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बालस्यापि रवेः पादाः पतन्त्युपरि भूभृताम् ।
तेजसा सह जातानां वयः कुत्रोपयुज्यते ॥

Even the feet of a young sun can fall on the top of mountains .. For those born with brilliance, where indeed is age used (The age is not relevant fo...

courage (146) valor (156) inherent nature (6) age is just a number (2) natural ability (2) glorious ones (2) brilliance (83) the sun (3)

यस्य अस्ति वित्तं स वरः कुलिनः
स पण्डितः स श्रुतवान् गुणज्ञः ।
स एव वक्ता स च दर्शनीयः
सर्वे गुणाः काञ्चनं आश्रयन्ते ॥

The bridegroom who has a lot of money is the one who is from a good family. He only is the one who is a scholar, who is knowledgeable and is a patron ...

materialism (37) money is power (1) perception (181) social commentary (43) satire (211) gold (62) wealth (447) hypocrisy (141) human nature (88)

पार्वती फणि बालेन्दु भस्म मन्दाकिनी युता ।
अपवर्ग प्रदा मूर्तिः कथं स्यात् तव शङ्कर ॥

shiva ! Your form is full of pa varga. (Parvati, phaNi, bAlendu, bhasma and mandAkinI) How shall that form be the bestower of a pavarga (mokSha) ? He...

lord shiva (11) pa varga (2) apavarga (3) moksha (63) wordplay (33) pun (31) witty verse (12) riddle (24) hindu mythology (15) shaivism (6) theology (4)

जीविते यस्य जीवन्ति लोके मित्राणि बान्धवाः ।
सफलं जीवितं तस्य को न स्वार्थाय जीवति ॥

In this world, Only that man, because of whom friends and relatives are able to live, has lived (in the true sense of the word). Otherwise, who in thi...

altruism (28) community (14) supporting others (1) purpose of life (4) true living (1) selfishness (62) interdependence (12) wisdom (1611)

चातक धूम समूहं दृष्ट्वा मा धाव वारि धर बुद्ध्या ।
इह हि भविष्यति भवतः नयन युगादेव वारिणां पूरः ॥

O chataka, seeing the group of smoke clouds do not run to them thinking they are water carriers ! Here there indeed shall flow from your own eyes a f...

deception (224) false hope (8) discernment (142) appearance vs reality (15) disappointment (42) chatak bird (4) smoke (10) cloud (56) metaphor (1632) wisdom (1611)

जाता शिखण्डिनी प्राक् यथा शिखण्डि तथावगच्छामि ।
प्रागल्भ्यमधिकमाप्तुं वाणी बाणो बभूवेति ! ॥

Just as shikandini, a long time ago became shikhandi, similarly I now realize that in order to acquire more maturity, the language (of sanskrit) itsel...

literary praise (1) bana (author) (1) sanskrit literature (5) poetic conceit (20) metaphor (1632) reincarnation (5) shikhandi (1) mahabharata (41) wordplay (33)

दक्षिणे लक्ष्मणो यस्य वामे तु जनकात्मजा ।
पुरतो मारुतिर्यस्य तं वन्दे रघुनन्दनम् ॥

I bow down to that child of the Raghus to whose right is lakShmana. to whose left is the daughter of Janaka and in front of whom is Maruti.

rama (81) sita (37) lakshmana (11) hanuman (22) ram parivar (1) devotional verse (dhyana shloka) (1) prayer (89) protection (293) hinduism (13)

दातव्यं भोक्तव्यं धनविषये संचयो न कर्तव्यः ।
पश्येह मधुकरीणां संचितार्थं हरन्त्यन्ये ॥

It should be given or enjoyed and spent. As far as money is concerned it should never be stocked up. Look here, the collected savings of the bees are...

wealth management (1) charity (128) spending (6) hoarding (12) bees and honey (1) metaphor (1632) proverb (65) use it or lose it (1) wisdom (1611)

त्यजन्ति मित्राणि धनैर्विहीनं दाराश्च पुत्राश्च सुहृज्जनाश्च ।
तं अर्थवन्तं पुनराश्रयन्ति अर्थो हि लोके पुरुषस्य बन्धुः ॥

Friends leave the man without money, so do wives, sons and other affectionate people. They all come back after the man is again wealthy : Wealth is th...

money (12) wealth (447) relationships (94) fair-weather friends (2) cynicism (19) social commentary (43) human nature (88) proverb (65)

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