Nyaya – The weak becoming powerful with the power of the King at his back.
दुर्बलैरपिवध्यन्तेपुरुषपार्थीवाश्रितै न्यायःThe person in the employ of a king can lord over a most powerful man, though personally he may be very...
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Nyaya – The burner and the thing burnt.
Posted by SanskritToday | Sep 27, 2017 | Nyayavali |
दाहकदाह्यन्यायःThe fire burning a piece of wood and reducing it to ashes would itself at last be transformed into ashes. It is used to denote that the harm done to another would recoil at last upon the...
Read MoreShloka – Morning 5
Posted by SanskritToday | Sep 26, 2017 | Mantras Shlokas |
प्रातः स्मरामि हृदि संस्फुरदात्मतत्त्वं सच्चित्सुखं परमहंसगतिं तुरीयम् । यत्स्वपनजागरसुषुप्तमवैति नित्यं तद्ब्रह्म निष्कलमहं न च भूतसङ्घः ॥ Meaning:Early in the morning, I meditate upon the intrinsic principle — the Self...
Read MoreSubhashitam – 97
Posted by SanskritToday | Sep 26, 2017 | Subhashitams |
गुणिनि गुणज्ञो रमते नागुण शीलस्य परितोषः । अलिरेति वनात्कमलं न दर्दुरस्त्वेक वासोऽपि ॥ Meaning:A man of good qualities is pleased with another good man, but not pleased by the bad man. The bee goes from the forest to the lotus,...
Read MoreNyaya – An uncharitable Kshatriya.
Posted by SanskritToday | Sep 25, 2017 | Nyayavali |
दानशून्यक्षत्रियन्यायःIf a person of the Kshatriya caste has no inclination for practising charity, he makes his position thereby very shameful and blameworthy, and moreover he forfeits his claim to be called...
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