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ALL ABOUT POETS! (Post No 2735)

20th C poets

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Date: 18 April 2016

 

Post No. 2735

 

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FROM MY 50 YEARS NOTEBOOKS

FUN WITH ENGLISH

 

ALL ABOUT POETS!

 

S.NAGARAJAN 

(FROM NOTEBOOK)

 american poets

WORLD OF POETS

—————————

 

A POET WHO SPENDS MUCH

                     – STEPHEN SPENDER

 

A POET WHO IS HARD IN WORDS

                     – THOMAS HARDY

 

A POET WHO LIES LEAST

                      – WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

 

A POET WHO HAS BRIDGES ON HIS OWN

                      –  ROBERT BRIDGES

 

A POET WHO PLAYS WITH WORDS

                        –   WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

 

A POET WHO LIVES IN A SHELL

                        –   PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

 

A POET WHO JUMPS SEEING A LAKE

                           –    WILLIAM BLAKE

 

A POET WHO SHAKES HIMSELF

                             –     WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

 

 poet types

AGE OF POETS

———————–

LUDVICO ARIOSO                     59  (ITALIAM POET)

ROBERT BURNS                         37  (SCOTTISH POET)

BYRON                                          36

JOE BRAINARD                          52 (AMERICAN POET)

SAMUEL BUTLER                      67

VICTOR HUGO                           83

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH     80

OLIVER GOLDSMITH              46

SHAKESPEARE                                  52

EDWIN ARNOLD                                32

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON            83

GOTHE                                                 83

JOHN MILTON                                   66

PERCY  BYSSHE SHELLEY            30

T S ELIOT                                             77

WALT WHITMAN                             73

KAHLIL GIBRAN                              48

OMAR KAYYAM                                83

MOHEMED IQPAL                            61

BANKIN CHANDRA CHATTARJE 56

RAVINDRANATH TAGORE            80

SAROJINI NAIDU                              70

DILIPKUMARROY                            83

SUBRAMANYA BHARATHIYAR    39

KAVIYOGI SUDDHANANDA

BHARATHIYAR                                  93

PAPANASAM SIVAN                          83

KAVIMANI DESIKA VINAYAGAM  78

NAMAKKAL RAMALINGAM

PILLAI                                                     84

KANNADASAN                                      54

BHARATHIDASAN                              93

 

 poetic terms

 

FROM MY 50 YEARS NOTEBOOKS

FUN WITH ENGLISH

 

A SHAKESPEAREAN IDYLL

 

S.NAGARAJAN 

(FROM NOTEBOOK)

 

WHO WERE THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM?

 

  • ROMEO AND JULIET

 

WHEN DID HE PROPOSE?

 

  • TWELFTH NIGHT

 

 

WHAT DID HE SAY?

 

  • AS YOU LIKE IT

 

 

FROM WHERE WAS THE RING OBTAINED?

 

    –  THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

 

 

WHO WERE THE CHIEF GUESTS?

 

  • ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
  • TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

 

 

WHO WERE THE BRIDEGROOM’S FRIENDS?

 

  • THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

 

 

WHO PREPARED THE WEDDING BREAKFAST?

 

  • THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

 

 

WHAT WAS THE HONEYMOON LIKE?

 

  • A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

 

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THEIR QUARREL?

 

  • THE TEMPEST

 

 

THEY HAD  MANY OTHERS, WHAT WAS THEIR MARRIED LIFE LIKE?

 

  • COMEDY OF ERRORS

 

 

WHAT WAS THE BRIDEGROOM’S CHIEF ACCUSATION?

 

  • THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

 

 

WHAT DID SHE GIVE HIM?

 

   – MEASURE FOR MEASURE

 

 

WHAT DID THEIR FRIENDS SAY?

 

  – ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL

 

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I laugh when I hear that fish in the water is thirsty! – Kabir (Post No 2734)

Clownfish and anemone

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Date: 17 April, 2016

 

Post No. 2734

 

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The great saint and poet Kabir says

The Jewel

The jewel is lost in the mud,

And all are seeking for it;

Some look for it in the East, and some in the West;

Some in the water and some amongst stones.

But the servant Kabir has appraised it at its true value, and has warpped it with care

In a corner of the mantle of his own heart.

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The Real is in Your Own Home

“I laugh when I hear that fish in the water is thirsty;

You do not see the Real in your home, and you wander from forest to forest listlessly!

Here is the truth! Go where you will, to Benares or to Mathura, if you do not find your soul, the world is unreal to you……

To what sore would you cross, O my heart? There is no traveller before you, there is no road……………..

There, there is neither mind nor body and where is the plae that shall still the thirst of the soul? You shall find naught in the emptiness.

Be strong, and enter into your own body; for there your foothold is firm. Consider it well O my heart! Go not elsewhere.

Kabir says :Put all imagination away, and stand fast in that which you are

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An Endless World

There is an endless world, O my brother,

And there is a nameless Being, of whom naught can be said:

Only he knows who has reached that region.

It is other than all that is heard or said

No form, no body, no length, no breadth is seen there;

How can I tell you that which it is?

Kabir says: “It cannot be told by the words of the mouth, it cannot be written on paper;

It is like a dumb person who tastes a sweet thing – how shall it be explained?

–Subham–

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‘Women are vainer than Men’ – Disproved!(Post No.2726)

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Date: 15 April, 2016

 

Post No. 2726

 

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Anecdotes about VANITY

It is not a Sin, it is a Mistake!

A young girl came to Father Healey of Dublin and confessed that she feared she had incurred the sin of vanity.

“What makes you think that?” asked Father Healey.

“Because very morning when I look into the mirror I think how beautiful I am.”

“Never fear, my girl, was the reassuring reply.

“That is not a sin, it is only a mistake.”

 

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Headstrong!

While D’Annunzio was living in France, a letter addressed to him simply with the words

To

“Italy’s Greatest Poet”

He declined to accept it, saying that he was not Italy’s greatest poet — he was the World’s Greatest Poet!

 

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Who is vain? Man or woman?

Miss Frances Keller of the Women’s Municipal League of New York illustrated at a dinner party a point she wished to make in reply to a man who had said,

“Women are vainer than men.”

“Of course”, Miss Keller answered, “I admit that women are vain and men are not. There are a thousand proofs that this is so. Why, the necktie of the handsomest man in this room is even now up the back of his collar.”

 

There were six men present and each of them put his hand gently behind his neck!

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City life and Village life

A young man, who had come to the city from a small rural community, had toiled diligently until at last he had attained some prominence in the banking world.

Belatedly he returned for a visit to his home town, half expecting that the greater part of the community would be marshalled out to meet him at the station, and that some considerable fuss would be made over the local boy who had made good.

To his disappointment, there was not a soul around when he alighted at the station platform. He waited doubtfully as several people came and went, none of them giving him so much as a glance.

At last he was recognised by an old baggage handler who shuffled forward and looked at him with some interest, “Hello, George!”, he said at last, “going away?”

–Subham–

 

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Classification of Women according to Age (Post No 2709)

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Date: 9 April, 2016

 

Post No. 2709

 

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1.Classification

Baalaa (age 11 to 16)- girl

Tarunii (age 17 to 30)- youth

Praudhaa (age 31 to 55) – Middle aged

Vrddhaa (age 55 and above) – Old aged

 

Yaavatsodasa sankyamabdamuditaa baalaa tatastrimsatam

Yaavatsyaattaruniiti bhaanavisikhaprakyam tu yaavatbhavet

 

Saa praudetyamidhiiyate kavivarairvrudhdhaa tadhuurdhvam smrtaa

Nindhyaa kaamakalaakalaapavidhishu tyaajyaa sadaa kaamibhih

–anangaranga 4-1

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azaki beauty old

2.Not eligible to claim women’s Property

Bhartaa – husband

Bhraatarah – brothers

Sutaah – sons

Pitaa – father

Na bhartaa naiva ca sutaa pitaa bhraataro na ca

Aadaanae vaa vasarge vaa striidhane prabhavishnavah

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3.Adornment of women

Kacadhaarya – hair dress

Dehadhaarya – make up

Paridheya – attire

Vilepana – unguents

Kacadhaaryam dehadhaaryam paridheyam vilepanam

Caturdhaa bhuushanam praahuh striinaamanyacca daisikam

 

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4.Women who attained realisation

Maitreyii

Sulabhaa

Saarngii

Saandilii

 

Maitreyii sulabhaa saarngii saandilii ca tapasvinii

Striitvepraaptaah paraam siddhimanyajanma samaadhitah

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People offering prayers to Sun God during Chhat festival at Juhu Beach Mumbai . Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty 17-11-15, Mumbai

5.Things forbidden for Women

Vapanam – tonsuring of head

Gaamanuvrajanam – following a cow

Raatrau gosthe vaasah – staying in a cow-pen at night

Vaidikii-suukta paatha – reciting Vedic mantra

Na striinaam vapanam kuryaat na ca saa gaamanuvrajet

Na ca raatrau vasegoshthe na kuryaat vaidikiim srutim

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6.Women to be remembered in the morning

Ahalyaa

Draupadii

Seetaa

Taaraa

Mandodari

 

Ahalyaa, Draupadii, Seetaa, Taaraa, Mandodari tathaa

Panchakanyaah smaren nityam sarva mahaapaataka nasanam

 

Meaning:

By remembering the Five Pure Women Ahalya, Draupadi, Sita, Tara and Mandodari all the great sins are wiped out or destroyed.

 

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flower picking

7.Five Mothers

Following five women are considered equal to mothers:

Raja patnii – king’s wife

Guru patnii –  teacher’s wife

Bhraatpatnii – brother’s wife

Patniimataa –mother-in-law

Svamaataa – one’s own mother

 

Raaja patni Guroho patni bhraatru patni thadaiva cha

Patnimaathaa svamaathaa panchaitaa maatara smrutaahaa

–Chanakya Niti

Queen (King’s wife), Teacher’s wife, Brother’s wife, own mother and wife’s mother (Mother in law) are considered mother.

 

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Source :-

Sankhya sanketa kosa, Volume 1,The Kuppusswami Sastri Research Institute, Chennai.

–subham—

 

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Date: 7 April, 2016

 

Post No. 2703

 

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Modesty Anecdotes

Cato, the Roman statesman (95 BCE), on observing that statues were being set up in honour of many remarked, “I would rather people ask, why is not there a statue to Cato, than why there’s”.

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Mr President!

Abraham Lincoln was free from the usual official vanity. He rather shrank from than courted the official title of Mr President, and generally referred to his office as “this place”, “since I have been in this place” or “since I came here”.

Referring at one time to the apartment reserved in the Capitol for him, he called it “the room, you know, that they call the President’s room.”

Once he pleaded with some old Illinois friends who addressed him as “Mr President”,
“Now call me Lincoln, and I will promise not to tell of the breach of etiquette”.

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Male and Female author books on the same shelf!!!

Madame de Genlis carried her purity of Manners to such an extent, that she reprimanded the book seller who had the arrangement of her library, for having placed books written by male and female authors on the same shelf.

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Boot Polishing Lincoln!

 

A man came upon Lincoln blacking his boots in the basement of the White House. He expressed astonishment that the President of the United States should be at such a menial task.

“What! Mr. President,” he exclaimed, “are you blacking your own boots?”

“Who else’s should I be blacking?” Lincoln’s laconic reply.

 

boot polishing

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Most Immodest Lady!

When conversation in a company in which Dr Johnson was present had fallen upon rather a delicate topic, one of the ladies, with an expression of great displeasure, rose and left the room.
“That woman”, said the doctor, “is the most immodest of all the company”.

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If there is Fire, I first!

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F.W.Wile tells how, “Once when a group of Washington newspaper men wanted Secretary of State Hughes to attend a dinner at which a number of first rank foreign statesmen were to be present I was a committee of one to ask him where he wished to be seated at table. That was long before Dollie Gann an Alice Longworth all but caused social civil war in Washington over dinner table precedence. “You need never worry about that in my case”, Hughes said, “The only place I ever want to be first is at a fire!”

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Modesty of Principal Cairns

A characteristic story is told of the great Principal Cairns, one of the most simple- minded and humble of men. Attending a great public meeting on one occasion in Edinburgh, which was densely crowded, his appearance on the platform was received with loud cheers. Never imagining that it was for himself, he turned and saw following him a man of diminutive stature, and totally unknown.

Taking him to be the object of popular applause, he stepped aside to let him pass, and as he did so began an enthusiastically to join in the clapping. The act, so characteristic of the man, was received with uproarious delight, and fairly brought down the house.

–Subham–

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“No Cabinet Minister is Indispensable!” Abraham Lincoln (Post No.2700)

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Statue of Plato.

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Date: 6 April, 2016

Post No. 2700

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Modesty anecdotes

 

Plato’s Story about Spirits
Plato tells a fable of how spirits of the other world came back to find bodies and places to work. One took the body of a poet and did his work. Finally, Ulysses came and said,
“All the fine bodies have been taken and all the grand work done. There is nothing for me”.

“Yes”,said a voice, “the best has been left for you – the body of a common man, doing a common work for a common reward”.

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Respectable Ladies thrown out!
A t Lyon assizes, in France, before the trial of a certain case, the presiding judge remarked on seeing the court crowded with ladies:
“The persons composing the audience are probably not aware of the nature of the case about to be tried. I therefore feel it incumbent on me to request all respectable women to withdraw”.

Not one of the ladies stirred from her place.

“Usher”, the judge continued, “now that all the respectable women have left, turn the others out”.

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lincoln speeches
Let him resign; no one is a national necessity!
Salmon P Chase, when Secretary of the Treasury, had a disagreement with other members of the Cabinet, and resigned.
The President was urged not to accept it as “Secretary Chase is today’s national necessity”, his advisers said.

“How mistaken you are!” Lincoln quietly observed, “yet it is not strange. I used to have similar notions.
No! if we should all be turned out tomorrow and could come back here in a week, we should find our places filled by a lot of fellows doing just as well as we did, and in many instances better”.

“Now, this reminds me of what the Irish man said. His verdict was that ‘in this country one man is as good as another. And, for the matter of that, very often a great deal better’. No, this government does not depend upon the life of any man.

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Learno da Vinci’s modesty

Vasari relates that when Learnado da Vinci lay on his death bed, the King came to visit and cheer him. He raised himself as far as he could in the Royal presence and lamented that he offended God and man in that he had not laboured in art as he ought to have done.

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Picture of Pederewski

Piano at Beethoven Museum

In Bonn, the home of Beethoven has been converted into a memorial museum. In one of the rooms, roped off from curious hands, is the Piano upon which Beethoven composed many of his great works. A Vassar girl visiting the shrine with a party of American students, looked upon the instrument with awe and asked the guard, with the additional persuader of a generous tip, if she might play upon for a minute. The permission was granted and she sat at the piano and strummed out a few bars of the ‘Moonlight Sonata’.

Departing she remarked to the guard, “I suppose all the great pianists who have come here at one time or another played on it”.

The guard said, “No, Miss, Paderewski (famous Polish pianist) was here two years ago; but said he was not worthy to touch it”.
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–Subham–
 

 

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Eight Great Writers’ Views on the Role of a King (Post No.2688)

SIVAJI ON THRONE

picture of great Hindu King Veera Sivaji

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Date: 2 April, 2016

 

Post No. 2688

 

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King of kerala

1.Kautilya/ Chanakya

Harmlessness, truthfulness, purity, freedom from spite, abstinence from cruelty and forgiveness are duties common to us all.  Hence the king shall never allow the people to swerve from their Dharma; for whoever upholds his own duty even adhering to the customs of the cultured will surely be happy both here and hereafter.  For the world, when maintained in accordance with injunctions of the Vedas, will surely progress, but never perish.

 

2.Sukra

How can the man who is unable to subdue his mind and senses master the world? The king should first provide discipline to himself, then to his sons and then to ministers, then to servants, then to the subjects.

 

3.Tiruvalluvar (Tamil Poet)

He is a lion among leaders who has these six: an army, subjects, wealth, ministers, allies and fortifications (Kural 381);courage, liberality, wisdom and zeal – these four qualities form royal features (Kural 382); the three things alertness, learning and bravery should never be wanting in the ruler of a country (Kural 383).

 

4.Manu

When creatures, being without a king, were through fear dispersed in all directions, the Lord created a king for the protection of this whole creation, the king who properly inflicts punishment prospers, but he who is voluptuous, partial and deceitful, will be destroyed, even through the unjust punishment which he inflicts. (Manu Smriti, seventh chapter)

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Picture of King of Cochin

5.Vyasa

All creatures rest upon righteousness. All creatures grow in the growth of

Righteousness and decay with its decay. Righteousness is called dharma. The sages, O king, have declared that Dharma restrains and sets bounds to all evil acts of men.  The Lord created Dharma for the advancement and growth of creatures.

 

6.Mosikeeranar (Sangam Tamil Poet)

The life breath of this vast land is the king. Paddy is not life; water is not life. The king should know that he is the life of the world/people (Verse 186, Purananuru).

 

7.Vivekananda

The king is like the lion; in hi are present both the good and evil propensities of the lord of the beasts. Kings are the centres where all the forces of society, otherwise loosely scattered about, are made to converge and from which they start and course through the body politic and animate society. But the king forgets that those forces are only stored with him so that he may increase and give them back.

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Picture of Hoysala King Vishnuvardhan

8.Mahatma Gandhi

Government over self is the truest Swaraj; it is synonymous with Moksha or salvation. The first step to Swaraj lies in the individual. The great truth: As with the individual so with the universe, is applicable here as elsewhere.  A drowning man cannot save others. In order to fit to save others, we must try to save ourselves. The individual, being pure, sacrifices himself for the family, the latter for the village, the village for the district, the district for the province, the province for the nation, the nation for all.

 

 

–Subham–

 

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Attention Narendra Modi! Vyasa and Manu on Rulers (Post No. 2684)

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Post No. 2684

 

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Vyasa says:

“A king should be

farsighted like a vulture,

patient like a crane,

vigilant like a dog,

valiant like a lion,

fearful like a crow,

and penetrate the territories of his foes

like a snake with ease and without anxiety.

 

Sama, Dana, Beda, Danda and Pancha Tantra

A king should win over a hero

By joining his palms,

A coward by inspiring him with fear,

And a covetous man by gifts of wealth

While with an equal he should wage a war.

 

He should be mindful of producing disunion among the leaders of sects and of conciliating those that are dear to him. He should protect his ministers from disunion and destruction.

 

If he becomes stern, the people feel it an affliction. The rule is that he should be stern when the occasion requires sternness and mild when the occasion requires mildness.

 

By mildness should the mild be cut. By mildness one may destroy that which is fierce. There is nothing that mildness cannot effect. For this reason mildness is said to be sharper than fierceness. That king who becomes mild when the occasion requires mildness and who becomes stern when some sternness is required succeeds in accomplishing all his objects, and putting down his foes.

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Manu says,

 

In Chapter 7 of Manu Smrti he explains the duties of kings in detail. Some of the important points are as follows:

(7-2) A ruler should protect all the people under his rule

(7-3) When the world was without a king, people lived in fear. And so the Lord created the kingship to protect his people.

(7-4) a king should be like Yama, Indra, Vayu, Agni, Surya/sun, Chandra/moon, Kubera.

(each one stands for one good quality)

Respect even a little boy!

(7-8) A king should not treat even a little boy with disrespect. He must think that he is a human being; for this is a great deity standing there in the form of a man.

(7-43)From those who have the triple learning he should acquire triple learning, the eternal science of politics and punishment, philosophy, and the knowledge of the soul; and from the people he should learn the trades and enterprises.

 

(7-44) Day and night he should make a great effort to conquer his sensory powers. Then only he can keep his subjects under control.

 

(7-45) He should avoid the ten vices that arise from desire and eight that are born of anger.

They are

Hunting,

Gambling

Sleeping by day

Malicious gossip

Women

Drunkenness

Music

Singing

Dancing

Aimless wandering (Ten vices)

Slander,

Physical violence

Malice

Envy

Resentment

Destruction of property

Verbal abuse

Assault (eight vices born out of anger)

It is very interesting to read Manu’s views on kings. He gives the examples of fallen kings from the mythology. The list makes very interesting reading. I will give them separately with the commentaries of famous commentators.

–Subam-

 

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In India Rain drops turn into Pearls and Rubies! (Post No.2678 )

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Date: 30 March,2016

 

Post No. 2678

 

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Arab writers praised India sky high; here are two notes:–

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India is a land where when rain falls it turns into pearls and rubies for those who have no ornaments; from here come musk camphor, amber and aloe wood, and various kinds of perfumes for those who require them; here grow all sweet smelling substances and nutmeg and andropogonnadus; here are found ivory and jai-phal, and aloe wood and sandal, and here is found in abundance the mineral tutia; here are found lions, leopards, elephants and bears; and here are found cranes and parrots, and peacocks and pigeons; and here grow the coconut tree and ebony tree and pepper plant; and here are made the unparalleled swords which need not be polished, and the lances which when wielded, large armies are routed; who can deny the excellence of such a land except fools?

Arabic writer Atharul Bilad, Al-Qazvini

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Indians are the Most Advanced

The Indians are the first (most advanced), very large in number and belonging to a noble country. All the ancient peoples have acknowledged their wisdom and accepted their excellence in the various branches of knowledge. The kings of china used to call the Indian kings the kings of wisdom because of their great interest in sciences. The Indians, therefore according to all the nations throughout the ages had been the mines of wisdom, and the fountains of justice and administration. But on account of the great distance of india from our country, few of their compositions reached us. And, therefore only a small portion of their sciences was received by us.

 

We learnt of only a few of their scholars. In astronomy, for example there are three schools of thought in India

1.The school of Siddhanta

2.The school of Arjbar (Aryabhatta)

3.The school of Arkand (Khandakhadyaka)

But in spite of our efforts we received only the theory of Siddhanta. And this is the theory which is followed by a group of Muslim scholars who based their astronomical tables on it.

In music we have received from them the book called Yafar(?) it literally means ‘the fruits of wisdom’. It contains the principles of modulation and the collections of tunes. And what reached us of their science of ethics is the book “Kalila Wa Dimna’’(Panchatantra stories) which is widely known. And what reached us of their works on arithmetic is the one which has been collaborated by Abu Jafar Muhammed b. Musa al- Khawrizmi. This is the shortest process of calculation easiest to learn. It proves the sharp intelligence of Indians, their creative genius and their excellence in invention.

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Arabic writer Abu Mashar al –Balkhi

–subham–

 

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It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait (Post No.2672)

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April, 2016 Good Thoughts Calendar

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Date: 28 March 2016

 

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30 Proverbs and Sayings on ‘EXPERIENCE’

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Date: 28 March,2016

 

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Festivals in April, 2016: 8th April-Telugu New Year Day/Ugadi/Vasanta Navaratri begins; 14th – Tamil New Year(Durmukhi) Day, 15th – Ram Navami, 21st – Chitra Pournami; April  20 – Madurai Ratotsavam

 

 

 

Auspicious Days:  4,  25, 29;

 

Full Moon/Purnima- 21

 

New Moon/Amavasya- 6/7

 

Ekadasi Fasting Days: 3, 17/18

 

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April 1 Friday

Drawing skills improve by the constant use of hand, Tamil skill improves by the constant use of tongue (speaking)- Tamil Proverb

 

 

April 2 Saturday

The more you sing, the more your voice improves, the more you cover your disease, the more it grows – Tamil Proverb

 

April 3 Sunday

The more you strike, even the grinding stone moves – Tamil Proverb

 

April 4 Monday

Even an ant can make a line on the stone by constantly using it – Tamil proverb

  

April 5 Tuesday

Experience is the mother of wisdom

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April 6 Wednesday

Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom

 

April 7 Thursday

Experience without learning is better than learning without experience

 

April 8 Friday

Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist

 

April 9 Saturday

The person who kills 1000, is half a doctor (kills means treats here)

 

April 10 Sunday

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.

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April 11 Monday

Practice makes perfect

 

April 12 Tuesday

Custom makes all things easy.

 

April 13 Wednesday

Experience is the best teacher

 

April 14 Thursday

By writing you learn to write

 

April 15 Friday

Experience is the mistress of fools

 

April 16 Saturday

Once bitten, twice shy

 

April 17 Sunday

The burnt child dreads the fire

 

April 18 Monday

A cat that knows what is hot – Tamil proverb

 

April 19 Tuesday

He that has been bitten by a serpent, is afraid of a rope.

 

April 20 Wednesday

Let another’s ship wreck be your sea-mark

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April 21 Thursday

It is good to learn at other men’s cost

April 22 Friday

It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait

 

April 23 Saturday

You can do a mistake; but you repeat the same mistake, I wont tolerate it – My Editor A N Sivaraman to us in Madurai Dinamani Desk.

 

April 24 Sunday

He that deceives me once, shame fall him; if he deceive me twice, shame fall me.

 

April 25 Monday

In Tamil Chettiyar community, they never write ‘loss Rs100’, but write ‘lesson learnt Rs100’ instead (in their accounts book; Budhi Kolmuthal in Tamil)

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April 26 Tuesday

He that stumbles twice over one stone, deserves to break his shins.

 

April 27 Wednesday

In war, it is not permitted twice to err.

 

April 28 Thursday

Turn your wounds into wisdom –Oprah Winfrey

 

April 29 Friday

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour (Failure is the first step to success- Tamil Proverb)

 

April 30 Saturday

People never learn anything being told, they have to find out for themselves – Paulo Coelho

 

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–subham–

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