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