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Prasnothara rathna malika is a Garland of Gems of questions and answers composed by Shankaracharya. Here are 31 quotations from that hymn.
October 2025 Festivals:- 1-Saraswathi Poojai, Ayudha Puja; 2-Gandhi Jayanthi., Vijayadasami; 10-Karwa Chauth; 20-Deepavali; 22-Kandashashdi Begins; 27 -Soorasamharam.
21-Amavasai; 6-Pournami; 3,17 Ekadhasi ;
October 1 Wednesday
1. What should be accepted?
Guru’s advice should be accepted
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October 2 Thursday
2. What should be avoided?
Bad acts should be avoided.
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October 3 Friday
3. Who is the Guru?
He who knows the truth and thinks of the good of his students.
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October 4 Saturday
4. What should be done speedily?
Attain salvation by avoiding repeated birth and deaths.
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October 5 Sunday
5. What is good for you?
Dharma is good for you.
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October 6 Monday
6. Who is learned?
He who is wise is learned.
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October 7 Tuesday
7. What is poisonous?
Disregarding advice of elders is poisonous.
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October 8 Wednesday
8. What is the ultimate of ordinary life?
The ultimate is thinking about the ultimate.
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October 9 Thursday
9. What should men yearn for?
They should yearn for the good of themselves and others.
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October 10 Friday
10. What makes you tipsy like alcohol?
Desire (attachment) makes you tipsy like alcohol.
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October 11 Saturday
11. What is the climbing tendril in domestic life?
Desire is the climber.
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October 12 Sunday
12. Who is your enemy?
Laziness is your enemy.
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October 13 Monday
13. All people are afraid of what?
All of them are afraid of death.
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October 14 Tuesday
14. Who is blinder than the blind?
Man with desire is blinder than the blind.
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October 15 Wednesday
15. Who is valorous?
He who controls his mind is valorous.
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October 16 Thursday
16. What is the nectar which can be eaten by our ears?
Advice by great people is such nectar.
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October 17 Friday
17. What is the root for recognition?
Not asking for favours from any body is such a root.
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October 18 Saturday
18. What cannot be measured?
The damsel’s gait cannot be measured.
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October 19 Sunday
19. Who is wise?
He who is not deceived by women is wise.
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October 20 Monday
20. What is sorrow?
Being not satisfied is sorrow.
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October 21 Tuesday
21. What is debasing?
Being forced to beg from a debased man is debasing.
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October 22 Wednesday
22. What is hi-fi life?
Living a life without faults is hi-fi life.
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October 23 Thursday
23. What is ignorance?
Not getting trained in anything is ignorance.
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October 24 Friday
24. Who is awake?
Wise man is awake.
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October 25 Saturday
25. What is sorrow?
The foolishness of all living beings is sorrow.
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October 26 Sunday
26. What is transient like the water on a lotus leaf?
Youth, wealth and life span are transient.
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October 27 Monday
27. Who are similar to the rays of moon and do well to others?
Good people.
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October 28 Tuesday
28. What is hell?
It is being in the control of others.
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October 29 Wednesday
29. What is being all right?
It is forsaking everything.
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October 30 Thursday
30 What should be achieved?
You should try to do good to all people.
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October 31 Friday
31. What is dear to all animals?
Their soul is dear to all animals.
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(P R Ramachandran’s translation is used from shastra.com; thanks)
प्रश्नोत्तररत्नमालिका (Following is taken from Sanskritdocuments.org
कः खलु नालङ्क्रियते दृष्टादृष्टार्थसाधनपटीयान् ।
अमुया कण्ठस्थितया प्रश्नोत्तररत्नमालिकया ॥ १॥
भगवन् किमुपादेयं गुरुवचनं हेयमपि किमकार्यम् ।
को गुरुः अधिगततत्त्वः शिष्यहितायोद्यतः सततम् ॥ २॥
त्वरितं किं कर्तव्यं विदुषां संसारसन्ततिच्छेदः ।
किं मोक्षतरोर्बीजं सम्यक्ज्ञानं क्रियासिद्धम् ॥ ३॥
कः पथ्यतरो धर्मः कः शुचिरिह यस्य मानसं शुद्धम् ।
कः पण्डितो विवेकी किं विषमवधीरणा गुरुषु ॥ ४॥
किं संसारे सारं बहुशोऽपि विचिन्त्यमानमिदमेव ।
किं मनुजेष्विष्टतमं स्वपरहितायोद्यतं जन्म ॥ ५॥
मदिरेव मोहजनकः कः स्नेहः के च दस्यवो विषयाः ।
का भववल्लि तृष्णा को वैरी यस्त्वनुद्योगः ॥ ६॥
कस्माद्भयमिह मरणादन्धादिह को विशिष्यते रागी ।
कः शूरो यो ललनालोचनबाणैर्न च व्यधितः ॥ ७॥
पान्तुं कर्णाञ्जलिभिः किममृतमिह युज्यते सदुपदेशः ।
किं गुरुताया मूलं यदेतदप्रार्थनं नाम ॥ ८॥
किं गहनं स्त्रीचरितं कश्चतुरो यो न खण्डितस्तेन ।
किं दुःखं असन्तोषः किं लाघवमधमतो याच्ञा ॥ ९॥
किं जीवितमनवद्यं किं जाड्यं पाठतोऽप्यनभ्यासः ।
को जागर्ति विवेकी को निद्रा मूढता जन्तोः ॥ १०॥
नलिनीदलगतजलवत्तरलं किं यौवनं धनं चायुः ।
कथय पुनः के शशिनः किरणसमाः सज्जना एव ॥ ११॥
को नरकः परवशता किं सौख्यं सर्वसङ्गविरतिर्या ।
किं सत्यं भूतहितं प्रियं च किं प्राणिनामसवः ॥ १२॥
–SUBHAM–
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