FORGIVENESS-क्षमा- ANTIDOTE FOR ANGER- PEARLS FROM MB

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अतृणे पतितो वह्निः स्वयमेवोपशाम्यति।

अक्षमावान् परं दोषैरात्मानं चैव योजयेत्॥

atṛṇe patito vahniḥ svayamevopaśāmyati|

akṣamāvān paraṁ doṣairātmānaṁ caiva yojayet||

Fire fallen on a grass-less [land] extinguishes itself.

A man without patience/forgiveness brings trouble unto himself.

Yudhishtira is explaining the importance of "forgiveness" to Draupadi:

ताः क्षीयेरन्प्रजाः सर्वाः क्षिप्रं द्रौपदि तादृशे ।
तस्मान्मन्युर्विनाशाय प्रजानामभवाय च ॥ ३० ॥

tāḥ kṣīyeranprajāḥ sarvāḥ kṣipraṃ ol draupadi tādṛśe |
tasmānmanyurvināśāya prajānāmabhavāya ca || 30 ||

If kings yield to anger, O! Draupadi, their subjects soon meet with ruin; thus anger brings on destruction and distress on mankind.

यस्मात्तु लोके दृश्यन्ते क्षमिणः पृथिवीसमाः ।
तस्माज्जन्म च भूतानां भवश्च प्रतिपद्यते ॥ ३१ ॥

yasmāttu loke dṛśyante kṣamiṇaḥ pṛthivīsamāḥ |
tasmājjanma ca bhūtānāṃ bhavaśca pratipadyate || 31 ||

Because there are people forgiving like the earth are present in this world, it is  that creatures are born and enjoy prosperity.

அகழ்வாரைத் தாங்கும் நிலம்போலத் தம்மை
இகழ்வார்ப் பொறுத்தல் தலை- 151

As earth bears up the men who delve into her breast,To bear with scornful men of virtues is the best

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमा गाथा नित्यं क्षमावताम् ।
गीताः क्षमावता कृष्णे काश्यपेन महात्मना ॥ ३५ ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmā gāthā nityaṃ kṣamāvatām |
gītāḥ kṣamāvatā kṛṣṇe kāśyapena mahātmanā || 35 ||

As an illustration of this, O! Draupadi, the following  hymn in praise of those forgiving is sung by high-souled and ever forgiving  Kashyapa.

क्षमा धर्मः क्षमा यज्ञः क्षमा वेदाः क्षमा श्रुतम् ।
यस्तामेवं विजानाति स सर्वं क्षन्तुमर्हति ॥ ३६ ॥

kṣamā dharmaḥ kṣamā yajñaḥ kṣamā vedāḥ kṣamā śrutam |
yastāmevaṃ vijānāti sa sarvaṃ kṣantumarhati || 36 ||

Forgiveness is virtue, is sacrifice, it is the vedas, it is shruti; he who knows all this is capable of forgiving all.

क्षमा ब्रह्म क्षमा सत्यं क्षमा भूतं च भावि च ।
क्षमा तपः क्षमा शौचं क्षमया चोद्धृतं जगत् ॥ ३७ ॥

kṣamā brahma kṣamā satyaṃ kṣamā bhūtaṃ ca bhāvi ca |
kṣamā tapaḥ kṣamā śaucaṃ kṣamayā coddhṛtaṃ jagat || 37 ||

Forgiveness is Brahma, is truth, is the accumulated and future merit, is penance, is purity; it is by Kshama the world is sustained.

तां क्षमामीदृशीं कृष्णे कथमस्मद्विधस्त्यजेत् ।
यस्यां ब्रह्म च सत्यं च यज्ञा लोकाश्च विष्ठिताः ।40
tāṃ kṣamāmīdṛśīṃ kṛṣṇe kathamasmadvidhastyajet |
yasyāṃ brahma ca satyaṃ ca yajñā lokāśca viṣṭhitāḥ ||| 40 ||

How can I O! Krishnaa, renounce such forgiveness in which are established Brahma, truth, wisdom and the three worlds. 

मावतामयं लोकः परश्चैव क्षमावताम् ।
इह संमानमृच्छन्ति परत्र च शुभां गतिम् ॥ ४२ ॥

kṣamāvatāmayaṃ lokaḥ paraścaiva kṣamāvatām |
iha saṃmānamṛcchanti paratra ca śubhāṃ gatim || 42 ||

This world belongs to the forgiving, also the other world; they are honoured

and respected  here and in the next world.

इति गीताः काश्यपेन गाथा नित्यं क्षमावताम् ।
श्रुत्वा गाथाः क्षमायास्त्वं तुष्य द्रौपदि मा क्रुधः ॥ ४४ ॥

iti gītāḥ kāśyapena gāthā nityaṃ kṣamāvatām |
śrutvā gāthāḥ kṣamāyāstvaṃ tuṣya draupadi mā krudhaḥ || 44 ||

These verses were always chanted by Kashyapa in honour of the forgiving; hearing these verses Draupadi be pleased and be not angry.

एतदात्मवतां वृत्तमेष धर्मः सनातनः ।
क्षमा चैवानृशंस्यं च तत्कर्तास्म्यहमञ्जसा ॥ ५० ॥

etadātmavatāṃ vṛttameṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ |
kṣamā caivānṛśaṃsyaṃ ca tatkartāsmyahamañjasā || 50 ||

‘Forgiveness’ and ‘Humility’ are the characteristic of the self-controlled and constitute the eternal dharma and therefore I shall adopt them.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH