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Sunday, April 28, 2013

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - सुख दुःख


सुखमध्ये स्थितं दुःखं दुःखमध्ये स्थितं सुखम् ।
द्वयमन्योन्यसंयुक्तं प्रोच्यते जलपंकवत् ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका



sukhamadhye sthitam duHkha duHkhamadhye sthitam sukham ।
dvayam anyonya samyuktam prochyate jala pankavat ॥


- samayochitapadyamAlikA


There is grief in the middle of happiness. There is happiness in the middle of grief. Both of them are entangled and cannot exist independently - inseparable just like mud and water in slush.


- Samayochitapadyamalika

Sunday, April 7, 2013

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - प्रशान्तः


व्यवस्थितः प्रशांतात्मा कुपितोऽप्यभयंकरः ।
अव्यवस्थितचित्तस्य प्रसादोऽपि भयंकरः ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका



vyavasthitaH prashAntAtma kupito api abhayankaraH ।
avyavasthita chittasya prasAdo api bhayankaraH ॥


- samayochitapadyamAlikA


When a usually calm and collected person gets angry - it is still not that fearsome. One can expect him to be rational and control his anger. But if one sees inconsistent fellow bestow favors, he must get worried. Because such people could turn around any time and hurt you.


- Samayochitapadyamalika

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - सज्जन दुर्जन


मनस्यन्यद् वचस्यन्यत्कार्यमन्यद् दुरात्मनाम् ।
मनस्येकं वचस्येकं कर्मण्येकं महात्मनाम्  ॥

- समयोचितपद्यमालिका


manasyanyad vachasyanyat kaaryamanyad durAtmanAm ।
manasyekam vachasyekam karmaNyekam mahAtmanAm ॥

- samayochitapadyamAlikA

Wicked people have one thing on their mind, another in the speech and a different thing in their actions. Virtuous people have the same thing in their mind, in their words and in their actions.

- Samayochitapadyamalika

Monday, March 18, 2013

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - मर्कटस्य सुरपानं


मर्कटस्य सुरपानं मध्ये वृश्चिकदंशनं ।
तन्मध्ये भूतसंचारो यद्वा तद्वा भविष्यति ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका



markaTasya surapAnam madhye vRushchika damshanam ।
tanmadhye bhUtasanchAro yadvA tadvA bhaviShyati ॥


- samayochitapadyamAlikA


The antics of mankind seems to be like that of a monkey that has consumed alcohol, bitten by a scorpion and possessed by a demon.


- Samayochitapadyamalika

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - न कूपखननं युक्तं


न कूपखननं युक्तं प्रदीप्ते वह्निना गृहे ।
चिंतनीया हि विपदामादावेव प्रतिक्रिया ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका



na kUpa khananam yuktam pradIpte vahninA gRuhe ।
chintanIyA hi vipadAm aadAveva pratikriyA ॥


- samayochitapadyamAlikA


It is not wise to start digging a well when your house is on fire. One must be prepared for calamities well in advance. When they strike, one must only effect a plan that is already made.


- Samayochitapadyamalika

Friday, January 18, 2013

सम्योचितपद्यमालिका - क्षांति दया


क्षांतितुल्यं तपो नास्ति संतोषान्न सुखं परम् ।
नास्ति तृष्णासमो व्याधिर्न च धर्मो दयापरः ॥


- सम्योचितपद्यमालिका



kShAntitulyo tapo nAsti santoSha anna sukham param ।
nAsti tRuShNaa samo vyAdhiH na dharmo dayA paraH ॥


- samayochitapadyamAlikA


There is no greater penance than to forgive; no greater happiness than having food to eat; no greater disease than desire and no greater dharma (moral code for life) than being compassionate.


- Samayochitapadyamalika

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - बकवद् ध्यानमाचरेत्


शुकवद् भाषणम् कुर्याद् बकवद्ध्यानमाचरेत् ।
अजवच्चवर्णं कुर्याद् गजवत् स्नानमाचरेत् ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका



shukavad bhAShaNam kuryAd bakavad dhyAnam aacharet ।
ajavat chavarNam kuryAd gajavat snAnam aachareyt ॥


- samayochitapadyamAlikA


A wise must emulate good qualities from everywhere - speech of a parrot, concentration of a crane, chewing (deliberation) of a goat and relaxed bathing of an elephant.


