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

ASARAM- असारम्- SAPLESS-WORTHLESS.

     SUBHASHITHANI:650

असारभूते संसारे सारम् एतत् चतुष्टयम्

काशीवासः सताम् सङ्गः  गङ्गा च विष्णुपूजनम् ।

asārabhūte saṁsāre sārametatcatuṣṭayaḥ| 
kāśīvāsaḥ satāṁ saṅgaḥ gaṅgāṁbhaḥ śaṁbhupūjanaṁ|| 

In this essence-less (असारभूत) worldly life (संसार), these (एतद्) four (चतुष्टय) are the essence (सार) – residing in Kashi (काशी-वास), the company (सङ्ग) of the good men (सत्) , River Ganga (गङ्गा) and the worship of Vishnu (विष्णु-पूजन).

असारभूते संसारे सारभूता नितंबिनी
इति संचित्य वै शंभुः अर्धाड्गे कामिनीम दधौ
When lord paramaSiva looked at the world that is created, it seems he felt that the world is so lifeless or without saara (असारभूते संसारे), then he started searching for the saara and found in nitambini सारभूता नितंबिनी (a beautiful lady with well developed hips) which mother parvati. Immediately then Sambhu, gave his half body to keep that saara with him only. 

 जन्म-मृत्यु-जरा-व्याधि-वेदनाभिर् उपद्रुतम् ।

संसारम् इमम् उत्पन्नम् असारं त्यजतः सुखम् ॥ ९४ ॥

janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-vedanābhir upadrutam |
saṃsāram imam utpannam asāraṃ tyajataḥ sukham ||

This worthless world with overwhelming pains of birth, death, old age,and  diseases should be renounced by one seeking happiness.

अनित्यं सर्वमेवेदं तापत्रयदूषितं।
असारं निन्दितं हेयमिति निश्चित्य शाम्यति॥ Ashtavakra Gita
anityaṃ sarvamevedaṃ tāpatrayadūṣitaṃ,
 asāraṃ ninditaṃ heyami- ti niścitya śāmyati
All this is impermanent and is surrounded by the three types of pain

(Adibhoutika. Adhyatmikta. Adidaivika) 

It is without any essence, contemptible and is to be abandoned. Only after deciding it firmly, peace is attained .

ब्रह्मबन्धो किमेतत्ते विपक्षं श्रयतासता । सत
असारं ग्राहितो बालो मामनाद‍ृत्य दुर्मते ॥ २६ ॥

brahma-bandho kim etat tel
vipakṣaṁ śrayatāsatā
asāraṁ grāhito bālo
mām anādṛtya durmate  ŚB 7.5.26

O unqualified, most heinous son of a brāhmaṇa, you have disobeyed my order and taken shelter of the party of my enemies. You have taught this poor boy about devotional service! What is this nonsense?

(In this verse the word asāram, meaning, “having no substance,” is significant. For a demon there is no substance in the process of devotional service, but to a devotee devotional service is the only essential factor in life. Since Hiraṇyakaśipu did not like devotional service, the essence of life, he chastised Prahlāda Mahārāja’s teachers with harsh words.) Iscon.

कस्त्वं कोऽहं कुत आयातः का मे जननी को मे तातः ।
इति परिभावय सर्वमसारं विश्वं त्यक्त्वा स्वप्नविचारम् ।।
kastvaṁ ka'haṁ kuta āyātaḥ kā me jananī ko me tātaḥ|
iti paribhāvaya sarvamasāraṁ viśvaṁ tyaktvā svapnavicāram||
Who are you? Who am I? From where did I come? Who is my mother? Who is my father? You enquire, renouncing the entire world of experiences which is bi essence-less and also a mere dream born out of imagination.

असारे सारामातिनो सारे कासारदासिनो |
ते सारं नाधिगच्छन्ति मिच्चसंकप्पगोचरा || 11 ||
सारञ्च शरतो णत्वा असारञ्च असरतो |
ते सारं अधिगच्छन्ति सम्मासंकप्पगोचरा || 12 ||Dhammapada:

Sāre sāramatino sāre cāsāradassino |

te sāraṃ nādhigacchanti micchāsaṃkappagocarā || 11 ||
sārañca sārato ñatvā asārañca asārato |
te sāraṃ adhigacchanti sammāsaṃkappagocarā || 12 ||

11. Conceiving the real in unreality while seeing unreal the truly real, roaming fields of thought ill-formed: they  never arrive at the real. 

