VINAYAM- विनयं- HUMILITY

 SUBHASHITHANI:653

क्षमया दयया प्रेम्णा सूनृतेनार्जवेन च ।
वशीकुर्याज्जगत्सर्वं विनयेन च सेवया ॥
One should get control over the world by forbearance, mercy, love, truthfulness, straightforwardness, humbleness and service attitude.

आत्मानं भावयेन्नित्यं ज्ञानेन विनयेन च ।
न पुनर्म्रियमाणस्य पश्चातापो भविष्यति ॥
ātmānaṁ bhāvayēnnityaṁ jñānēna vinayēna ca ।
na punarmriyamāṇasya paścātāpō bhaviṣyati ॥
Purify your soul continuously through right knowledge and good conduct ! If so, at the time of death there is no need to repent.

नयस्य विनयो मूलं विनयः शास्त्रनिश्चयः ।
विनयो हींद्रियजयस्तद्युक्तः शास्त्रमृच्छति ॥
nayasya vinayo moolam vinayah shaastra nishchayah ।
vinayo hindrijayastadyuktah shaastramruchchhati ॥
Humility is the root of all morality. Humility comes from understanding and sticking to the Scriptures. Humility is also the result of controlling one’s senses. One who is able to do that, he love to follow  the moral code.

वस्त्रेण वपुषा वाचा विद्यया विनयेन च ।
वकारैः पञ्चभिर्हीनः नरो नायाति गौरवम् ॥
A person who has the following five qualities which start with alphabet 'व ' -'va', will be well respected in the society :(i) good dress sense (ii) good physique (iii) good communication skills, (iv) knowledge and (v) humility.

विद्यां ददाति विनयं, विनयाद्याति पात्रताम्।
पात्रत्वात् धनमाप्नोति, धनात् धर्मं ततः सुखम्॥

Knowledge gives modesty, modesty brings eligibility, eligibility brings wealth, wealth helps performing deeds, and from that comes happiness.

प्रमादः  सम्पदं  हन्ति प्रश्रयं हन्ति विस्मयः  |
व्यसनं हन्ति विनयं हन्ति शोकश्च धीरताम्  ||
Pramaadah sampadam hanti prashrayam hanti vismayah.
Vyasanam hanti vinayam  hanti shokashcha dheerataam.
Wealth gets destroyed due to negligence. Courteous
and modest behaviour destroys pride and arrogance.   Bad
habits result in  destruction of  the feeling  of modesty and
decency among men and  grief among men tends to destroy
their courage and wisdom .

विध्या विनयो पेता हरती न चेतांसि कस्य मनुजस्य I
काञ्चन मणि संयोगो न जनयति कस्य लोचनानन्दं II
Whose  intelligence among men is not destroyed by mere wisdom without humility ; who is not filled with happiness by seeing gem embedded in gold.

अनुलोमेन बलिनं प्रतिलोमेन दुर्जनम्। 
आत्मतुल्यबलं शत्रु: विनयेन बलेन वा।। 
anulomena balinaṃ pratilomena durjanam |
ātmatulyabalaṃ śatruṃ vinayena balena vā ||Chanakya niti
Conciliate a strong man by submission, a wicked man by the opposition, and the one whose power is equal to yours by politeness or force.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH
 

MADU- मधु -HONEY-SWEET

 SUBHASHITHANI:652

यथा मधु समाधत्ते रक्षन् पुष्पाणि षट्पदः ।
तद्वदर्थान् मनुष्येभ्यः आदद्यादविहिंसया ॥
A honey-bee acquires honey while protecting the flowers; similarly money (for tax) must be collected from people without any harassment.

समाजेभ्यः सुमनसां सुभाषितमयं मधु ।
यावज्जीवं विचिन्वंति साधवो मधुपा इव ॥   

samAjebhyaH sumanasAm subhAShitamayam madhu ।
yAvajjIvaM vichinvanti sAdhavo madhupA iva ॥   – harihara subhAShita

A wise man must accumulate good sayings from other wise men as long as he lives. Subhashitas as sweet as honey. And we must be as tireless as bee to collect them

मन्दं हसन्तं प्रभया लसन्तं 

जनस्य चित्तं सततं हरन्तं ।
वेणुं नितान्तं मधु वादयन्तं 

बालं मुकुन्दं मनसा स्मरामि ।।
mandaṁ hasantaṁ prabhayā lasantaṁ 

janasya cittaṁ satataṁ harantaṁ ।
vēṇuṁ nitāntaṁ madhu vādayantaṁ 

bālaṁ mukundaṁ manasā smarāmi ।।
Whose laughters is subtle, who glows with lustre, who always attracts people's mind and the one who plays the melodious flute, I remember that young (baby) Lord Krishna in my mind.

मधु पश्यति मूढात्मा प्रपातं नैव पश्यति |
करोति निंदितं कर्म नरकान्न बिभेति च ||

When he looks at the honey comb hanging off the cliff, a fool sees only honey. He does not see the danger of falling into the valley below. Just like that people only see the short term pleasures and not their consequences 

पिपीलिकार्जितं धान्यं मक्षिकासञ्चितं मधु ।
लुब्धेन सञ्चितं द्रव्यं समूलं हि विनश्यति ॥"
pipīlikārjitaṃ dhānyaṃ makṣikāsañcitaṃ madhu।
lubdhena sañcitaṃ dravyaṃ samūlaṃ hi vinaśyati॥
Grain collected by an ant, honey collected by bees, and wealth accumulated by a greedy person, will all be destroyed along with its source.

धनविषये संचयो न कर्तव्य:।
पश्येह मधुकरीणां संचितार्थ हरन्त्यन्ये।।

Donate or consume, but don't accumulate wealth.
Someone else takes the accumulated honey of the bee.

पिबन्ति   मधुपद्मेषु  भृङ्गाः  केसरधूसराः |
हंसाः शैवालमश्नन्ति धिग्दैवमसमञ्जसम् ||  

 Honey bees feed upon the nectar of lotus flowers and are
covered with the pollen of Saffron flowers, but woe betide the
Destiny, beautiful Swans have to remain content by eating the
moss grown under the water.

दुर्जनः प्रियवादी च नैव विश्वासकारणम् ।
मधु तिष्ठति जिह्वाग्रे हृदये तु हलाहलम् ॥

Never believe a wicked person even if he/she speaks in your favor because there may be honey on his tongue but poison in his heart.

व्यालं बालमृणालतन्तुभिरसौ रोध्दुं समुज्जृम्भतॆ

भेत्तुं वज्रमणीञ् शिरीषकुसुमप्रान्तेन संनह्यतॆ ।

माधुर्यं मधुबिन्दुना रचयितुं क्षाराम्बुधेरीहते

नेतुं वाञ्छति यः सतां पथि खलान् सूक्तैः सुधास्यन्दिभिः ॥६७॥

‪To control an elephant with a lotus stem, or trying to cut a diamond with the delicate petals of the shirisha flower, or sweetening the salty ocean with a drop of honey — these are equivalent to want to reform the wicked with nectar sweet advice.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH

MADURAM- मधुरं- SWEET,PLEASANT

  SUBHASHITHANI:651

अधरं मधुरं वदनं मधुरं 

नयनं मधुरं हसितं मधुरं ।
हृदयं मधुरं गमनं मधुरं

मधुराधिपते रखिलं मधुरं ॥१॥
Adharam Madhuram Vadanam Madhuram
Nayanam Madhuram Hasitam Madhuram
Hridayam Madhuram Gamanam Madhuram
 Madhuraadhipaterakhilam Madhuram
Krishna’s lips are sweet, His face is sweet,
His eyes are sweet, His smile is sweet,
His loving heart is sweet, His gait (walk) is sweet,
Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.

पीत्वा रसं तु कटुकं मधुरं समानं
माधुर्यमेव जनयेन्मधुमक्षिकासौ |
सन्तस्तथैव समसज्जनदुर्जनानां
श्रुत्वा वचः मधुरसुक्तरसं सृजन्ति ||
Peetva rasaM tu katukaM madhurM samanaM
madhuRYamev janayenmadhumakshikasau santstathaiw samsajjandurjananaM
shrutawa vachh madhursuktarasM sRuJanti
Honey-bee collects Nectar bitter and sweet ; turns it into sweet honey .In the same way Sages hear the speeches of good and bad people but they speak only the words which are full of wisdom.

कूजन्तं रामरामेति मधुरं मधुराक्षरम्।
आरुह्य कविताशाखां वन्दे वाल्मीकिकोकिलम् ॥
Valmiki, the cuckoo among poets, perched on the branches of the kavya roopa tree called Ramayana, sings the sweet letters Rama, Rama. That Valmiki cuckoo I salute.

अब्धेः क्षारं जलं पीत्वावर्षन्ति मधुरं भुविम्।
परोपकारे निरताः कथंमेघा न सज्जनाः॥

A cloud consumes salty water from the sea and showers sweet water on the land. Such altruistic acts from the clouds and noble people are hard to believe!

कुसुमं वर्णसंपन्नं गन्धहीनं  न शोभते  |
न शोभते क्रियाहीनं मधुरं वचनं तथा  ||
Inspite of being very colourful, a flower is not adorned if it lacks fragrance. Similarly, mere sweet talk without any supporting action is not at all embellished.

दधि मधुरं मधु मधुरं द्राक्षा मधुरा सुधापि मधुरैव l 

तस्य तदेव हि मधुरं यस्य मनो यत्र संलग्नम् ll 
dadhi madhuram madhu madhuram draakShaa madhuraa sudhaapi madhuraiva l
tasya tadeva hi madhuram yasya mano yatra samlagnam ll
Curd is pleasant, honey is pleasant, grapes are pleasant and sugar (or nectar), too, is pleasant. But (though all these things are pleasant) the only thing pleasant to one is that to which his mind is attached.

नाभ्युत्थानक्रिया यत्र नालापा मधुराक्षराः ।
गुणदोषकथा नैव तत्र हर्म्ये न गम्यते ॥
na abhyutthAna kriyA yatra na AlApA madhura akSharAH ।
guNa doShakathA naiva tatra harmye na gamyate ॥
One must not visit a house where the guests are welcomed sitting down (not standing up in respect), where there are no sweet words spoken and where there is no harmless gossip.

गुणायन्ते दोषाः सुजनवदने दुर्जनमुखे
गुणा दोषायन्ते तदिदमपि नो विस्मयपदम् ।
महामेघः क्षारं पिबति कुरुते वारि मधुरं
फणी क्षीरं पीत्वा वमति गरलं दुःसहतरम् ॥
Defects turn into virtues when they come from the good persons. Virtues turn into defects when they come from wicked. This is not an occasion to be surprised. The great cloud drinks salty water and makes rain water sweet. The serpent drinks milk, but emits intolerable poison.

न धर्मशास्त्र पठतीति कारणं
न चापि वेदाध्ययनं दुरात्मनः।
स्वभाव एवात्र तथातिरिच्यते
यथा प्रकृत्या मधुरं गवां पयः॥

Cause of the evilness of an evil person டன is not that he has not read moral codes of conduct or he has not studied sacred knowledge. Here, his innate nature alone surpasses the other merits. He is evil by nature just like cow milk is sweet by nature.

 SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH

DHEERAH-धीरः-BRAVE,VALIANT

 SUBHASHITHANI:651

अङ्गणवेदी वसुधा कुल्या

जलधिःस्थली च पातालम् ।

वल्मिकः च सुमेरुः*

कृतप्रतिज्ञस्य धीरस्य ॥

To a person of firm conviction the vast earth is like a courtyard , the ocean a small pond , the netherworld ( Patala) like a picnic spot and Mount Meru like anthill.

अविद्यायामन्तरे वर्तमानाः

स्वयं धीराः पण्डितम्मन्यमानाः।
दन्द्रम्यमाणाः परियन्ति मूढा

अन्धेनैव नीयमाना यथान्धाः ॥Katopanisad

avidyāyāmantare vartamānāḥ

svayaṁ dhīrāḥ paṇḍitammanyamānāḥ |
dandramyamāṇāḥ pariyanti mūḍhā

 andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ ||

They who dwell in the ignorance, within it, wise in their own wit and deeming themselves very learned, men bewildered are they who wander about round and round circling like blind men led by the blind.

तृणोल्कया ज्ञायते ज्ञानरूपं  
वृत्तेन भद्रो व्यवहारेण साधु: ।
शूरो भयेष्वर्थकृच्छ्रेषु धीर: 
 कृच्छ्रेष्वावत्सु सुहृदश्चारयश्च ॥
The gold is identified by burning in fire, nobility is known by one’s action, कहa virtuous man is known by his conduct . A hero is known in danger, the valiant in difficulty, and friends and foes in dire calamities .

कांता कटाक्ष विशिखा न दहन्ति यस्य
चित्तं न निर्दहति कोपाकृष्णुतापः I
कर्षन्ति भूरिविषयश्च न लोभापासैः
लोकत्रयं जयति कृत्स्नामिदं स धीराः IINitisatakam
Kaantaa kataaksha vishikhaa na dahanti yasya
Chittam na nirdahati kopakrishaanutaapah
Karshanti bhoorivishayaashcha na lobhapaashaih
Lokatrayam jayati kritsnamidam sa dheerah
One who does not burn in the fire of passion generated by the eye-arrows of beautiful women, who is not subjected to the heat of anger, whom the pleasures of the senses do not drag with ropes of greed – that person of adamantine heart conquers all the three worlds.

रथः शरीरं पुरुषस्य राजन्नात्मा

 नियतेन्द्रियाण्यस्य चाश्वाः।

तैरप्रमत्तः कुशली सदश्वैर्दान्तै

सुखं याति रथीव धीरः।।Vidura niti

Rajan! The human body is the chariot, the intellect is the charioteer and the senses are its horses. A clever and patient man, who is careful by subduing them, travels happily like a charioteer with horses under control.

सुदुर्बलं नावजानाति किञ्चित्
 युक्तो रिपुं सेवते बुद्धिपूर्वम् । 
न विग्रहं रोचयते बलस्थैः काले च
 यो विक्रमते स धीरः ॥    Vidura niti
sudurbalam naavajaanaati ki~nchit
 yukto ripum sevate buddhipoorvam 
na vigraham rochayate balasthaih kaale cha
yo vikramate sa dheerah   
He who does not show even a little contempt towards the weak, handles the enemies with discern, steers clear from having a conflict with the stronger and demonstrates valour is brave.

आपदि स्फुरति प्रज्ञा यस्य धीरः स एव हि ।
He whose wisdom flashes in times of adversity, is indeed brave.

चलन्ति गिरयः कामं युगान्तपवनाहताः ।
कृच्छ्रेऽपि न चलत्येवं धीराणां निश्चलं मनः ॥
calanti girayaḥ kāmaṁ yugāntapavanāhatāḥ ।
kr̥cchrē:'pi na calatyēvaṁ dhīrāṇāṁ niścalaṁ manaḥ
The mountains move at will, blown by the winds of the end of the ages.
The mind of the steadfast is thus unmoved even in the face of adversity.

विपत्तिष्वव्यथो दक्षो नित्यमुत्थानवान्नरः ।
अप्रमत्तो विनीतात्मा नित्यं भद्राणि पश्यति ॥

vipattiṣvavyatho dakṣo nityamutthānavānnaraḥ |
apramatto vinītātmā nityaṃ bhadrāṇi paśyati ||

One who during adversity ,unmindful of the difficulty stands courageous, without any pride and vigilant such a person always  attains glory in everything.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH