Shubprabhat Subhashita😊 🙏
नालेनेव स्थित्वा पादेनैकेव कुञ्चितग्रीवम् |
जनयति कुमुदभ्रान्ति वृद्धबको बालमत्स्यानाम्||
जल में एक ही पांव पर बिल्कुल स्थिर खडे हो कर तथा अपनी गर्दन मोड कर एक चालाक बगुला पक्षी छोटी छोटी मछलियों में यह भ्रम उत्पन्न कर देता है कि वह कमल पुष्प की नाल है (और बगुला उन्हें आसानी से अपना शिकार बना लेता है) |
By silently standing in water on one leg only with a curved neck, a crane bird creates a false impression in the minds of small fish that it is the stem of a lotus flower (and ultimately are caught and devoured by the crane).
*(Whenever a person with a view to cheating other persons puts an attire of a virtuous person, such a person is alluded to a crane. So, this 'anyokti' is a warning against such a person.)*🙏
Have A Virtuous Weekend Ahead 👍🙏
नालेनेव स्थित्वा पादेनैकेव कुञ्चितग्रीवम् |
जनयति कुमुदभ्रान्ति वृद्धबको बालमत्स्यानाम्||
जल में एक ही पांव पर बिल्कुल स्थिर खडे हो कर तथा अपनी गर्दन मोड कर एक चालाक बगुला पक्षी छोटी छोटी मछलियों में यह भ्रम उत्पन्न कर देता है कि वह कमल पुष्प की नाल है (और बगुला उन्हें आसानी से अपना शिकार बना लेता है) |
By silently standing in water on one leg only with a curved neck, a crane bird creates a false impression in the minds of small fish that it is the stem of a lotus flower (and ultimately are caught and devoured by the crane).
*(Whenever a person with a view to cheating other persons puts an attire of a virtuous person, such a person is alluded to a crane. So, this 'anyokti' is a warning against such a person.)*🙏
Have A Virtuous Weekend Ahead 👍🙏
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते।
वासुदेव: सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभ:॥ १९॥
बहुत जन्मोंके अन्तिम जन्ममें अर्थात् मनुष्यजन्ममें सब कुछ परमात्मा ही हैं— इस प्रकार (जो) ज्ञानवान् मेरे शरण होता है, वह महात्मा अत्यन्त दुर्लभ है।
In the very last of all births the enlightenedperson worships Me by realizing that all this isGod. Such a great soul is very rare indeed. (7:19)
वासुदेव: सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभ:॥ १९॥
बहुत जन्मोंके अन्तिम जन्ममें अर्थात् मनुष्यजन्ममें सब कुछ परमात्मा ही हैं— इस प्रकार (जो) ज्ञानवान् मेरे शरण होता है, वह महात्मा अत्यन्त दुर्लभ है।
In the very last of all births the enlightenedperson worships Me by realizing that all this isGod. Such a great soul is very rare indeed. (7:19)
What makes Bhagavad Gita the most important scripture in the world?
Because of the variety of subjects UNIVERSAL IN NATURE, discussed in its seven hundred couplets.
Albert Einstein said: “When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.”
• Bhagavad Gita gives everyone of us absolute freedom to do whatever we want.
• In Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna never judged or ordered;
He only explained to Arjuna the pros and cons of every issue and was left to Arjuna whether to follow his teachings or not.
• Lord Krishna did not even influence the free will of Arjuna. Arjuna had the right to ACCEPT everything Lord Krishna taught or REJECT everything Lord Krishna taught.
• In fact at the end of Mahabharata, Rishi Veda Vyasa has to teach a very disheartened Arjuna, the whole of Bhagavad Gita again.
• It advocates selfless actions (Nishkama Karma). It teaches the importance of annihilation of desire and ego. It teaches the different ways to control the mind and the senses.
Because of the variety of subjects UNIVERSAL IN NATURE, discussed in its seven hundred couplets.
Albert Einstein said: “When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.”
• Bhagavad Gita gives everyone of us absolute freedom to do whatever we want.
• In Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna never judged or ordered;
He only explained to Arjuna the pros and cons of every issue and was left to Arjuna whether to follow his teachings or not.
