Poetry on general aspects of life - part 3
गेहं वनायते नूनं दिनान्तरे तया विना ।
सत्यां तस्यां ततस्सत्तत् गृहिणी गृहमुच्यते
।। 1 ।।
Dedicated
to all home makers both full time and part time. 🙏
Just happened to take a proper look at the kitchen in between compositions - my
God! if she is not there not at home, home would be a forest in a day!
With
her it is what it is supposed to be. Therefore, it is proper that wife is
called as home! (There is a verse stating that and the last pAda is borrowed
from that)
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लाघवं गौरवं वापि विषयो याति न स्वयम् ।
वक्तरि भूयते लोके पुनश्श्रोतरि वै तथा ।।
2 ।।
A
subject matter doesn't appear big or small on its own. An able speaker can make
anything appear important or otherwise. In the same way it does not become
important or frivolous just because of the speaker. It depends on the listener
as well (his willingness in attaching importance)!
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Neither
oil nor fire can make a lamp burn on its own. A good proportionate combination
is the key for its sustained burning. Likewise both love and friction are required
for sustained relationship! Especially in parenting!
स्नेहेन केवलं नापि तापेन भाति दीपकः ।
तथैव बन्धुता चापि संमिश्रितं भवेत् सदा ।।
3 ।।
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Sometimes
I pity ourselves, human beings. The fact that we are endowed with intelligence
makes us to fall from grace quite often, chasing sense objects. Better are
those who are endowed with lesser intelligence, as the kind and quantum of sins
they commit would be mostly lesser (like animals) compared to the intelligent
ones. Criminals are more intelligent than the police most times!
सत्यमेतत्तु लोके वै मितमतियुताः वराः ।
अमितमतयो हन्त प्रायः पापकृतो भृशम् ।।
4 ।।
We rise and/or fall with our intelligence.
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क्रोडीकृतशिशूनां हि लालितानां च सर्वदा ।
विद्यते नैव लोके वै शय्यान्तरं सुखान्वितम्
।। 5 ।।
There
can't be a more comfortable bed in the world for an infant than the lap of its
parents (and other dear ones) where they are fondled! Because it's a living bed that provides love,
warmth and security!
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अनिवार्यो विनाशो वै सिद्धे कार्ये तु
वस्तुनः ।
स्फुटे पुष्पे स्थिते भृंगे म्लानिर्भवति
निश्चयः ।। 6 ।।
End
of an object is inevitable after the purpose is met with. A flower fades for
sure after it blooms and a bee sits on it! (It will fade for sure even if a bee does not
come to it; to indicate the purpose it was included)
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धनुर्मुक्तशरैः वक्षो भिद्येत वास्तु
चान्यथा ।
शितैर्मुखाच्युतैश्शब्दैः हृदयं भिद्यते किल
।। 7 ।।
Sharp arrows that leave a bow may or may
not pierce the chest but sharp words that slip from the mouth pierce the heart
for sure....
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This
one is in a metre called vidyunmala wherein all syllables are long.
सर्वं सृष्टं मह्यं नित्यं चैवं मन्ये
कस्मादेतत् ।
यस्मै यस्मात् यस्मिन् यस्य तस्मै चाहं
चित्तं याचे ।। 8 ।।
Wherefrom
this thought in me always that everything that is created is for my sake? I beg
that thought (be in me) - everything including 'me' also exist for Him, for
whom, from whom, in whom, of whom all these created exist!
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प्राणोदरनिमित्ताय जीवज्जीवेषु कोपि वै ।
भेदो नरेषु चान्येषु विद्यते नैव सर्वथा ।।
9 ।।
Is
there is a difference between humans and other forms of life when they exist
only for the sake of food and safety? By all means never.
Rejoinder follows!
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प्राणोदरनिमित्ताय जीवज्जीवेष्वसंशयम् ।
सदा पराहिताज्ञास्तेs
नवरा
अनरा वराः ।। 10 ।।
Among
the forms of life that exist only for the sake of food and safety, without
doubt, better are those life forms other than men, not inferior, which do not
know how to cause harm to other forms of life....
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