Saturday, June 27, 2015

CHANAKYA NITISHASTRA – CHAPTER TWELVE

1. The man is said to be blessed if his house has heavenly atmosphere and his wife speaks sweetly and he feels happy in her company.  His sons are talented and servants are obedient. In his house supreme god is worshipped daily and the delicious food and drinks are taken. Apart from this, he finds happiness in the company of the devotees.

2. The person who give donation to Brahmana in distress will be benefited tremendously.

3. The men who are happy in this world are liberal towards their relatives, nice to strangers, shrewd behavior with the wicked, love to the good people, respect the elders and strict with the wife.

4. The person is considered as Jackal whose hands are never used to give donation, whose ears never listened the voice of learning, whose eyes never seen the real devotee of the God, who never visited holy places and the person whose stomach is filled with food that he had obtained by unfair means.

5. The people who don’t have devotion to the krishna’s feet, disinterested in listening the glories of Radha and adventures of Krishna, the sound of mridanga(musical instrument) disrespect  such persons.

6. Spring is unable to bring leaves on Bamboo tree, Sunlight is unable to give sight to the owl in the day, and raindrops unable to fall in the mouth of Chetek similarly no one is able to erase what is already written in your fate.

7.  A shrewd person may get virtuous qualities in the company of devotees but devotee does not imbibe bad qualities if remain in the company of wicked people.  The earth is scented by a fragrance of the flowers but flower does not contact the smell of the earth.

8. One is blessed by the glimpse of the devotee as they have the ability to purify quickly whereas sacred pilgrimage gives purity only after long contact with these places.

9. A stranger asked first question to the Brahman that to tell him that what he considered as great and the Brahman replied palmyra trees. Second question stranger asked to the Brahman that whom he considered as the most charitable person and Brahamana replied the washer by  whom clothes were taken and returned back.  Third question he asked is whom he considered as the most able person than Brahman replied that everyone who were expert in grabbing other’s wives and money. Last question he asked Brahman that how he could manage to live in such city than Brahman replied that he was residing in a same way as the worm was living in the filthy place.

10. The house where feet of Brahmans are not washed, Vedic mantras are not recited loudly, holy sacrificial activities are not performed is considered as Crematorium.

11. It is said that when the sage is asked about his family than he answered that truth is his mother, spiritual knowledge is his father, right conduct is his brother, mercy is his friend, inner peace is his wife, and forgiveness is his son.

12. Our bodies are not permanent and is evitable to death anytime. Therefore we must not waste time and spent it with doing good acts.

13. Arjuna said to Krishna that as the Brahmans rejoices in having feast, cows feel happy in eating tender grass, and wives feel happy in the company of their husbands.

14. The person who regards other person’s wife as his mother, the wealth of other person is as mud, feel empathize for the other person when he is in sorrow or when he is in joy and see everything in the right perspective is the true teacher.

15. Sage Vashishta praised Ram for his love towards the moral values, doing  charitable acts, transparent dealings with the friends, pure conduct, modesty in the presence of the teacher, calmness of the mind, acquired the knowledge of Hindu epics ‘Shastras’.

16. Rama is superior than the miraculous things of the universe such as Kalpataru tree(wish fulfilling tree), golden mountain Meru, Sun, Moon, Bali, kamdhenu cow as all of them have some negativity such as Kalpataru is wood, Meru is motionless, sun is hot, Moon is change its shape in waning and waxing phases, Bali is born in demon clan, kamdhenu cow is the mere beast... Read More

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