WISE SAYINGS OF BHARTRUHARIN I

 

 

The importance of Subhashitas=Wise Sayings:-

Bhāṣhāsu mukhyā madhurā divyā gīrvāṇabhāratī|

Thatrāpi kāvyaṃ madhuraṃ tasmādapi subhāṣitam||

Of all the languages, Sanskrit is the important one, sweet, divine and most lyrical language of even the gods. In Sanskrit, poetry is more melodious wherein the good sayings hold prime position.

Draakshaa Mlaanamukhee jaathaa Sarkaraa chaasmathaangathaa l

Subhaashitharasam dhrushtvaa Sudhaa bheethaa Divam gathaa ll

Here the poet describes the supremacy of Subhashitas. On this earth the RASA (implied meaning) of subhashitas is so sweet that the grapes felt ashamed (of its sweetness) and crestfallen. The sweeter sugar got hard (Asma - stone) and the sweetest AMRITA (nectar) pulled itself back to the heaven.

Just we can find a few Subhashitas speak about the fools and their ignorance, according to Bhartruharin:-

Ajnas Sukham Aaraadhyah

Sukhatharam Aaraadhyathe Viseshajnah  l

Jnaanalava-Dhurvidhagdham

Brahmaapi tham Naram na ranjayathi ll1ll

An ignorant person can easily be satisfied; a person having competent knowledge can more easily be satisfied; but a person proud of his mearge learning cannot be satisfied even by the Creator.

Svaayatham Ekaanthagunam Vidhaathraa

Vinirmitham Chaadhanam Ajnathaayaah l

Viseshathas sarvavidhaam Samaaje

Vibhooshanam Mounam Apandithaanaam ll2ll

The Creator has created the silence as a certain and self-dependent covering of ignorance which especially in an assembly of learned men, becomes an ornament.

SaahithyaSangeethaKalaa viheenah

Saakshaath pasuf puccha-vishaana-heenah l

Thrunam na khaadhannapi jeevamaanah

Thadh bhaagadheyam paramam pasoonaam ll3ll

A person, having no knowledge of Literature, Music and (Fine) Arts is in really an animal without tail and horns; it is to the extreme good luck of (actual) animals that he lives without eating grass.