12. That which is real they know as real, that unreal, to be unreal; roaming fields of thought well-formed they arrive at the real . 

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH
 

SARAM- , सारं- ESSENCE

   SUBHASHITHANI:649

धर्मादर्थः प्रभवति धर्मात्प्रभवते सुखम्।।Ramayana 3.9.31।।
धर्मेण लभते सर्वं धर्मसारमिदं जगत्।

Righteousness brings wealth. Wealth brings happiness. Righteousness brings everything. In fact, the essence of the world is righteousness.

अणुभ्यश्च महद्भ्यश्च शास्त्रेभ्यः कुशलो नरः ।
सर्वतः सारमादद्यात् पुष्पेभ्य इव षट्पदः ॥
aNubhyaH cha mahadbhyaH cha shAstrebhyaH kushalo naraH ।
sarvataH sAram AdadyAt puShpebhya iva ShaTpadaH ॥
A wise man does not differentiate between knowledge - small as an atom or mighty. There are things to learn from everything. He will extract value from all like a bee visiting all flowers for nectar.

असारं अल्पसारं च सारं सारतरं त्यजेत् I
भजेत् सारतमं शास्त्रे रत्नाकर इवाम्रुतं II
Asaaram alpa saaram cha saaram saarataram tyajet I
 Bhajet saaratamam shaastre ratnaakara ivamrutam II
Reject those which are of no essence, meagre essence, and also those which are of partial essence and those even having greater essence. Focus only on those with greatest essence, like the nectar from the milky ocean.

अनन्त शास्त्रं बहुलाश्च विद्याः 
स्वल्पश्च कालो बहुविघ्नताच |
यत्सारभूतं  तदुपासनीयं  
हंसो  यथा  क्षीरमिवाम्बुमध्यात्      ||
Anant shastram bahulashch vidyaah 
 swalpashcha   kaalo bahu vighnataacha.
Yatsaarabhootam tadupaasaneeyam
 hamso yathaa ksheeramivaambumadhyaat.
Boundless indeed is the arts and science,  but life is short and obstacles are numerous. Hence take what is good and leave what is worthless, as geese/swan take milk from the midst of water.

कनीनिकेव  नेत्रस्य  कुसुमस्येव  सौरभं  |
सम्यक्त्वमुच्यते सारं सर्वेषां धर्मकर्मणां ||
Kaneenikeva  netrasya kusumasyeva saurabham,
Samyaktvamuchyate saaram sarveshaam dharmakarmanaam ,
 Just as the  beauty and perfection of eyes depends on its
eyeballs and that of flowers is in their fragrance,  in the same
manner doing all the duties to perfection (and with devotion) is
also fundamental in all religious duties.

असारे खलु संसारे, सारं स्वसुरमन्दिरम्।

हरो हिमालये शेते, हरि: शेते महोदधौ।।

The father-in-laws residence must be most important in this useless world because हर: (Shiva) rests in Himalaya (Parvati is Himalaya’s daughter) while Hari rests on the great ocean,

अये! ममोदासितमेव जिह्वया
द्वयेऽपि तस्मिन्ननतिप्रयोजने ।
गरौ: गिर: पल्लवनार्थलाघवे
मितं च सारं च वचो हि वाग्मिता ।।९.८।।
Words with less and essence are the art of speaking.
This is an excerpt from the poet Harsh Virchit Shri Nishadhiyacharitam.
This is an excerpt of the eighth verse of the ninth serg of this poem.
Which means short appropriate and essenceful words are the real art of speaking.
अष्टादशपुराणानां सारं व्यासेन कीर्तितम् |

परोपकार: पुण्याय पापाय परपीडनम् ||

The essence of the eighteen Purāṇas has been described by Vyasa in two maxims: helping others is virtuous; causing harm to others is sinful.

SHRIKRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH