Sanskrit Pearl of the day:
उत्त्पतन्नपि चाकाशं विशन्नपि रसातलम् ।
अटन्नपि महीं कृत्स्नं नादत्तमुपतिष्ठते ॥
Transliteration:
uttpatannapi cākāśaṃ viśannapi rasātalam ।
aṭannapi mahīṃ kṛtsnaṃ nādattamupatiṣṭhate ॥
Meaning of the subhAShita:
By jumping up to the sky, entering pātāla (lower netherworld), and roaming the entire earth, (one) cannot obtain that which he did not give.
Commentary:
As you sow, so shall you reap!
One begets what he gives. He can jump all he wants, and run around the whole world like a maniac. He may even dig into the netherworlds but will not find something that he did not give! Like someone said, 'It's not what you gather, but what you scatter mindlessly that tells what kind of life you have lived!' It is those same scattered seeds of deeds that will come back to us. 'Do unto others as you want others to do unto you.'
Planting a neem tree won't yield sweet fruit of mango. (Neem is beneficial in its own robust way, but that is not the point!) If we haven't sown the seed of a mango, we can't expect to enjoy one from that tree. If we have been there for others in need, others will be there for us in times of need. If we are compassionate to others in crises, others will do the same during ours. Karma (action) is like a boomerang, but only, upon returning, it becomes karmaphala (fruit of action). Whether we intend it or not, whatever we throw comes right back at us, sometimes, with much more force!
Results, truly are a reflection of the amount of work we have put in. Makes us rethink our thoughts and actions at every step, doesn't it?!
pada vigrahaH:
उत्त्पतन् अपि च आकाशं विशन् अपि रसातलम् ।
uttpatan api ca ākāśaṃ viśan api rasātalam ।
One begets what he gives. He can jump all he wants, and run around the whole world like a maniac. He may even dig into the netherworlds but will not find something that he did not give! Like someone said, 'It's not what you gather, but what you scatter mindlessly that tells what kind of life you have lived!' It is those same scattered seeds of deeds that will come back to us. 'Do unto others as you want others to do unto you.'
Planting a neem tree won't yield sweet fruit of mango. (Neem is beneficial in its own robust way, but that is not the point!) If we haven't sown the seed of a mango, we can't expect to enjoy one from that tree. If we have been there for others in need, others will be there for us in times of need. If we are compassionate to others in crises, others will do the same during ours. Karma (action) is like a boomerang, but only, upon returning, it becomes karmaphala (fruit of action). Whether we intend it or not, whatever we throw comes right back at us, sometimes, with much more force!
Results, truly are a reflection of the amount of work we have put in. Makes us rethink our thoughts and actions at every step, doesn't it?!
pada vigrahaH:
उत्त्पतन् अपि च आकाशं विशन् अपि रसातलम् ।
uttpatan api ca ākāśaṃ viśan api rasātalam ।
अटन् अपि महीं कृत्स्नं न अदत्तम् उपतिष्ठते ॥
aṭan api mahīṃ kṛtsnaṃ na adattam upatiṣṭhate ॥
uttpatannapi chaakaashaM vishannapi rasaatalam ।
aTannapi mahIM kRutsnaM naadattamupatiShThate ॥
uttpatan api cha aakaashaM vishan api rasaatalam ।
aTan api mahIM kRutsnaM na adattam upatiShThate ॥
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