Guest guest Report post Posted March 21, 2000 parAnnaM prApya durbuddhe mA prANeshhu dayAM kuru | durlabhAni parAnnAni prAnAH janmani janmani !! You idiot, dont show any pity for your life if you are getting food from someone else (free food). (Go on, stufff yourself ! fall sick !) Free food is rare , whereas as far as lives are concerned, you will get one at every birth !! (I am sure all grad students will strongly agree with this : ) kiM vAsasetyatra vichAraNIyaM vAsaH pradhAnaM khalu yogyatAyai | pItAmbaraM vIkshya dadau svakanAM digambaraM vIkshya vishhaM samudraH || sandhi vigraha kiM vAsasA iti atra vichAraNIyaM vAsaH pradhAnaM khalu yogyatAyai | pItAmbaraM vIkshya dadau svakanAM digambaraM vIkshya vishhaM samudraH || One should indeed ponder upon the question, "What's in one's apparel ?". Apparel is indeed important for appropriateness. After looking at the one dressed in a rich yellow cloth (vishnu), the sea gave him his daughter (laxmi) and looking at the one dressedin nothing, (Shiva) the sea gave poison ! (halAhala) pratyaksha kavikaavyaM cha ruupaM cha kulayoshhitaH | gR^ihavaidyasya vidyaa cha kasmaichidyadi rochate || The composition of a contemporary poet and the beauty of one's own wife do not appeal to man, and it is indeed true generally that neither a saint nor an artist is ever recognized and honoured in his own time or clime. guNavat jana samsarga at ya asti nIcha api gouravam | pushpa mAlA prasanga Ena sUtram shira asi dhAryatE || Just like the thread being worn in the head (respected) along with the flowers in a garland, a rouge will also acquire respect (for himself) with the association of (being with) good people (sajjana). dAtavyaM bhoktavyaM dhana vishhaye sa.nchayaH na kartavyaH | pashya iha madhukarINAM sa.nchita arthaM haranti anye || It should be given or enjoyed and spent. As far as money is concerned it should never be stocked up. Look here, the collected savings of the bees are stolen by others. tyajanti mitrANi dhanaiH vihInaM dArAH cha putrAH cha suhR^id.h janAH cha | taM arthavantaM punaH Ashrayanti arthaH hi loke purushhasya bandhuH || shabdArtha Friends leave the man without money, so do wives, sons and other affectionate people. They all come back after the man is again wealthy : Wealth is the only real brother of man in this world. kaH na yAti vashaM loke mukhaM pINDena pUritaH | mR^ida.ngaH mukha lepena karoti madhuraM dhvaniM || In this world who indeed wont come under control once his/her mouth is filled with food ? Even the mridanga makes a sweet sound after its mouth is smeared. Talk to your friends online with Messenger. http://im. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
