UPADESAH-उपदेशः-. ADVICE, PRECEPT, TEACHING

 SUBHASHITHANI:486

स्वभावो न उपदेशेन शक्यते कर्तुमन्यथा ।
सुतप्तमपि पानीयं पुनर्गच्छति शीतताम् ॥
svabhāvo nopadeśena śakyate kartumanyathā ।
sutaptamapi pānīyaṃ punargacchati śītatām ॥ pañcatantra, mitrabheda
It is not possible to change the intrinsic nature (of a person) through advice. Even after being boiled intensely, water goes back (to being) cold.

परोपदेशकुशलाः दृश्यन्ते बहवो जनाः ।।
स्वभावमतिवर्तन्तः सहस्रेषु अपि दुर्लभाः ॥
Paropadesahkusalaah drushyante bahhavo janaah I
Svabhavam ativartantah sahasreshu api dulabhaah II
Advising others there are many who are experts; but while practicing it themselves to find one in thousand itself is difficult.

जन्मान्तर सहस्रेषु या बुद्धिर्भविता नृणां I
तामेव भजते जन्तुः उपदेशो निरर्थकः  II
Janmaantara sahasreshu yaa buddhir bhavita nrunaam I
Taameva bhajate jantuh upadesho nirartakah II
The vasanas of the previous births are indelibly imprinted  in one’s nature. Beings tend to follow the same and therefore all advice tend to be futile.

 नलिकागतमपि कुटिलं न भवति सरलं शुन: पुच्छम |
तद्वत खलजनहृदयं बोधितमपि नैव याति माधुर्यम ||

nlikaagatamapi kutilam n bhvati saralam shunaha puchham|
tadvat khalajanahrudayam bodhitamapi naiv yaati maadhuryam ||
A dog's crooked tail does not become straight even after having gone through a tube. In a similar manner, even after being advised a bad person's heart never becomes pleasant.

उपदेशः हि मूर्खाणां प्रकोपाय न शान्तये।
पयः पानं भुजङ्गानां केवलं विषवर्धनम्॥
upadeśaḥ hi mūrkhāṇāṁ prakopāya na śāntaye|
payaḥ pānaṁ bhujaṅgānāṁ kevalaṁ viṣavardhanam||
Advising an idiot leads to more aggravation than peace. Feeding milk to a snake only serves to increase its poison.

उपदेशो न दातव्यो यादृशे तादृशे नरे |
पश्य वानर मूर्खेण सुगृही निगृही कृता ||Panchatantra
 upadesho na daatavyo yaadrushe taadrushe nare.
 pashya vaanar moorkheNa sugruhee nigruhee krutaa .
One should not give (unsolicited) advice to anybody whosoever. Look! How the foolish monkey destroyed the beautiful nest and rendered it homeless.

पठन्तु शास्त्राणि यजन्तु देवान्
कुर्वन्तु कर्माणि भजन्तु देवता:।
आत्मैक्यबोधेन विना विमुक्ति:
न सिध्यति ब्रह्मशतान्तरेsपि II Viveka chudamani
 Let people quote the Scriptures and sacrifice to the gods, let them perform rituals and worship the deities, but there is no Liberation without the realisation of one’s identity with the Ātman, no, not even in the lifetime of a hundred Brahmās put together.

परोपदेश पाण्डित्ये शिष्टाः सर्वे भवन्ति वै।
विस्मरन्ती ह शिष्टत्वं स्वकार्ये समुपस्थिते।।
Paropadesha vlaayaam shishthaah sarv bhavanti vai.
Vismaranteeva shishthatvam svakaarye samupasthite.
While giving advice to others people behave politely, but when a situation arises where they have to follow the same advice, they conveniently forget it.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH