May 16th


Sanskrit Pearl of the day:
एकः, क्षमावतां दोषः द्वितीयो नोपपद्यते ।
यदेनं क्षमया युक्तम् अशक्तं मन्यते जनः ॥

- आपस्तम्बस्मृति


Transliteration:
ekaḥ, kṣamāvatāṃ doṣaḥ dvitīyo nopapadyate ।
yadenaṃ kṣamayā yuktam aśaktaṃ manyate janaḥ ॥
- āpastambasmṛti

Meaning of the subhAShita:
There is only one fault about the patient (people), a second is non-existent. If they are conjoined with patience, people think they are incapable.

Commentary:
Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.

Patience is a companion of wisdom.

Patience is also a form of action!

Despite all these sayings, patience often gets mistaken. Those who exhibit patience, are presumed to be incompetent or unfit. Quite contrary to this misnomer, it takes a lot of courage and willpower to be patient! If one is patient, it is not because he is incapable of facing a challenge. Reacting with rage instantaneously is the easiest thing to do.

The poet says patience has no downside—except that it gives a misconception to others as a weakness. Keeping cool and being patient gives one everything (now or in the future). Well, it takes patience to reap the benefits of patience as well!

One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life!  Be patient.  

Patience isn't a sign of weakness, anger is! 

pada vigrahaH:
एकः, क्षमावतां दोषः द्वितीयः न उपपद्यते ।
ekaḥ, kṣamāvatāṃ doṣaḥ dvitīyaḥ na upapadyate ।

यत् एनं क्षमया युक्तम् अशक्तं मन्यते जनः ॥
yat enaṃ kṣamayā yuktam aśaktaṃ manyate janaḥ ॥

Alternate Transliteration:
ekaH, kShamaavataaM doShaH dvitIyo nopapadyate ।
yadenaM kShamayaa yuktam ashaktaM manyate janaH ॥
- aapastambasmRuti

ekaH, kShamaavataaM doShaH dvitIyaH na upapadyate ।
yat enaM kShamayaa yuktam ashaktaM manyate janaH ॥

2 comments:

  1. Hello,

    Appreciate your effort to publish sanskrit pearls.

    Can you please add a section that gives word by word meaning for each sanskrit word.

    Thanks

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  2. @Madraskaapi, that sure is a nice thought. I'm dealing more with the essence of the verses than the grammatical aspects here. The pada vigraha gives the individual words. If you wish to see the meanings for any words in particular, do check out the online dictionary at http://spokensanskrit.de/

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