MATSYA-मत्स्य-FISH

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शकुनीनामिवाकाशे मत्स्यानामिव चोदके ।
पदं यथा न दृश्येत तथा ज्ञानविदां गतिः ॥ १९ ॥MBharatham

śakunīnāmivākāśe matsyānāmiva codake |
padaṃ yathā na dṛśyeta tathā jñānavidāṃ gatiḥ || 

As the path of the birds along the sky or the fishes over the surface of water cannot be madeout ,so the path of noble men on earth does not attract notice.

दर्शनध्यानसंस्पर्षैर्मत्सी  कूर्मी  च  पक्षिणी  |
शिशुं  पालयते  नित्यं  तथा  सज्जन-संगतिः  ||
Darshan-dhyaana-smsparshair-matsee  koorrmee cha pakshinee.
Shishum paalayate nityam tathaa  sajjana-sangatih.
Just as females of fish by seeing tortoise by meditation and birds  by daily sitting over them attentively incubate their eggs until they are hatched and thereafter help the infants to grow up, in the same manner noblepersons also take due care of people who are associated with them.

मनो मधुकरो मेघो मद्यपो मत्कुणो मरुत्।
मा मदो मर्कटो मत्स्यो मकारा दश चञ्चलाः॥
mano madhukaro megho madyapo matkuṇo marut|
mā mado markaṭo matsyo makārā daśa cañcalāḥ||
The mind, the bee, the cloud, the drunkard, the bed bug, the wind, wealth, pride, the monkey and the fish are the ten things starting with the letter “ma” that are always unsteady.

उत्पलस्य च पद्मस्य मत्स्यस्य कुमुदस्य च ।
एकजातिप्रसूतानां रुपं गन्धः पृथक् पृथक् ॥
utpalasya ca padmasya matsyasya kumudasya ca ।
ēkajātiprasūtānāṁ rupaṁ gandhaḥ pr̥thak pr̥thak ॥
Of the lily and the red lotus, of fish and the white lotus, though born of the same family (of the water of the lake), their form and smell are indeed different.

पक्षीणां बलमाकाशं मत्स्यानामुदकं बलम् ।

दुर्बलस्य बलं राजा बालानां रोदनं बलम् ॥ – १२

paKsheeNaam balamaakaasham matsyaanaamudakam balam

durbalasya balam raajaa baalaanaam rodanam balam

Sky is the strength of birds, water the strength of fish; king the strength of the weak and wailing the strength of babies.

अराजकेषु राष्ट्रेषु धर्मो न व्यवतिष्ठते
परस्परं च खादन्ती सर्वथा धिगराजकम् ।।Mahabharatham
Araajakeshu raashtreshu dharmo na hyavatishthati.
Parasparam cha baadhante sarvathaa dhigaraajakam.
 In a Nation besieged with anarchy and lawlessness (for want of an
able ruler) religious austerity can never exist, because anarchy and misrule
spoil each other.  By all means such anarchy is to be reprimanded and
condemned.

न च सीता त्वया हीना न चाहमपि राघव।
मुहूर्तमपि जीवावो जलान्मत्स्याविनोद्धृतौ।।2.53.31।।
O !Rama Without you Sita or I will not survive even for a moment like a fish taken out of water, (Lakshmana to Rama ) Ramayana
नाराजके जनपदे स्वकं भवति कस्यचित्।
मत्स्या इव नरा नित्यं भक्षयन्ति परस्परम्।।2.67.31।।
In a country where there is no king, no one can own anything and, like fish, people devour one another ceaselessly. Ramayana
नाराजके जनपदे योगक्षेमः प्रवर्तते।
नचाप्यराजके सेना शत्रून्विषहते युधि॥
In an anarchical nation, there is no subsistence for its subjects and also its army cannot withstand the enemy in a battle.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH