Sanskrit Pearl of the day:
कस्य दोषः कुले नास्ति व्याधिना को न पीडितः ।
व्यसनं केन न प्राप्तं कस्य सौख्यं निरन्तरम् ॥
- चाणक्य नीति
Transliteration:
kasya doṣaḥ kule nāsti vyādhinā ko na pīḍitaḥ ।
vyasanaṃ kena na prāptaṃ kasya saukhyaṃ nirantaram ॥
- cāṇakya nīti
Meaning of the subhAShita:
Whose clan is blemishless? Who is never afflicted by a disease? Who has never attained adversity? Whose happiness is unbroken?
Commentary:
The sore thumb of the family; one odd button, ... all families have one such person, whom others want to hide in the closet! When everyone has someone like that in their own families, why be embarrassed of the one in your family?
There is no one who is in perfect health. At some point or the other, everyone would have suffered one health issue or another. Only beings are afflicted by diseases, not a log! It is a part and parcel of being a 'living' being.
In the entire world, can anyone find a person who has never seen any adversity in life? If he has seen no adversity, then, he has lived no life at all! Only when one sees hard times, does he truly appreciate and enjoy the value of all the blessings he has been bestowed with.
Extending the same argument, there is no one who has never seen good times in life! Along with that, comes the uncertainty of that pleasant time as well. There are no guarantees smooth sailing will continue forever. His ocean will be ruffled and the waves will make his ship wobble at one time or another.
Change is the only thing that is constant! Change alone, isn't changing. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional! Why fret about shortcomings or cling on to possessions then? Neither is permanent!
pada vigrahaH:
कस्य दोषः कुले नास्ति व्याधिना कः न पीडितः ।
kasya doṣaḥ kule nāsti vyādhinā kaḥ na pīḍitaḥ ।
व्यसनं केन न प्राप्तं कस्य सौख्यं निरन्तरम् ॥
vyasanaṃ kena na prāptaṃ kasya saukhyaṃ nirantaram ॥
There is no one who is in perfect health. At some point or the other, everyone would have suffered one health issue or another. Only beings are afflicted by diseases, not a log! It is a part and parcel of being a 'living' being.
In the entire world, can anyone find a person who has never seen any adversity in life? If he has seen no adversity, then, he has lived no life at all! Only when one sees hard times, does he truly appreciate and enjoy the value of all the blessings he has been bestowed with.
Extending the same argument, there is no one who has never seen good times in life! Along with that, comes the uncertainty of that pleasant time as well. There are no guarantees smooth sailing will continue forever. His ocean will be ruffled and the waves will make his ship wobble at one time or another.
Change is the only thing that is constant! Change alone, isn't changing. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional! Why fret about shortcomings or cling on to possessions then? Neither is permanent!
pada vigrahaH:
कस्य दोषः कुले नास्ति व्याधिना कः न पीडितः ।
kasya doṣaḥ kule nāsti vyādhinā kaḥ na pīḍitaḥ ।
व्यसनं केन न प्राप्तं कस्य सौख्यं निरन्तरम् ॥
vyasanaṃ kena na prāptaṃ kasya saukhyaṃ nirantaram ॥
kasya doShaH kule naasti vyaadhinaa ko na pIDitaH ।
vyasanaM kena na praaptaM kasya soukhyaM nirantaram ॥
- chaaNakya nIti
kasya doShaH kule naasti vyaadhinaa kaH na pIDitaH ।
vyasanaM kena na praaptaM kasya soukhyaM nirantaram ॥
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