• Lord Krishna did not even influence the free will of Arjuna. Arjuna had the right to ACCEPT everything Lord Krishna taught or REJECT everything Lord Krishna taught.
• In fact at the end of Mahabharata, Rishi Veda Vyasa has to teach a very disheartened Arjuna, the whole of Bhagavad Gita again.
• It advocates selfless actions (Nishkama Karma). It teaches the importance of annihilation of desire and ego. It teaches the different ways to control the mind and the senses.
Lord Krishna said: "Arjuna, I have nothing to do in all three worlds, nor there is anything I have to attain in all three worlds. In spite of all that, I constantly act."
(Bhagavad Gita 3:22)
This extremely powerful words from Lord Krishna is a clarion call for action in life by everyone. Nobody has the right to stop working.
Here is Lord Krishna is telling us that a person even if he or she is very rich or does not need anything still have to act.
Laziness in any form is not tolerated in Hinduism.
Even a saint has to act.
He or she has no right to sit idle and beg.
Begging in any form is not encouraged in Hinduism.
Believe me those who beg for food and other things in the name that they are “Sadhus”, is doing those things against what is taught us by Lord Krishna.
If Lord Krishna never ever stopped working, then U and I have no excuse from working either.
(Bhagavad Gita 3:22)
This extremely powerful words from Lord Krishna is a clarion call for action in life by everyone. Nobody has the right to stop working.
Here is Lord Krishna is telling us that a person even if he or she is very rich or does not need anything still have to act.
Laziness in any form is not tolerated in Hinduism.
Even a saint has to act.
He or she has no right to sit idle and beg.
Begging in any form is not encouraged in Hinduism.
Believe me those who beg for food and other things in the name that they are “Sadhus”, is doing those things against what is taught us by Lord Krishna.
If Lord Krishna never ever stopped working, then U and I have no excuse from working either.
Who or What is God?
1---God is NOT a man
2---God is NOT a woman
3----In fact, nobody knows what God is.
4--- When Moses met Jehovah on the mountain top, Moses asked the burning bush (Jehovah), WHO ARE YOU? And Jehovah God only said: ‘ I AM WHO I AM.”
5---Similarly, there is no word TRINITY in the Holy Bible. Trinitarian doctrine of (father, son and Holy Ghost) was adopted during the very first Christian meeting at Nicaea, Under the leadership of Roman Emperor Constantine during 325 CE
6------That is the reason why God is described as “it” in the Hindu scriptures.
Hindus believe in one and only God Brahman which expresses itself in trillions of forms and trillions of names.
7-----God or Brahman is described as “it” and is the infinite, eternal , indescribable, omniscient, pervasive, genderless, eternal truth, and bliss which does not change, yet is the cause of all changes.
8-------Brahman is not without any beginning nor any end.
9-------Upanishads describe Brahman as One and indivisible, eternal universal self, who is present in all.
10------BRAHMAN is described in two ways
11------SAGUNA BRAHMAN ----God with attributes
12-----NIRGUNA BRAHMAN ---God without attributes
1---God is NOT a man
2---God is NOT a woman
3----In fact, nobody knows what God is.
4--- When Moses met Jehovah on the mountain top, Moses asked the burning bush (Jehovah), WHO ARE YOU? And Jehovah God only said: ‘ I AM WHO I AM.”
5---Similarly, there is no word TRINITY in the Holy Bible. Trinitarian doctrine of (father, son and Holy Ghost) was adopted during the very first Christian meeting at Nicaea, Under the leadership of Roman Emperor Constantine during 325 CE
6------That is the reason why God is described as “it” in the Hindu scriptures.
Hindus believe in one and only God Brahman which expresses itself in trillions of forms and trillions of names.
7-----God or Brahman is described as “it” and is the infinite, eternal , indescribable, omniscient, pervasive, genderless, eternal truth, and bliss which does not change, yet is the cause of all changes.
8-------Brahman is not without any beginning nor any end.
9-------Upanishads describe Brahman as One and indivisible, eternal universal self, who is present in all.
10------BRAHMAN is described in two ways
11------SAGUNA BRAHMAN ----God with attributes
12-----NIRGUNA BRAHMAN ---God without attributes
Shubprabhat Subhashita😊 🙏
शुक तव पठनं व्यसनं न गुणः किं तु स गुणाSSभासः |
समजनि येनोSSमरणं ते पञ्जरे वासः||
हे तोते ! तुम्हारी मानव की भाषा को बोलने की क्षमता वास्तव में तुम्हारा एक दोष है न कि एक गुण है परन्तु एक गुण का आभास देता है | इस के फलस्वरूप तुझे स्वच्छन्द हो कर वनों में निवास करने के स्थान पर मृत्यु पर्यन्त एक पिंजरे में रहना पडता है |
O parrot ! Your special ability to speak the language of humans is in fact a big defect and not your virtue but just gives an impression of a virtue. As a result of this instead of roaming freely in forests you are doomed to live under the protection of a cage until your death.
*(In life there are at times such situations wherein a virtue puts a person in a very tricky and disadvantageous situation. This fact has been indirectly highlighted by the above Subhashita).*🙏
Have A Great Week Ahead 👍
शुक तव पठनं व्यसनं न गुणः किं तु स गुणाSSभासः |
समजनि येनोSSमरणं ते पञ्जरे वासः||
हे तोते ! तुम्हारी मानव की भाषा को बोलने की क्षमता वास्तव में तुम्हारा एक दोष है न कि एक गुण है परन्तु एक गुण का आभास देता है | इस के फलस्वरूप तुझे स्वच्छन्द हो कर वनों में निवास करने के स्थान पर मृत्यु पर्यन्त एक पिंजरे में रहना पडता है |
O parrot ! Your special ability to speak the language of humans is in fact a big defect and not your virtue but just gives an impression of a virtue. As a result of this instead of roaming freely in forests you are doomed to live under the protection of a cage until your death.
*(In life there are at times such situations wherein a virtue puts a person in a very tricky and disadvantageous situation. This fact has been indirectly highlighted by the above Subhashita).*🙏
Have A Great Week Ahead 👍
Shubprabhat Subhashita😊 🙏
रे रे चातक सावधानमनसा मित्रं क्षणं श्रूयता -
म्म्भोदा बहवो वसन्ति गगने सर्वेSपि नैतादृशा |
केचिद्वृष्टिभिरार्द्रयन्ति धरणीं गर्जन्ति केचिद्वृथा
यंयं पश्यसि तस्यतस्य पुरतो मा ब्रूहि दीनं वचः ||
ओ मेरे मित्र चातक पक्षी ! मेरी यह बात ध्यानपूर्वक सुनो | इस आकाश में अनेक प्रकार के मेघ (बादल) विचरण करते हैं पर वे एक ही स्वभाव के नहीं होते हैं उनमें से कुछ ही इस पृथ्वी को अपने अमूल्य जल से परिपूर्ण करते हैं जब् कि अन्य केवल व्यर्थ ही गर्जते हुए इधर उधर विचरण करते हैं | इस लिये तुम जिस किसी भी मेघ को देखते हो उस से अपनी प्यास बुझाने के लिये याचना मत करो |
O my friend Chatak bird ! listen carefully what I say to you. Many types of clouds roam in the sky but their characteristics are different. Only a few among them drench the Earth with the precious water they carry, whereas the remaining ones roam here and there and simply make rumbling sound. Therefore, you should not beg for water from every cloud you see on the sky.
*(In Sanskrit literature there is a style of writing called 'Anyokti' , which in English; language is called allegory i.e. description of one thing under image of another. The above shloka is a fine example of this genre. There is a folk lore that the Chatak bird quenches its thirst only from the rain falling on earth during a particular lunar position in the sky. Here the bird has been alluded for a person seeking assistance and the persons who can help him has been alluded for the clouds. Only very few people are of helping nature and the rest simply give assurances and never give any help.)*🙏
Have An Amazing Day Ahead 👍
रे रे चातक सावधानमनसा मित्रं क्षणं श्रूयता -
म्म्भोदा बहवो वसन्ति गगने सर्वेSपि नैतादृशा |
केचिद्वृष्टिभिरार्द्रयन्ति धरणीं गर्जन्ति केचिद्वृथा
यंयं पश्यसि तस्यतस्य पुरतो मा ब्रूहि दीनं वचः ||
ओ मेरे मित्र चातक पक्षी ! मेरी यह बात ध्यानपूर्वक सुनो | इस आकाश में अनेक प्रकार के मेघ (बादल) विचरण करते हैं पर वे एक ही स्वभाव के नहीं होते हैं उनमें से कुछ ही इस पृथ्वी को अपने अमूल्य जल से परिपूर्ण करते हैं जब् कि अन्य केवल व्यर्थ ही गर्जते हुए इधर उधर विचरण करते हैं | इस लिये तुम जिस किसी भी मेघ को देखते हो उस से अपनी प्यास बुझाने के लिये याचना मत करो |
O my friend Chatak bird ! listen carefully what I say to you. Many types of clouds roam in the sky but their characteristics are different. Only a few among them drench the Earth with the precious water they carry, whereas the remaining ones roam here and there and simply make rumbling sound. Therefore, you should not beg for water from every cloud you see on the sky.
*(In Sanskrit literature there is a style of writing called 'Anyokti' , which in English; language is called allegory i.e. description of one thing under image of another. The above shloka is a fine example of this genre. There is a folk lore that the Chatak bird quenches its thirst only from the rain falling on earth during a particular lunar position in the sky. Here the bird has been alluded for a person seeking assistance and the persons who can help him has been alluded for the clouds. Only very few people are of helping nature and the rest simply give assurances and never give any help.)*🙏
Have An Amazing Day Ahead 👍
What happens when we pray?
That is an excellent question.
Let me explain to you stage by stage what happens to someone who prays to God.
What I am writing is applicable to everyone, irrespective of one is a Hindu or not.
First Stage------- All prayers start praying to a personal God with name and form. Everyone starts praying to a very personal God.
Second Stage -----As the devotee mature spiritually, that personal God will transform to light in the mind of the devotee.
Third Stage ------As the devotee mature much more spiritual, that personal God will transform to nothing or void in his or her mind.
Fourth Stage ---------Finally the devotee will realize he or she is one with God.
Devotee will realize he or she is indeed God.
That time the devotee will say Aham Brahmasmi (I am God.)
All mystics including Jesus Christ have said "I am God.
At the end, everyone will realize “Aham Brahmasmi” meaning “I am God.”
This transformation will happen in the lives of everyone irrespective of whether one is a Hindu or not.
That is an excellent question.
Let me explain to you stage by stage what happens to someone who prays to God.
What I am writing is applicable to everyone, irrespective of one is a Hindu or not.
First Stage------- All prayers start praying to a personal God with name and form. Everyone starts praying to a very personal God.
Second Stage -----As the devotee mature spiritually, that personal God will transform to light in the mind of the devotee.
Third Stage ------As the devotee mature much more spiritual, that personal God will transform to nothing or void in his or her mind.
Fourth Stage ---------Finally the devotee will realize he or she is one with God.
Devotee will realize he or she is indeed God.
That time the devotee will say Aham Brahmasmi (I am God.)
All mystics including Jesus Christ have said "I am God.
At the end, everyone will realize “Aham Brahmasmi” meaning “I am God.”
This transformation will happen in the lives of everyone irrespective of whether one is a Hindu or not.
Good Morning Subhashita😊 🙏
नोच्छिन्यादात्मनो मूलं परेषां चातितृष्णया |
उच्छिन्द्यादात्मनो मूलमात्मानं तांश्च पीडयन् ||
राजा को उचित है कि वह लालची हो कर अत्यधिक कर ले कर प्रजा को पीडित न करे तथा बिल्कुल ही कर न ले कर अपना भी विनाश नही करे | क्योंकि अपने मूल (आधार) के नाश से राजा अपनी तथा प्रजा की भी हानि कर देता है |
It is proper for the King not to oppress the citizens by imposing excessive tax on them driven by his greed, He should also not invite trouble for himself, by not imposing any tax, because by doing so he not only destroys the very foundation of his kingdom but also causes harm to the citizens.
*(The author of the "Manusmriti" has discussed in great detail various principles of taxation and even the quantum of tax to be imposed. The above shloka gives just a glimpse of his wisdom.)*🙏
Have A Great Day Ahead 👍
नोच्छिन्यादात्मनो मूलं परेषां चातितृष्णया |
उच्छिन्द्यादात्मनो मूलमात्मानं तांश्च पीडयन् ||
राजा को उचित है कि वह लालची हो कर अत्यधिक कर ले कर प्रजा को पीडित न करे तथा बिल्कुल ही कर न ले कर अपना भी विनाश नही करे | क्योंकि अपने मूल (आधार) के नाश से राजा अपनी तथा प्रजा की भी हानि कर देता है |
It is proper for the King not to oppress the citizens by imposing excessive tax on them driven by his greed, He should also not invite trouble for himself, by not imposing any tax, because by doing so he not only destroys the very foundation of his kingdom but also causes harm to the citizens.
*(The author of the "Manusmriti" has discussed in great detail various principles of taxation and even the quantum of tax to be imposed. The above shloka gives just a glimpse of his wisdom.)*🙏
Have A Great Day Ahead 👍
Nobody goes to HELL forever in Hinduism.
Everybody including the atheists will finally attain salvation (Moksha).
Nobody is denied salvation.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
As far as Lord Krishna is concerned, heaven and hell are temporary abodes where the immortal soul resides for a very short period and comes back to earth again to take another body in order to exhaust all karmic debt and attain salvation.
Only Christians and Muslims talk about heaven and hell ...
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Arjuna asks:
"Oh! Krishna, A man of faith who could not control his mind, who deviated from spiritual path and failed to attain self-realization, and died.
What will happen to him?"
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Lord Krishna said:
“A man of faith who could not control his mind, who deviated from spiritual path and failed to attain self-realization, and died, will never perish.
He will reborn into a family of pure, pious people after living many years in heaven and continue his spiritual quest, where he left off in his last life.”
Everybody including the atheists will finally attain salvation (Moksha).
Nobody is denied salvation.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
As far as Lord Krishna is concerned, heaven and hell are temporary abodes where the immortal soul resides for a very short period and comes back to earth again to take another body in order to exhaust all karmic debt and attain salvation.
Only Christians and Muslims talk about heaven and hell ...
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Arjuna asks:
"Oh! Krishna, A man of faith who could not control his mind, who deviated from spiritual path and failed to attain self-realization, and died.
What will happen to him?"
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Lord Krishna said:
“A man of faith who could not control his mind, who deviated from spiritual path and failed to attain self-realization, and died, will never perish.
He will reborn into a family of pure, pious people after living many years in heaven and continue his spiritual quest, where he left off in his last life.”
🙏😊 Subhashita 😊🙏
अनुमन्ता विशसिता निहन्ता क्रयविक्रयी |
संस्कर्ता चोपहर्ता च खादकश्चेति घातकाः||
पशु वध करने की आज्ञा प्रदान करने वाला, उसके खण्ड खण्ड करने वाला, वध करने वाला ,क्रय-विक्रय करने वाला, मांस को पकाने वाला, परोसने तथा उसे भक्षण करने वाला, इन सभी व्यक्तियों को वध करने का पाप समान रूप से लगता है |
The person who gives the permission for killing the. animals, the person who kills the animals, the person cutting them into pieces, the purchaser and seller of the meat, the person who cooks the meat, the person who serves the meat, and the person who eats the meat, all these persons share equally the sin of killing the animals 🙏
Have A Wonderful Day Ahead 👍
अनुमन्ता विशसिता निहन्ता क्रयविक्रयी |
संस्कर्ता चोपहर्ता च खादकश्चेति घातकाः||
पशु वध करने की आज्ञा प्रदान करने वाला, उसके खण्ड खण्ड करने वाला, वध करने वाला ,क्रय-विक्रय करने वाला, मांस को पकाने वाला, परोसने तथा उसे भक्षण करने वाला, इन सभी व्यक्तियों को वध करने का पाप समान रूप से लगता है |
The person who gives the permission for killing the. animals, the person who kills the animals, the person cutting them into pieces, the purchaser and seller of the meat, the person who cooks the meat, the person who serves the meat, and the person who eats the meat, all these persons share equally the sin of killing the animals 🙏
Have A Wonderful Day Ahead 👍
Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the Atom Bomb shocked the world, when he quoted a couplet from Gita (Chapter 11:32)
after witnessing the first Atomic Explosion on the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range in the state of New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
May be it is a strange coincidence the code name of the nuclear test was “Trinity”. The code name “Trinity” was assigned by Oppenheimer.
Does that anything to do with Lord Vishnu and Hindu Trinity we will never know.
Lord Krishna said:
“I am death, the mighty destroyer of the worlds. I have come to destroy these people who are assembled to fight with you. Even without you taking part, all the soldiers of the opposing army of Kauravas will be slain.”
(11.32)
Sanjaya said to the blind king Dartharashtra:
“If hundreds of thousands of suns were to rise at once into the sky, their radiance might resemble the splendor and radiance of the mighty Lord in that universal form.”
after witnessing the first Atomic Explosion on the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range in the state of New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
May be it is a strange coincidence the code name of the nuclear test was “Trinity”. The code name “Trinity” was assigned by Oppenheimer.
Does that anything to do with Lord Vishnu and Hindu Trinity we will never know.
Lord Krishna said:
“I am death, the mighty destroyer of the worlds. I have come to destroy these people who are assembled to fight with you. Even without you taking part, all the soldiers of the opposing army of Kauravas will be slain.”
(11.32)
Sanjaya said to the blind king Dartharashtra:
“If hundreds of thousands of suns were to rise at once into the sky, their radiance might resemble the splendor and radiance of the mighty Lord in that universal form.”
Shubprabhat Subhashita 😊🙏
पापान्निवारयति योजयते हिताय
गुह्यं गूहतति गुणान् प्रकटी करोति |
आपद्गतं च न जहाति ददाति काले
सन्मित्रलक्षणमिदं प्रवदन्ति सन्ताः||
महान संतों का कहना है कि एक सच्चे मित्र के लक्षण हैं कि वह हमें पापकर्म करने से रोकता है, हमारे हित के कार्यों को करने के लिये हमें प्रेरित करता है, हमारी गोपनीय बातों को प्रकट नहीं करता है ,आपत्ति के समय में भी हमारा साथ नहीं छोडता है, तथा आवश्यकता पडने पर सहायता के लिये तत्पर रहता है |
*Wise* And *Noble* Persons Have Pronounced That The Symptoms Of A True Friend Are That He *Prevents Us From Committing Sinful Deeds And Urges Us To Do Things That Are Advantageous To Us, Keeps Our Secrets And Brings Out Our Virtues And Qualities, Does Not Desert Us When We Face Misfortune, And Helps Us Whenever We Are In Need Of Any Help*.🙏
Happy Friendship Day🙏🤗🌹
पापान्निवारयति योजयते हिताय
गुह्यं गूहतति गुणान् प्रकटी करोति |
आपद्गतं च न जहाति ददाति काले
सन्मित्रलक्षणमिदं प्रवदन्ति सन्ताः||
महान संतों का कहना है कि एक सच्चे मित्र के लक्षण हैं कि वह हमें पापकर्म करने से रोकता है, हमारे हित के कार्यों को करने के लिये हमें प्रेरित करता है, हमारी गोपनीय बातों को प्रकट नहीं करता है ,आपत्ति के समय में भी हमारा साथ नहीं छोडता है, तथा आवश्यकता पडने पर सहायता के लिये तत्पर रहता है |
*Wise* And *Noble* Persons Have Pronounced That The Symptoms Of A True Friend Are That He *Prevents Us From Committing Sinful Deeds And Urges Us To Do Things That Are Advantageous To Us, Keeps Our Secrets And Brings Out Our Virtues And Qualities, Does Not Desert Us When We Face Misfortune, And Helps Us Whenever We Are In Need Of Any Help*.🙏
Happy Friendship Day🙏🤗🌹