Calendar of Golden Sayings, March 2015

Important Days:  Festivals:  5 Holi, 4 Masi Makam, 8 International

 

Women’s Day, 21 Ugadi, 28 Sri Rama Navami.

 

Auspicious days: 2,4,8, 9, 12, 22, 25, 30;

 

Ekathasi- 1, 16 31; Amavasya – 20; Pournami-  5

Compiled by London Swaminathan

Post No.1676; Dated 25^th February 2015.

31 Quotations on Factual Knowledge from Sanskrit  Literature

March 1 Sunday

If one could procure honey from the sun who would bother climbing up the mountain?

Arkecen madhu vindeta kimartham parvatam vrajet

2 Monday

When the cloud of ego vanishes, the Sun of Truth shines – Yoga Vasistha 5-64-45

Ahankaaraambhude ksiine drsyate ciddivaakarah

3 Tuesday

The ego, I, itself is bondage and its very absence, Liberation – Yoga Vasistha 7-25-20

Ahamityeva bandhaaya naahamityeva muktaye

4 Wednesday

Everything endears itself for the joy of the self

Aatmanstu kaamaaya sarvam priyam bhavati

5 Thursday

How can a fallen man uplift others? –

Aatmaanam paatayedyastu sonyaanuddhharate katham

6 Friday

Sugarcane juice is cooked in its own fuel — Kahavatratnakar p.57

Iksoo rasah pachyata indhanaih svaih

7 Saturday

Hundred turbans can be got if only the head exists.

Usniisaanaam satam labhyam sthiramasti siro yadi

March 8 Sunday

One is born alone and departs alone

Ekah prajaayate jantureka eva viliiyate

9 Monday

There is no sound that is not a sacred chant (mantra), nor a root that is not medicine — Subhasitaratnabandakara 3- p.158 & Ratnasamucchaya

Amantaram aksharam naasti naasti muulam anaushadham

10 Tuesday

The blind led by another blind will also falter at every step – Kahavatraakar p 100

Andhasyevaandhalagnasya vinipaatah pade pade

Ugadi in Mangalore

11 Wednesday

When moon light streams, is not the lamp redundant? – Vikrmorvasiya.3. P 56

Abhivyaktaayaam candrikaayaam kim diipikaapaunnarukteyena

12 Thursday

The water feels cold when in hand, but not so when one is immersed in it – Rajatarangini 8-1097

Karaksiptam yathaa siitam majjane na tathaa payah

13 Friday

Who can illuminate the rising moon? – Padataditaka

Ka candrodayam parakaasayati

14 Saturday

Can one whose head is severed, live with gifted heads, a hundred though they be? – Kathasaritsagara

Kim jiivati ciraschinno dattairuta sirassataih

March 15 Sunday

Who knows what happens to whom in the other world? — Brhatkathamanjari

Ko jaanaati pare loke kasya kim nu bhavisyati

Masi Magam in Malysia

16 Monday

Who can measure the sky and the ocean with one’s fingers? — Vikramacarita 3-925

Ko miyedangulairvyom ko vaa niram samudrajam

17 Tuesday

Who can turn a midget into a tall man? – Kathasaritsagara

Ko hi kubjamrjuukartum sakunyaadiha maanusam

18 Wednesday

Who can sleep in the embrace of a sleeping lion? Brhatkathamanjari

Ko hi suptena simhenakrtakanthagrahah svapet

19Thursday

Ants can terrify even elephants? –  Kahavatraakar p 34

Gajamapi trasyanti pipiilkaah

20 Friday

An elephant is never seen tethered to an Arka

(Calotropis) plant? – Kahavatraakar p16

Gajo navaarkavrksesu addah kvacana drsyate

21 Saturday

The wrist is more honourable than the five fingers

Gururiha manibandho bhaati pancaangulibhyah

March 22 Sunday

Trees grow when watered, but not heaps of stone – Kahavatraakar p.342

Jalasekena vardhante taravo naasmasancayaah

23 Monday

Fie on transience of the lives of men – Raguvamsa 8-51

Dhigimaam dehabhrtaamasaarataam

24 Tuesday

The moon’s effulgence cannot be blocked by throwing dust – Kahavatraakar p.62

Dhuulipraksepato naiva candrajyotsnaavarudhyate

25 Wednesday

The binding strengthens only when the broken pieces are glued together perfectly Kahavatraakar p110

Trutitaanaam susandhaane drdhaa grathih prajaayate

26 Thursday

The moon can never emit scorching beams – Yoga Vasistha 1-9-3

Na kadaacanajaayante siitaamsorusnaarasmayah

27 Friday

A banyan tree will never sprout from the Kutaja (Wrightia antidysentrica)

Na khalu kutajabijaadvataankuro jaayate

28 Saturday

An eagle does not target flies

Na khalu syeno makshikaam grhnaati

29 Sunday

Lions do not slay foxes

Na khalu simhaah srgaalaannighnanti

30 Monday

A lamp does not search for fire – padmaprabhtka

Na diipena agnimaarganam kriyate

Masi Makam in Tiruchendur

31 Tuesday

For how long can anyone save a tree precariously perched on a river bank? Kahavatraakar  p133

Nadyaastate sthitam vrksam kah kiyadraksayisyati

Note: I have been publishing quotations for the past 15 months in the monthly sheets. So far I have compiled over 450 quotations from Tamil and Sanskrit books. You can see all the quotes in this blog.

Ugadi Pachadi ingredients.