1)
सुलभाः पुरुषा राजन्, सततं प्रियवादिनः ।
अप्रियस्य तु पथ्यस्य, वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः ॥
O King, abundant are yes-men, always pleasant spoken,
Rare are the speakers and listeners of the unpleasant but medicinal (truth).
Yes-men are great! They make you feel more better, when you are feeling good. Similarly, when you are feeling down, they will take you even further down :) For they will simply say what you want to hear, not what you should hear!
This shloka first appears in Ramayana, when Maricha warns Ravana against his plans of abducting Sita. Later, in Yuddha Kanda, Vibhishana warns Ravana again to return Sita and avoid the war. Both times, the speaker dares to defy and go against the will of a King gone mad.
This shloka is also told by the very wise Vidura in the epic Mahabharata to the blind emperor Dhritarashtra. One day the emperor calls for Vidura late at night to his palace, and complains of sleeplessness. Vidura says that "one who challenges a stronger foe, the helpless, the one who has been robbed of everything, one in affair or a thief - these suffer from lack of sleep, and asks if the emperor has any of the situation applicable."
Next time someones gives you criticism, or tells you the real truth about matters, thank them. For their truthfulness in feedback will help you improve.
अयं निजः परो वेति गणना लघुचेतसाम् ।
उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् ॥
"This person is my kin and that one is alien” such a thought occurs
only to the narrow-minded people. To the broad-minded person the whole world is one family.
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4)
मूकं करोति वाचालं पङ्गुं लङ्घयते गिरिं ।
यत्कृपा तमहं वन्दे परमानन्द माधवम् ॥
Meaning:
1: (I Remember with Devotion the Divine Grace of Krishna Who can make the) Dumb speak with Eloquence and the Lame cross high Mountains,
2: I Remember and Extol that Grace which flows from the Supreme Bliss manifestation of Madhava.
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5)
अमंत्रमक्षरं नास्ति नास्ति मूलमनौषधम् ।
अयोग्यः पुरुषो नास्ति योजकस्तत्र दुर्लभः॥
there is no sound that is not a mantra, no plant that is not medicinal |
there is no person unworthy, what is lacking is an 'enabler' ||
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6)
व्याघ्रीव तिष्ठति जरा परितर्जयन्ती रोगाश्च शत्रव इव प्रहरन्ति देहम् |
आयुः परिस्रवति भिन्नघटादिवाम्भो लोकस्तथाप्यहितमाचरतीति चित्रम् ||
It is strange indeed that with the old age frightening like a roaring tigress, the ailments attacking the body like enemies, life being speedily passing by like water seeping through a cracked pot, man is still performing damaging actions (which are not beneficial to him).
सुलभाः पुरुषा राजन्, सततं प्रियवादिनः ।
अप्रियस्य तु पथ्यस्य, वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः ॥
O King, abundant are yes-men, always pleasant spoken,
Rare are the speakers and listeners of the unpleasant but medicinal (truth).
Yes-men are great! They make you feel more better, when you are feeling good. Similarly, when you are feeling down, they will take you even further down :) For they will simply say what you want to hear, not what you should hear!
This shloka first appears in Ramayana, when Maricha warns Ravana against his plans of abducting Sita. Later, in Yuddha Kanda, Vibhishana warns Ravana again to return Sita and avoid the war. Both times, the speaker dares to defy and go against the will of a King gone mad.
This shloka is also told by the very wise Vidura in the epic Mahabharata to the blind emperor Dhritarashtra. One day the emperor calls for Vidura late at night to his palace, and complains of sleeplessness. Vidura says that "one who challenges a stronger foe, the helpless, the one who has been robbed of everything, one in affair or a thief - these suffer from lack of sleep, and asks if the emperor has any of the situation applicable."
Next time someones gives you criticism, or tells you the real truth about matters, thank them. For their truthfulness in feedback will help you improve.
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2)
2)
यस्माच् च येन च यदा च यथा च यच् च
यावच् च यत्र च शुभाशुभमात्मकर्म ।
तस्माच् च तेन च तदा च तथा च तत् च
तावच् च तत्र च कृतन्तवशादुपैति ॥
The good/bad result of one's own action is obtained based on from whom, by whom, when, how, what, as much, and where the result has to be obtained, as ordained by Lord Yama, by one's own destiny, or as the inevitable result of one's own action.
यावच् च यत्र च शुभाशुभमात्मकर्म ।
तस्माच् च तेन च तदा च तथा च तत् च
तावच् च तत्र च कृतन्तवशादुपैति ॥
The good/bad result of one's own action is obtained based on from whom, by whom, when, how, what, as much, and where the result has to be obtained, as ordained by Lord Yama, by one's own destiny, or as the inevitable result of one's own action.
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3)
उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् ॥
"This person is my kin and that one is alien” such a thought occurs
only to the narrow-minded people. To the broad-minded person the whole world is one family.
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4)
मूकं करोति वाचालं पङ्गुं लङ्घयते गिरिं ।
यत्कृपा तमहं वन्दे परमानन्द माधवम् ॥
Meaning:
1: (I Remember with Devotion the Divine Grace of Krishna Who can make the) Dumb speak with Eloquence and the Lame cross high Mountains,
2: I Remember and Extol that Grace which flows from the Supreme Bliss manifestation of Madhava.
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5)
अमंत्रमक्षरं नास्ति नास्ति मूलमनौषधम् ।
अयोग्यः पुरुषो नास्ति योजकस्तत्र दुर्लभः॥
there is no sound that is not a mantra, no plant that is not medicinal |
there is no person unworthy, what is lacking is an 'enabler' ||
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6)
व्याघ्रीव तिष्ठति जरा परितर्जयन्ती रोगाश्च शत्रव इव प्रहरन्ति देहम् |
आयुः परिस्रवति भिन्नघटादिवाम्भो लोकस्तथाप्यहितमाचरतीति चित्रम् ||
It is strange indeed that with the old age frightening like a roaring tigress, the ailments attacking the body like enemies, life being speedily passing by like water seeping through a cracked pot, man is still performing damaging actions (which are not beneficial to him).
