SHRUTVA- श्रुत्वा - LISTENING TO - HAVING HEARD

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श्रुत्वा धर्मं विजानाति श्रुत्वा त्यजति दुर्मतिम् ।
श्रुत्वा ज्ञानमवाप्नोति श्रुत्वा मोक्षमवाप्नुयात् ॥

śrutvā dharmaṃ vijānāti śrutvā tyajati durmatim |
śrutvā jñānamavāpnoti śrutvā mokṣamavāpnuyāt ||Chanakya niti

By means of hearing one understands dharma, malignity vanishes, knowledge is acquired, and liberation from material bondage is gained.

श्रूयतां धर्म-सर्वस्वं श्रुत्वा चैवावधार्यताम् ।
आत्मनः प्रतिकूलानि परेषां न समाचरेत् ॥ १०४ ॥
śrūyatāṃ dharma-sarvasvaṃ śrutvā caivāvadhāryatām |
ātmanaḥ pratikūlāni pareṣāṃ na samācaret || 3.104 ||
Listen to the essence of all dharma, and then think it over well. Do never perform things, that are disagreeable to one-self, towards others.

श्रुत्वा सागरबन्धनं दशशिराः सर्वैर्मुखैरेकदा
तूर्णं पृच्छति वार्तिकान्सचकितो भीत्वा परं संभ्रमात् |
बद्धः सत्यमपांनिधिर्जलनिधिः कीलालधिस्तोयधिः
पाथोधिजलधिर्पंयोधिरुदधिर्वारांनिधिर्वारिधिः ||

Shrutva saagara bandhanam dasa shiraah sarvaimukair ekadaa

Toornam pruchati vaartikaan sachakito bheetva param sambhramaat I

Baddah satyam apaamnidhir jalanidhih kilaaladhih toyaadhih

Paathodhih jaladhir payodhir udadhir vaaraamnidhir vaaridhi II

The ten headed Ravana having heard from his spies that the ocean has been bridged by the monkeys, was agitated and filled with fear, spoke like this simultaneously through his ten mouths: Has the ocean been truly bridged?

( The poet is using ten different words to refer to the ocean,Saagaram – 1.Apaamnidhih,2Jalanidhih,3. Kilaaladhih, 4. Toyadhih, 5.Paathodhih, 6. Jaladhih, 7. Payodhih, 8. Udhadhih, 9. Vaaramnidhih, 10. Vaaridhih )

पीत्वा रसं तु कटुकं मधुरं समानं
माधुर्यमेव जनयेन्मधुमक्षिकासौ ।
सन्तस्तथैव समसज्जनदुर्जनानां
श्रुत्वा वचः मधुरसूक्तरसं सृजन्ति ॥

peetva rasan tu katukan madhuran samaanan
maadhuryamev janayenmadhumakshikaasau .
santastathaiv samasajjanadurjanaanaan
shrutva vachah madhurasooktarasan srjanti .

Drinking bitter juice from flowers the honey bee produces sweet honey only; similarly good men even after listening to wicked men speak sweet words only.

धन्या बधिरा अन्धाः स एव जीवन्ति मानुषे लोके ।
न शृण्वन्ति पिशुनजनं खलानाम् ऋद्धिं न प्रेक्षन्ते ॥
dhanyā badhirā andhāḥ sa eva jīvanti mānuṣe loke ।
na śṛṇvanti piśunajanaṃ khalānām ṛddhiṃ na prekṣante ॥ - sap‍taśatī
Blessed are those people who live in this world as deaf and blind, for, they do not have to listen to malicious words of the slanderers or see the prosperity of the evil.

सुलभाः पुरुषा राजन्, सततं प्रियवादिनः ।
अप्रियस्य तु पथ्यस्य, वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः ॥
sulabhAH puruShA rAjan, satataM priyavAdinaH |
apriyasya tu pathyasya, vaktA shrotA cha durlabhaH ||
Honey-coated words there are so many people to utter. But bitter truth, though benevolent, is rarely spoken, much less listened to by any. 

दर्शने स्पर्शणे वापि श्रवणे भाषणेऽपि वा ।
यत्र द्रवत्यन्तरङ्गं स स्नेह इति कथ्यते ॥
darshane sparshaNe vApi shravaNe bhAShaNe&pi vA |
yatra dravatyantara~ggaM sa sneha iti kathyate ||
If seeing or touching (somebody); listening to or speaking with (someone) touches your heart, then it is called love or affection (sneha).

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH