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3 Hospitality Anecdotes!!!

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Date: 2 November 2015.

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American Farmer’s Hospitality?

Daniel Webster was once bested by one of the farmers of his native state. He had been hunting at some distance from his Inn, and rather than make the long trip back, he approached farm house some considerable time after dark and pounded on the door. An upstairs window was raised and the farmer, with head thrust out, called, “What do you want?”

“I want to spend the night here”, said Webster.

“All right. Stay there,” said the farmer. Down went the window.

How to find my house?

Andrew Lang at one time lived in the very far reaches of a London suburb. Inviting a friend to dinner, he instructed him how to get to the house. After long and explicit explanations he wound up saying, “Just walk along Cromwell Road’. Keep on walking until you drop dead of exhaustion, and my house is just opposite.”

Never say No!

Alice James, wife of William James, says that often during evenings her husband would exclaim, “Are we never to have an evening alone? Must we always talk to people every night?” And she would answer, “I will see that whoever calls tonight is told that you are strictly engaged.”

So they would settle down to their quiet evening. Presently the doorbell would ring and Alice would go to the entry, to make sure that her instructions were carried out; but close behind her would be William, exclaiming, “Come in! Come right in!”

Source: Old book: Encyclopaedia of Anecdotes

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Short story: Teachers’ Profession- A Noble Profession

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Date: 31 October 2015.

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Swami Ramtirth was born of poor parents. He suffered great hardships in order to go to college. He had often to forego food and clothes so that with the money thus save he might be able to afford oil for his earthen study lamp.

But Swami Ramtirth was so intelligent that the Principal of the Government College, Lahore, where he was studying, once thought of sending up his name for Civil Service Examination. However, when he heard of this, he went up to the Principal and said to him in all humility, “Sir, I have been working hard not in order that I may sell the harvest (knowledge), which I shall soon reap, but to share it with others. I therefore, prefer to be an ordinary teacher to being a high official.

Ancient Academy

In one of the ancient academies the students had a three years’ course. In the first year they were called the wise men.

In the second year they were called philosophers – those whowished to be wise men.

In the third year they were called disciples, learners.

Gurur Brahma, Gurur Vishnu Gurur Devo Maheswara:

India is the only country in the world where the teacher was elevated to the status of God. He was considered the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer (of ignorance). He is placed next to Mother and father in the order paying respect: Mata, Pita, Guru/Teacher, Deivam. Even God comes next to him. Dr Radhakrishnan’s Birth Day Fifth September (who became President of India later) is celebrated as Teachers day every year.

Taittiriya Upansishad says,

Acharya Devo Bhava, meaning, ‘Consider the Teacher your God’.

If a student commits any mistake or sin, that is taken by the Guru.

Kalidasa says,

Question not the preceptor’s precepts in Raghuvamsa (14-46)

Aanjaa guruunaam hyavcaaraniiyaa

The concept of teacher is very unique to Hindu culture. At the end of 12 to 14 year study at Guru’s place they have to pay a fee. There are lot of stories about this Guru Dakshina (fee). Drona asked Ekalavya fis thumb, because he learnt secretly hiding behind trees what is meant to be for only Royals. Arjuna fought with Drupada, King of Punjab, and brought him as a prisoner and submitted him as Gurudakshina. There are several stories in Hindu Books where strange Guru dakshninas were given to their Gurus.

Vyasa occupied the highest position among Hindu Gurus and so his day was chosen as the day for Guru Puja. Every year, students go to their teachers’ houses and pay respects on Vyasa Purnima. Without him, Hinduism would not have survived. He laid such a strong foundation by compiling the Vedas, Epics and Puranas.

–Subham–

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Hindu Couple: Proverbial Blessings in Tamil and Sanskrit!

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Date: 30 October 2015.

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Tamils wish a couple,

“May you prosper without fail, sending down fresh stems like a Banyan tree, taking root like the spreading Arugu grass and surrounded by friends and relatives like the Bamboos” (Three plants re mentioned)

(Tamil: Aal pol vizuthu vittu, arugu pol aver odi, muungil pola suRRum musiyaamal vaazka)

There is a similar blessing in the Rig Veda quoted by Romesh Chunder Dutt (1848-1909) in his ‘Lays of Ancient India’,

“Happy man and beauteous bride

Be this place your home of pride!

Loving man and duteous wife

In peaceful union pass your life!

May prattling children fill your home with peace,

And lisping babes their grand-sire’s bliss increase!”

The lord on his gifts bestow

And happy children round us grow

Loving man and duteous wife

In peaceful union pass your life!

–Rig Veda 10-85

Get all the 16 !

Another popular Tamil blessing to the couple is

“May you have sixteen and live most prosperously”

Some people interpret it as sixteen children, which is wrong.

The sixteen mean the following

1).Name and Fame 2).Good Education 3).Energy/Will power 4).Victory 5).Good Children 6).Gold/Prosperity/Wealth 7).Grains/paddy/wheat/no lack of food 8).Good Karma 9).Intelligence 10).Beauty 11).Pride 12).Ever Young/Youthful 13).Courage 14).Good Health 15).Long Life Span 16).Enjoyment (Sexual/sensual)

There is another version which replaces some of the above with Good Company, Faith in God, Good Wife, worry free mind, Satya/Truthfulness. In short all good things in life for a happy, healthy long life.

Tricky Blessing: Deerga Sumangali Bhavah

Whenever a married woman prostrate before an elderly or saintly person, she is blessed “Live with your husband for ever (You should never become a widow).This is a very tricky blessing given to women. It may mean several things

1.Both of you should live a long life and you should die as a Sumangali before your husband (as a married woman, never as a widow).

2.This will avoid suffering without husband at the evening of one’s life

3.This will avoid her committing Sati i.e. dying with her husband in the funeral pyre

4.This will give her husband a very long life. Instead of blessing both of you should live longer, if one says that you should be a married woman with mangala Sutra around your neck for ever, that means your husband should live as long as you live.

With this tricky blessing, Yama (God of Death) was duped by Savitri. When he gave her the boon to be a Sumangali for ever, her dead husband was revived. This is the most famous story among Hindu women (Satyavan- Savitri).

In short if a woman is blessed to be Sumangali for ever, that means both herself and her husband will live a long happy, married life.

This blessing is found in 2000 year old Tamil Sangam literature as well (Akam verse 86 line 19: Peril Kizaththi Aka)

–subham–

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November 2015 Good Thoughts Calendar

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Date: 29 October 2015

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WE ARE GIVING 30 BEAUTIFUL QUOTATIONS FROM Suktisudha, Chinmya International Foundation Publication. These quotations are on the qualities of Good persons.

Every month Quotations from Hindu sources are given in the Good Thoughts Calendar.

Important Days: (Two Important Festivals: Deepavali and Kartika Deepam)

NOVEMBER 10 DEEPAVALI (IN TAMIL NADU),

11 DIWALI (IN NORTH INDIA) ;

12- Skanda Sashti Fasting begins, 14- Children’s Day in India; 17-Skanda sashti & Sura Samharam, also First of Kartika Month-Ayyappa devotees fasting starts, 25- Kartikai Deepam at Tiruvannamalai Temple, 26- Pancharatra Deepam.

EKADASI -November 7, 22

AMAVASAI/NEW MOON- November 11

PURNIMA /FULL MOON- 25 (Krittika Full Moon Day)

AUSPICIOUS DAYS: November 2, 8, 13, 15,18, 22, 27, 29, 30

November 1 Sunday

Aajnaa caranamevaahuh mukhyamaaradhanam sataam YV(Yogavasishta) 6-23-4

Following the instructions of the noble is the best way to adore them.

November 2 Monday

Aatmalajjayaiva satpurusaa naacaaravelaam langhayanti JM (Jatakamala)

Noble men do not cross the boundaries of good conduct due to the sense of shame.

November 3 Tuesday

Adau cite tatah kaaye sataam sampadyate jaraa PT (Pancha tantra) 1-167

In the case of the noble,old age sets in the mind and then in the body.

November 4 Wednesday

Araksyo raksyate cauro pupakaariiti sajjanaih KSS (Katha Sarit Sagar)

Even an undeserving thief will be protected by the good, like a kindred soul.

November 5 Thursday

Astasamayepi sataamucitam khaluuccatarameva pad am SV (Sisupalavadha) 9.5

The noble remain on the high pedestal even at the time of death.

November 6 Friday

Aapatsvapi na siidanti sataam satparikrayaah kriyaah BM (Bharatamanjari)1-12-455

The good deeds of the noble do not beat a retreat during hardships

November 7 Saturday

Aapannnarti prasamanaphalaa sampado hyuttamaanaam MES (Megasandesa) 1-53

The wealth of the great is meant to dispel the distress of the afflicted

November 8 Sunday

Asthire jiivite hyaasthaa Kaza dhanesu manasvinah KSS

When life itself is fickle, what regard the noble will the noble repose in wealth?

November 9 Monday

Upakaaraparah svabhaavatah satatam sarvajanasya sajjanah SV 16-22

It is inborn in noble people to help all always.

November 10 Tuesday

Upacaritavyaah santo yadyapi kathayanti naikamupadesam KR (kahavatratnakar)

The saints deserve to be served though a single instruction may not escape their lips.

November 11 Wednesday

Kadaapi satpurusaa ssokapaatraatmaano na bhavAnti AS (Abijnana Sakuntala)6

Never do the noble give way to despondency.

November 12 Thursday

Karunaardraa hi sarvajanasya santokaranabaandhavah – KS (Kumarasambhava ) 12-34-20

Compassionate saints are the selfless friends of all beings.

November 13 Friday

Kartavyam hi sataam vacah KSS

Adhere to the words of the noble.

November 14 Saturday

Gunameva vakti sadhur dosamasaadhuh prakasaayati SRB (Subasita ratna Bhandakara)2-117

The noble extols virtues, the ignoble highlight vices alone.

November 15 Sunday

Gunaadhyasya satah pumsah stutau lajjaiva bhuusanam

Embarrassment is the ornament of the noble when they are eulogised

November 16 Monday

Gunaadhyo Aadhya ucyate BP (Bhagavatapurana) 11-19-43

The virtuous are verily venerable.

November 17 Tuesday

Gunaanaameva daurgunyam sajjano yairvisiidati

It is the merits that are faulted when the virtuous are distressed.

November 18 Wednesday

Channaa bhavAnti bhuvi satpurusaah kathanchit AM(Avimaraka)1-6

Good men somehow remain obscured in this world

November 19 Thursday

Disatyapaayam how sataamatikramah KA (Kiratarjuniya) 14-9

Disregarding the noble portends danger.

November 20 Friday

Prasaadasaumyaani sataam suhrjjane pat anti caksuumsi na daarunaah AS 6-29

The good reserve only soft affectionate looks for their friends, and not lethal arrows.

November 21 Saturday

Dvisataamapi maanasaanyaavarjayanti sadvrttaanuvartinah JM

Those who perform good deeds conquer even the minds of their opponents.

November 22 Sunday

Na katthanaatsatpurusaa bhavanti VR (Valmiki Ramayana) 6-71-58

Mere bragging does not make one noble.

November 23 Monday

Na kalyanaasayaah paapaprataaranaamanudhiiyante JM

The virtuous never indulge in sin.

November 24 Tuesday

Nirgunesvapi satvesu dayaam kurvanti saadhavah HU (Hitopadesa) 1-61

The noble are merciful even to those worthless ones.

November 25 Wednesday

Pranaamaantah sataam kopah SRB 3-190

The ire of the noble abates by surrender.

November 26 Thursday

Margamaaryam prapannasya naanumanyeta kah puma an VR 2-115-6

Who will not honour the man who treads the noble path?

November 27 Friday

Raksanti santah p ratios namartam

The good safeguard the wealth earned.

November 28 Saturday

Ripumapyupakaarena vasikurvanti saadhavah RM (Ramayana manjari)5-3-79

The noble win over their foes by helping them.

November 29 Sunday

Vaagekaa vaagminah satah SV 2-109

The eloquent wise speak but one word

November 30 Monday

Prahvesvanirbandharuso hi santah RV (Raghuvamsa)16-80

The noble surely have no lasting ire towards the humble.

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Ways to Identify Fools and Idiots!!

comedians acted like fools just to educate and entertain us.

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Date: 28 October 2015

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Sanskrit literature touches every subject matter under the sun. The poets even composed couplets on fools and idiots. By reading such Slokas/couplets, we can easily identify the fools. We learn from them not to behave like fools.

To illustrate stupidity, Sanskrit literature use the simile of a person sitting on the top branch of a tree and cutting down the trunk. Even the great poet Kalidasa was described as stupid in the beginning and becam a great scholar by the grace of Goddess Kali.