- Samayochitapadyamalika

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - येन केन प्रकारेण


येन केन प्रकारेण यस्य कस्यापिदेहिनः ।
संतोषं जनयेत् प्राज्ञस्तदेवेश्वरपूजनम् ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका



yena kena prakAreNa yasya kasyApi dehinaH ।
santoShaM janayet prAgnaH tadeva Ishvara pUjanam ॥


-samayochitapadyamAlikA


By what ever means one should make someone happy. Wise men believe that making other people happy is worship of God.


- Samayochitapadyamalika

Sunday, April 15, 2012

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - केवलमीश्वरेच्छा


भ्रमन् वनान्ते सुममंजरीषु
    नेंदिंदिरो गंधफलीं चुचुंब ।
सा किं न रम्या स च किं न रंता
    बलीयसी केवलमीश्वरेच्छा ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका



bhraman vanAnte suma manjarIShu
   nendindiro gandhaphalIm chuchumba ।
sA kim na ramyA sa cha kim na ramtA
   balIyasI kevalam eeshvara icChA ॥


- samayochitapadyamAlikA


A bee is going from flower to flower all over the forest. But it missed smelling the champaka flower. Isn't champaka fragrant enough? It is. Does the bee not know it? It does. Yet, the bee missed it. All of this happens only because God wants it that way.


- Samayochitapadyamalika

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - दारिद्र्यं कृषिभिः जितम्


जिता धनवता दारा जिता वस्त्रवता सभा ।
जितो ह्यभ्यागतो गोभिर्दारिद्र्यं कृषिभिर्जितम् ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका



jitA dhanavatA dArA jitA vastravatA sabhA ।
jito hyabhyAgato gobhiH dAridryam kRuShibhiH jitam ॥


- samayochitapadyamAlikA


One can get a good wife by being wealthy. One can control a gathering if he wears good clothes. Guests can be pleased if one has cows in his house. One can overcome poverty if they take up agriculture.


- Samayochitapadyamalika

Monday, March 19, 2012

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - चिता चिंता


चिंतायाश्च चितायाश्च बिंदुमात्रं विशिष्यते ।
चिता दहति निर्जीवं चिंता दहति जीवनम् ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका



chintAyAshcha chitAyAshcha bindu mAtraM vishiShyate ।
chitA dahati nirjIvam chintA dahati jIvanam ॥


- samayochitapadyamAlikA


In sanskrit, there is only one difference in how you write 'worry' and 'funeral pyre' - just an extra dot. (चिता = funeral pyre चिंता = worry). While the pyre burns dead bodies, worry burns down life.


- Samayochitapadyamalika

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - कष्टतरं परगृहवासः परान्नं


कष्टं खलु मूर्खत्वं कष्टं खलु यौवनेषु दारिद्र्यं ।
कष्टात् कष्टतरं किं परगृहवासः परान्नं च ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका



kaShTam khalu mUrkhatvam kaShTam khalu yauvaneShu dAridryam ।
kaShTAt kaShTataram kim paragRuhavAsaH parAnnam cha ॥


- samayochitapadyamAlikA


It is difficult being stupid and poor while young. But the most difficulty is when you have to take refuge in someone else's house and eat his food.


- Samayochitapadyamalika

Sunday, November 20, 2011

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - सर्व एव दरिद्रति


अधोऽधः पश्यतः कस्य महिमा नोपचीयते ।
उपर्युपरि पश्यन्तः सर्व एव दरिद्रति ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका


adho adhaH pashyataH kasya mahimA na upachIyate ।
upari upari pashyantaH sarva eva daridrati ॥

- samayochitapadyamAlikA


If you always look downwards (people less privileged than you) then anyone can feel great about himself. If one only looks above, then he will always feel miserable. It is all about perspectives.

- Samayochitapadyamalika

Sunday, November 13, 2011

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - अति


अतिरूपाद् हृता सीताऽतिगर्वाद्रावणो हतः ।
अतिदानाद् बलिर्बद्धः अति सर्वत्र वर्जयेत् ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका


ati rUpAd hRutA sItA ati garvAd rAvaNo hataH ।
ati dAnAd baliH baddhaH ati sarvatra varjayet ॥

- samayochitapadyamAlikA


Too much beauty is what lead to the kidnapping of Sita. Ravana got killed because of too much pride. Bali's progress was curtailed because of too much charity. One should refrain from 'too much' of anything.

- Samyochitapadyamalika

Saturday, November 12, 2011

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - अतिपरिचयदवज्ञा


अतिपरिचयदवज्ञा संततगमनादनादरो भवति ।
मलये भिल्लपुरंध्री चन्दनतरुकाष्ठमिंधनं कुरुते ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका


ati parichayAt avjnA santata gamanAt anAdaro bhavati ।
malaye bhilla purandhrI chandana taru kAShTham indhanam kurute ॥

- samayochitapadyamAlikA


Familiarity gives way to contempt. Frequently visiting some one will lead to reduced respect. In the Malaya mountains, the wife of the hunter uses sandalwood for firewood.

- Samayochitapadyamalika

Sunday, September 4, 2011

समयोचित पलिका - गुरु भक्ति


मंत्रे तीर्थे द्विजे दैवे दैवज्ञे भेषजे गुरौ ।
यादृशीं भावनां कुर्यात् सिद्धिर्भवति तादृशी ॥


- समयोचित पद्यमालिका - गुरु भक्ति


mantre tIrthe dvije daive daivajne bheShaje gurau ।
yAdRushIm bhAvanAm kuryAt siddhirbhavati tAdRuShI ॥

- samayochitapadyamAlikA


Hymns, holy places, a brahmin, God, one who has realized God, Doctor and teacher. If you treat them well, you will benefit. If you treat them badly, you will suffer. What happens to you depends on how you treat them.

- Samayochitapadyamalika

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - पितरः


जनिता चोपनेता च यश्च विद्यां प्रयच्छति ।
अन्नदाता भयत्राता पंचैते पितरः स्मृताः ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका


janitA cha upanetA cha yashca vidyAm prayacChati ।
annadAtA bhayatrAtaa panchaite pitaraH smRutaaH ॥

- samayochitapadyamAlikA


The following people must be treated with respect as if they were our fathers - one who gives birth, one who initiates us to the sanatana dharma, one who teaches us, one who gives us food and one who protects us and rescues us from fear.

- Samayochitapadyamalika

Sunday, July 24, 2011

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - गुरुः


गुरुवो बहवः सन्ति शिष्यवित्तापहारकाः ।
दुर्लभः स गुरुर्लोके शिष्यचित्तापहारकः ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका


guruvo bahavaH santi shiShya vitta apahArakAH ।
durlabhaH sa guruH loke shiShya chitta apahArakaH ॥

- samayochita padyamAlikA


There are many teachers in this world who can steal the student's money. It is difficult to find one who can capture their mind and imagination.

- Samayochitapadyamalika

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - नामस्मरण


अच्युतानंतगोविन्दनामोच्चारणभेषजात् ।
नश्यन्ति सकलाः रोगाः सत्यं सत्यं ब्रवीम्यहम् ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका


achyuta ananta govinda nAma ucchAraNa bheShajAt ।
nashyanti sakalAH rogAH satyam satyam bravImyaham ॥

- samayochitapadyamAlikA


Achyuta, Ananta and Govinda - if one chants the name of god like this, it becomes a medicine that can cure all ailments. I swear on this truth.

- Samayochitapadyamalika

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - क्षमा


क्षमा धनुः करे यस्य दुर्जनः किं करिष्यति ।
अतृणे पतितो वह्निः स्वयमेवोपशाम्यति ॥


- समयोचितपद्यमालिका


kShamA dhanuH kare yasya durjanaH kiM kariShyati ।
atRuNe patito vahniH svayameva upashamyate ॥

- samayochitapadyamAlikA


If one is armed with patience, no wicked person can harm him. Fire that falls were there is no dry grass dies on its own.

- Samayochitapadyamalika