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Be a Busy Bee- Learn Tirumanthiram through Pictures- Part 7 (Post No.13,680)
If you store money like a bee it will be used by someone else. That is what happened to the hoarders on earth- Tirumular in his Tiumanthiram
171: The Bee Stores Honey Only to be Appropriated by Others; So is Your Hoarded Wealth
The industrious bee from flower to flower hops,
Seeking, scenting, gathering its store of honey sweet;
But soon the subtle thief digs and steals the hoarded wealth;
Likewise, our earthly treasures the same story repeat.
ஈட்டிய தேன்பூ மணங்கண் டிரதமும்
கூட்டிக் கொணர்ந்தொரு கொம்பிடை வைத்திடும்
ஓட்டித் துரந்திட்டு அதுவலி யார்கொளக்
காட்டிக் கொடுத்தது கைவிட்ட வாறே. 4
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The bees go in search of hidden nectar and collect it. They only know which flowers have got the nectar and use their fragrance. In the same way God seekers go in search invisible God and enjoy Hum.
Lord is the Light Beyond Visible Reach
The bee, that nectar seeks, flies high for its flower on top
And there, alone, it sucks the fragrant juice;
Even so, they who seek the blessed grace divine,
Aspire for the Light beyond visible reach of eyes.
இன்புறு வண்டிங்கு இனமலர் மேற்போய்
உண்பது வாச மதுபோல் உயிர்நிலை
இன்புற நாடி நினைக்கிலும் மூன்றொளி
கண்புற நின்ற கருத்துள்நில் லானே. 8
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From another Tamil Book Neethi Venba
We may compare this with a verse in Neethi Venba, by an anonymous Tamil author . one of the verses says
Beggars must be like bees. The bees suck the nectar without hurting the flowers. Don’t be like the worms that stick to the leaves and eat them slowly. Know the time and circumstances before asking alms (even donations) from the wealthy people.
ஆயுமலர்த் தேன்வண் டருந்துவது போல்இரப்போர்
ஈயு மவர்வருந்தா தேற்றலறம் – தூயஇளம்
பச்சிலையைக் கீடமறப் பற்றி யரிப்பதுபோல்
அச்சமுற வாங்க லகம். ௬௦– நீதி வெண்பா
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Sanskrit Saying
“पिपीलिकार्जितं धान्यं मक्षिकासञ्चितं मधु ।
लुब्धेन सञ्चितं द्रव्यं समूलं हि विनश्यति ॥”
Grain collected by an ant, honey collected by bees, and wealth accumulated by an avarice; will all be destroyed along with its source.
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Shakespeare is also very eloquent about the Bees and its Honey
1) “O, how shall summer’s honey breath hold out…” (Sonnet 64)
2) “We bring it to the hive and, like the bees,
“Are murdered for our pains.” (Henry IV)
3) “The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness.” (Romeo and Juliet)
4)”…For honesty coupled to beauty is to have honey a sauce to sugar..” (As You Like It)
5) “Sweet honey and sweet notes together fail.” (Troilus and Cressida)
6) “The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness.” (Romeo and Juliet)
7) “Obedience: for so work the honey-bees…” (Henry V)
8) “‘Tis seldom when the bee doth leave her comb. In the dead carrion.” (Henry VI)
9) “Thus we may gather honey from the weed,
“And make a moral of the devil himself.” (Henry V)
10) “Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.” (Julius Caesar)
11) “For you have stol’n their buzzing, Antony,
“And very wisely threat before you sting.” (Julius Caesar)
12) “When he did frown, O, had she then gave over,
Such nectar from his lips she had not suck´d.” (Venus and Adonis)
13) “Where the bee sucks, there suck I…” (“The Tempest”)
14) “We bring it to the hive and, like the bees,
“Are murdered for our pains.” (Henry IV)
15) “The commons, like an angry hive of bees
“That want their leader, scatter up and down
“And care not who they sting in his revenge.” (Henry VI)
16) “Full merrily the humble-bee doth sing,
“Till he hath lost his honey and his sting.” (Troilus and Cressida)
—Subham—-
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