Stupid Lady at Shakespeare’s Birth Place

Stupidity is not the monopoly of any particular race or religion though we hear lot of jokes about a particular community or religious group.

A lady visiting Stratford –on-Avon, the birth place of Shakespeare, showed even more than the usual fervour. She had not recovered when she reached the railway station, for she remarked to a friend as they walked on the platform: “To think that it was from this very platform the immortal bard would depart whenever he journeyed to town!”

Following story is from my previous article:

Story from a Tamil Proverb

The story goes that a certain man who was the important person in a town lost his mother. A lot of people came to console him and said, “O, Your mother was a great person. She was a mother to everyone. Now the village will be like a motherless child”. This is the Tamil way of consoling. One of the youths among the crowd was a fool. He did not know anything, but just pretended to be intelligent by imitating everyone. He also said the same thing to the grieving VIP. It went on very well for a time. But one day another important person in the town lost his wife. Now that he knew what to say in such a bereavement, he first went to express his condolences. He blindly followed the previous condolence message, “ O, Your wife was a great wife. She was not only wife to you but was wife to everyone in the village. Now the villagers look like a wifeless husband”. The people who watched him saying this, thrashed him and threw him out!

I am pretty sure that every one of us would have done something foolish in our life. That is not unusual. But repeating the same mistake will push us into the category of FOOLS!

Here below is the identification of stupid people:

Duuratah sobate muurko lambasaataptavrutah

A fool looks bright from a distance, with long beautiful attire around him.

(If anyone goes near him, they can easily recognise him as an ignoramus; Tip top dress won’t save him)

Taavascha sobate muurko, yaavatkinchinna bhaasate – Hitopadesa

As long as a fool doesn’t open his mouth he shines!

Na sobate sabaamatye hamsamadye bhako yataa

A fool in the assembly (of learned) is like a crane amidst swans.

Apanditaanaam sangoabydayavibangah

Friendship with the unlearned is the end of good things.

Artho gato ghoshamupaiti nuunam

Empty vessels definitely make much noise

Asubam vaakyamaadatte puriishamiva suukarah – Mahabharata

Like the pigs seek poo, bad people seek only bad things

Kashtam kalu muurkatvam – Chanakya neethi

Is it not difficult to be a fool?

-Subham-

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Even if you are a king, you are a student in the school!

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Date: 22 October 2015

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“Vidya Vinaya Samapanne – Panditah sama darsinah”

‘The wise look with the same eye on a Brahmin endowed with learning and humility, a cow, an elephant, dog and an outcaste too’ – Bhagavad Gita 5-18

Great learning brings great humility. Inside the school all students are equal. Whether you are the son/daughter of a rich man or poor man, king or popper, the most famous leader or a notorious killer, a students is a student. They receive the same education and treatment. The first lesson they learn is humility. Forgetting all their social status, they brush shoulder with shoulder. There is a Tamil proverb which says,

“Even if you are the king of Delhi, you are a student in the school”

(Dillikku Rajaavaanaalum, Pallikku Pillay—in Tamil)

Here is an anecdote from a 100 year old book to illustrate this point:–

Dr.Richard Busby (1606-1695), the most famous of English school masters, was appointed Head-master of Westminster School (London) in 1640 and he discharged the duties of his office until death. He is the type of pedagogues alike for learning, assiduity and the application of the birch. As a most successful teacher for over half a century, he bred up the greatest number of learned scholars that ever adorned any age or nation.

Once when the Sovereign of the land paid a visit to his school, Dr Busby took His Majesty over the class rooms with his hat on, and when he was asked how he had dared to neglect that politeness which was due to kings, he replied that he was the monarch of his realm and within the four corners of his little kingdom, his pupils should not know that there was a greater man than he.

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Woodrow Wilson on Honorary Degrees!

When Woodrow Wilson was President of Princeton University, he deplored the promiscuous giving of honorary degrees

“Our universities have learned of late,” he said, “to distribute honorary degrees judiciously. But in the past, well, in the past I met an uncouth person at a dinner, and, being told by an acquaintance that he had three degrees, I asked why it was.

“Well”, said my friend, “ the third was given because he had two,the second because he had one and the first because he had none.”

–Subham–

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10,000 Kisses! Frightening Kiss! Definition of Kiss!!

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Post No.2260

Date: 20 October 2015

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Edwin Booth was a nineteenth century American actor who performed in Shakespearean plays around the world.

Edwin was very shy about women. He tells of a harrowing experience that once befell him on a tour, when he had lain down to rest in his rom and failed to lock his door. “I heard a sound and opened my eyes. The door was being stealthily opened. I felt it was a woman. I couldn’t move. She came in – the most determined woman I ever saw. She was tall, and gaunt, and strange. She couldn’t help seeing I was trembling. She came to the bed, looked down upon me. Without smiling she bent over me – and kissed me on the mouth. She didn’t say a word. She walked out of the room. I never was so frightened in my life. I bolted the door when it was too late, but I am not over it yet. I have tried to reason it out, but I can’t. she was not silly. She looked to be the last woman on earth to care for kissing. I should say she was a hard woman.”

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What is a Kiss?

The witty Oliver Herford has defined a kiss as, “A course of procedure, cunningly devised, for the mutual stoppage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.”

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Flirtation

Gilbert Stuart, the early American portrait painter, once met a lady on the street in Boston who saluted him with, “Ah! Mr.Stuart, I have just seen your miniature, and kissed it, because it was so much like you.”

“And did it kiss you in return?”

“Of course not!”, she answered laughing.

“Then”, said Stuart, “it was not like me.”

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Kiss to Right Hand only!

When in Washington, Lieutenant de Tessan, aide to Marsha Joffre and Colonel Fabry, was approached by a pretty girl who said:

“And did you kill a German soldier?”

“Yes”

“With what hand did you do it?”

“With this right hand”

The pretty American girl seized his right hand and kissed it. At this Colonel Fabry said:

“Heavens, man, why didn’t you tell her that you bit him to death?”

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10,000 Kisses to a War Hero!

No figure of a popular hero in American public life probably was ever as much kissed as Richard Pearson Hobson who had distinguished himself in the Spanish American War.

At a big function in Chicago, two pretty young cousins stood on tip toe and kissed him. This started the ball rolling, and all young ladies present, enamoured of the brave young Lieutenant, lined up to kiss him too. Count was kept up to one hundred and then given up. The audience stood by and rooted, calling out, “Good for Number 76!” and other helpful comments. The kissing went on for 36 minutes. With an average of five a minute.

The publicity arising from this incident led to its repetition in every city to which the hero toured. He collected some 10,000 or more in all. A caramel was put on the market, called “Hobson’s Kisses!”

Source: Collected from an Old Book of Anecdotes

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The tail is out!

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Date: 18 October 2015

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Once a Guru was teaching his disciples about the highest truth, but one of his disciples was not prepared to listen to or understand him. The guru was seated leaning against a wall and the disciple was facing him. In the wall there was a rat hole. When the teaching was going on, the rat was slowly proceeding towards the hole and all the attention was of the disciple was fixed on the rat. He was watching keenly what the rat was doing. It has almost entered the hole and its tail only was seen outside.

The guru coming to know that the disciple was not attending to him, asked,

“Do you listen to what I say?

Has what I told you entered your head?”

Suddenly the answer came from the disciple

“Yes, only the tail is out.”

Many disciples are of this type. So preparedness to imbibe spiritual teachings is necessary and that can only be through purification of the mind.

Story told by swami Ramdas of Anandashram

—Subham—

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16 வயதினிலே!

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Date: 14 October 2015

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1.ந உலூக அபி அவலோகதே யதி திவா சூர்யஸ்ய கிம் தூஷணம்? (பர்த்ருஹரி)

ஆந்தைக்கு பகலில் கண் தெரியாது; இது சூரியனுக்கு என்ன குறை?

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2.பத்ரம் நைவ யதா கரீர்விடபே தோஷோ வசந்தஸ்ய கிம்? (பர்த்ருஹரி)

கரீல செடியில் (துளசி) இலை இல்லாததற்கு வசந்த காலம் என்ன செய்யும்?

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3.ப்ராணீ ப்ராப்ய ருஜா புனர்ன சயனம் சீக்ரம் ஸ்வயம் முஞ்சதி –ஸ்வப்னவாசவதத்தம்

நோயாளி தானாகவே படுக்கையைவிட்டு உடனடியாக எழுவதில்லை

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4.ப்ராப்தே து ஷோடஸே வர்ஷே கர்தபீ சாப்யப்சராயதே.

16 வயது வந்துவிட்டால் கழுதைகூட அப்சரஸ் (தேவ லோக அழகி) போலத் தோன்றும்!

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5.மலயேபி ஸ்திதோ வேணு: வேணுரேவ ந சந்தனம்

மூங்கிலானது மலய பர்வதத்தில் வளர்ந்ததால் சந்தனம் ஆகிவிடாது.

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6.ப்ரம்மசர்யேன தபஸா ராஜா ராஷ்ட்ரம் விரக்ஷதி – அதர்வ வேதம்

பிரம்மசர்யரூப தவத்தினால் அரசன் ஆனவன் நாட்டைக் காப்பாற்றுகிறான்

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7.மனுர் பவ, ஜனயா தைவ்யம் ஜனம் – ரிக்வேதம்

மனிதனாக இரு; தெய்வீகமான குழந்தைகளைப் பெறு

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8.ப்ரசாதசிகரஸ்தோபி காக: கிம் கருடாயதே (சாணக்ய நீதி தர்பணம், பஞ்சதந்திரம்)

அரண்மனையின் உச்சியில் உட்கார்ந்தால், காக்கை என்ன கருடன் ஆகிவிடுமா?

ஒப்பிடுக: கான மயிலாடக் கண்டிருந்த வான்கோழி தானும் அதுவாகப் பாவித்துத் தன் பொல்லாசி சிறகை விரித்தாடினாற் போலுமே கல்லாதான் கற்ற கவி – அவ்வையாரின் மூதுரை.

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9.மலயே பில்லபுரந்த்ரீ சந்தனதருமிந்தனம் குருதே – சு.ர.பா.

மலய பர்வத ப்ரதேசத்தில் மலைஜாதிப் பெண்கள், சந்தன மரத்தை விறகாகப் பயன்படுத்துவர்

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10.முண்டே முண்டே மதிர் பின்னா

ஒவ்வொருவர் தலையிலும் ஒவ்வொரு எண்ணம் (புத்தி)

ஒப்பிடுக (இந்தி)

அப்னா அப்னா டங் ஹை

அப்னீ அப்னீ சமக்ஞா ஹை

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11.யௌவனம் தன சம்பத்தி: ப்ரபுத்வமவிவேகதா

ஏகைகமப்யனர்தாய கிமு யத்ர சதுஷ்டயம் – ஹிதோபதேச

இளமை, அதிகாரம், செல்வம், விவேகமில்லாத போக்கு – இந்த நான்கில் ஒன்று இருந்தாலே கெடுதல் ஏற்படும். நாலும் சேர்ந்து இருந்தால் என்ன கதியோ!!

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12.ரிக்த: சர்வோ பவதி ஹி லகு: பூர்ணதா கௌரவாய – மேகதூதம்

வெற்றிடமாக உள்ள ஒரு பொருளுக்கு எடை இராது;

பூரணமாக இருந்தால் அதற்கு எடை இருக்கும்

ஒப்பிடுக: குறைகுடம் கூத்தாடும் (தழும்பும்) நிறைகுடம்

தழும்பாது.

பெரியார் அடக்கமாக இருப்பர். அரைவேக்காடுகள் ஆர்ப்பரிக்கும்!!

–Subham–

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Erudition: Four Anecdotes!

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Post No.2236

Date: 11 October 2015

Time uploaded in London: 19-55

Thanks for the pictures.

Don’t use pictures. Don’t reblog for at least a week.

Mark Twain once observed sagely, “one should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it – and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on the hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again – and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.”

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When Bernardo Tasso remonstrated with his son, the immortal Torquato, on his injudicious preference of philosophy to jurisprudence, and angrily demanded: “What has philosophy done for you?”

Torquato replied: “It has taught me to hear with meekness the reproofs of a father.”

picture of Torquato

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President Woodrow Wilson would sit down beside his green-shaded lamp and take p one paper after another – and work until the small hours. Approval was designated by “Okeh,W.W.” on the margin of a paper.

Someone asked why he did not use the “O.K.”

“Because it is wrong,” Mr Wilson said. He said that the enquirer look up “Okeh” in a dictionary. That he did and discovered that it is a Choktaw word meaning “It is so”.

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Someone once rudely taunted John Maynard, Lord Commissioner of the Great Seal of England, with having grown old to forget his law.

“True, Sir,” he replied, “I have forgotten more law than you ever learned.”

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