The lines stated below
contains the ideas stated in 12th chapter of Chanakya Neeti. Have a look
…
Such home is endowed
with divine favor of God where sons & daughter obey orders , the
housewife is sweet tongued, family members are hardworking, the money is earned
with honesty and is sufficient to fulfill their needs, food
is in surplus, servants are faithful, guests are welcomed,
and is often visited by learned spiritual teachers.
O king, a person who
donate a little of his earning to deserving Brahmins (full
time involvement in spreading enlightenment in the society
with charity as the only way of their livelihood) attracts
multiple amount of his donation in different ways by the grace of almighty God.
The world is maintained by
good people who are polite and helpful to their near ones, people who
are compassionate to deserving fellows, who show no mercy to wicked,
face powerful opponent with bravery, who show respect to
learned scholars, show reverence to parent and guru, and who
are good at tackling women in a wise manner instead of
putting complete trust in them.
Chanakya compares such
man to Jackal and calls him the lowliest; whose hands do not come
forward for charity, ears do not listen the sermons in
holy scriptures, eyes never focus on saints, legs do not move the
path of pilgrimage, who earn money by unjust means, and who do not
take care of their parent or guru.
Fate is a very strong component
in life. Chanakya expresses this opinion by giving following
examples:
·
You cannot blame spring
for taking away the leaves from a Karel tree. (A rare leafless tree)
·
An owl cannot see in daylight and none can be blamed for this.
·
In same manner you cannot blame the cloud if the raindrop does not
fall in the open beak of Chatak bird. (As per mythology Chatak bird only
drinks the rain drops that fall at time of Swati Nakshatra. For this it opens
its beak and waits for drop to fall in it.)
[Take note that those lines did
not said that destiny is everything. ]
A good person can
inculcate goodness in a bad person, but the badness of a bad is
unlikely to be transferred in nature of a good person. The fragrance of a
flower might leave its effect on soil beneath. but the flower
never attains the murky smell from soil.
[In an other verse
of Chanakya Neeti it has been said that you cannot turn a real
wicked to some nice person. The thing to be noted is that both are correct in
their own contexts]
Beholding a sadhu is like an
instant pilgrimage for which you don’t even
require visiting a holy place.
A traveler goes to a new city (a bad town) where he asks following
questions to a wise man and receives following replies.
1. Who is greatest in your
village? The man replied that the ‘Toody’ trees is greatest as all men
fall on the ground after consuming its milky intoxicant.
2. Who performs
greatest charity? … The Washerman takes clothes of men in
morning and returns those in evening. [no charity]
3. Who is most
clever? … all men consider themselves as clever and are engaged in cheating one
other for money and women.
4. … And how do you
survive at such place? The wise man says … I am just like an insect who
is born in filth, lives in it and dies in filth.
* The passage above is
a satire stating the condition of a state without law & order.
Where people drink, cheat, do no charity, and have adapted themselves
to such situation.
Once a divine saint
was asked about his family. He replied that his mother is
truth, knowledge is his master, religion is as brother, kindness
as sister, peace as wife, and tolerance to be his son.
Festivals (very happy
moments) for a:
·
cow is to find a green pasture.
·
Brahmin is to receive an invitation for meal.
·
a women is to see her husband recovering.
·
but… for me the festival is to have
faith in God.
A person who considers women of
others as mother, wealth of others as dirt, and one who sees his own soul
in all living creatures; is the person who has really found the truth.
One who always abides by
religion, is a polite speaker,
is always interested in acts of charity, is/has a faithful friend,
show respect to any good advice, respects guru, full of knowledge,
and have faith in almighty is a noble soul for sure.
O lord Rama, there is no point
in comparing you with anyone. [a simple explanation for a longer
verse ]
One must learn decency
from princes, speech from scholars, art of bluffing from gamblers, and
cunningness from a woman.
One who overspends money
without planning, who provokes the stronger opponent, and one who desires
relationship with all kinds of women will definitely go for a quick
destruction.
One must not worry
about meals and must perform his duties. It is God who will arrange food
for you. [Something closely related to Karma Theory of Bhagvad Gita.
Action is supreme and person devoted to his duty is unlikely to face such
trouble. The line has nothing to do with inaction]
A pitcher can be filled
drop-by-drop and so is the case with your wealth.
A person with evil
nature is unlikely to change even after gaining maturity. So is the case
with a bitter pumpkin that does not taste sweet even upon ripening. [A class of
such persons do exists.]
I would like to make it clear that as the author of this post, I
have tried my best to bring the valid facts as per my knowledge &
belief. Sometimes it is not possible to present the very-exact idea
due to language differences. Still, I hope that you enjoyed …
If you have a query, suggestion, or complain then please
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