knowledge but thinks high of himself.

नास्ति ग्रामः कुतः सीमा नास्ति विद्या कुतो यशः ।
नास्ति ज्ञानं कुतो मुक्तिर्भक्तिर्नास्ति कुतस्तु धीः ॥

If there is no village how can there be a boundary? If there is no
learning how can there be fame? If there is no wisdom how can
there be salvation? And if there is no devotion how can there be under-standing?

गुणदोषौ बुधौ गृह्णन्निन्दुक्ष्वेलाविवेश्वरः ।
शिरसा श्लाघ्यते पूर्वं परं कण्ठे नियच्छति ॥

A wise man deals with merits and demerits as Lord Shiva dealt with
the moon and the poison. He praises the former with his
head and keeps the latter in his throat.

प्रत्युपस्थित-कालस्य सुखस्य परिवर्जनम् ।
अनागत-सुखाशा च नैव बुद्धिमता नयः ।। Mahabharatham

Rejecting happiness that comes due to favourable time and longing for the  good that has not happened are both not done by the intelligent.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH