Poetry on general aspects of life part 4
सर्वेषां च गुणानां तु नायको विनयः किल ।
येन चान्ये विराजन्ते नैव नैव विना सना ।।
1 ।।
How
important is modesty? (विनयः) Vinaya is the
leader among all gunas indeed. Other gunas shine because of its presence. Never
never otherwise. All gunas go unappreciated when modesty is not there....அடக்கம் அமரருள் உய்க்கும்.....
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इतो दृश्येत सौख्यं तु तत्र चात्र ततस्तथा ।
यतो दृश्येत तत्रैव नान्यत्र तद्धि वस्तुतः ।।
2 ।।
இக்கரைக்கு அக்கரை பச்சை. Seeing from
here happiness seems to be over there (somewhere) and vice verse. In reality it
is there from where it is seen....Old nectar in new bottle....
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One
of the crucial phases in a child's development is to hold the weight of its own
head and get up or turn around. The neck and backbone gain that strength to
hold the weight of the head. That inspired this verse!
अहं वहामि भारं वै चिन्तयति
स्म मस्तकम् ।
त्वामेवाहमिति ग्रीवा
स्मरेत्यसूचयच्च तत् ।। 3 ।।
Indeed,
I bear the weight (of what is placed on top of me) thought the head - please
bear in mind that I only bear you - hinted the neck thus to it! In fact just
discovered after composing the verse that one of the names of the neck is शिरोधरा!
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आधारो यस्य कस्यापि प्रायेण नैव दृश्यते ।
अन्तर्भवन्ति मूलानि लोके वृक्षस्य वै भुवि ।।
4 ।।
Normally
the support system is not seen in the world (by others, when compared to the
supported) indeed the roots of a tree lie hidden under the earth!
If
I may take a share of the credit in this achievement of learning Sanskrit and
writing poetry in it, without doubt, I am the last person. My family, to be
precise, my father, mother, wife and kids stand ahead of me in the queue. If I
say I dared to place my right foot rightly, my left foot was strongly supported
by their soft palms! 🙏
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अग्रे पश्यन्तु सर्वेपि जीवनोद्धारणे सदा ।
स्मर्यतां किन्तु सन्दर्भः याति कदापि पृष्ठतः ।। 5 ।।
When we keep on looking
forward in life for opportunities we fail to notice those knock us from the
back (and the sides)! ☺ Let it be
remembered that opportunity can knock from the back even while looking forward
always...
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वृक्षं दधामि गर्भेहम्
एवं बीजमचिन्तयत् ।
यावन्नायाति मद्गर्भे
किं तेनेत्यहसच्च मृत् ।। 6 ।।
The
above verse has to be refined for aesthetic purposes. But registering the idea
in the present form. The seed 'I bear the tree in my womb' thought thus! Smiled
the earth 'so what? until you come in to my womb'!
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शिशुर्न शिक्षते नूनं हसितुं वापि रोदितुम् ।
अथवा हर्षशोकौ तु जन्मसिद्धौ स्वभावजौ ।।
7 ।।
An
infant does not learn to smile or cry. It is instinctive. Or happiness and
sorrow are by birth and born naturally.
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अन्तर्वापि बहिश्चापि करोषि शिशुपालनम् ।
नित्यकर्मैव तत्तस्मै हे मातस्ते नमो नमः ।।
8 ।।
Salutations
to Mother! Does she not protect and rear her kid when it is both inside her and
outside her? This duty is like a nitya karma without a holiday! For that
salutations to you.
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देहयात्रा भवित्रीह केनापि तु मतेन वै ।
भविताssत्मप्रयाणं
न धर्मं सनातनं विना ।। 9 ।।
One
morning I was watching a large group of gypsy people living in utmost shabby
conditions with scant regard for yama and niyama! Well they also survive and
live longer! That sight triggered this thought on religion in general and
especially the greatness of our sanatana dharma. The journey of the body from
birth to death may be nourished by any religion (or even the absence of it) but
the journey of the atma (liberation) is not possible without following sanatana
dharma. Only the sanatana dharma can aid liberation. Such is the conviction!
The first pada is taken from one of Vedanta Desika's work.
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कर्तृत्वं मयि वर्तेत श्रुतं शब्दप्रमाणतः ।
कर्मत्वं वर्तते हन्त कर्म त्वया हि वस्तुतः ।।
10 ।।
This
is a bit of Vedanta. The Brahmasutras and Upanishads state that the Self is an
agent or karta (Advaita also admits at some level). Kartrtva means agency,
(being an agent subject). Karmatva means 'being an object'. That I know from
sruti that I possess kartrtva but in reality, alas! I possess karmatva (being
an object of action by the three gunas and more specifically by karma) karma!
because of you. At best अणिकर्ता as in vyakarana!
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