Sanskrit Pearl of the day:
शमार्थं सर्वशास्त्राणि विहितानि मनीषिभिः ।
स एव सर्वशास्त्रज्ञः यस्य शान्तं मनः सदा ॥
- महाभारत
Transliteration:
śamārthaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇi vihitāni manīṣibhiḥ ।
sa eva sarvaśāstrajñaḥ yasya śāntaṃ manaḥ sadā ॥
- mahābhārata
Meaning of the subhAShita:
The learned contrived all the śāstras (scriptures, treatises) to quieten the mind. He alone is cognizant of all śāstras, whose mind is calm at all times.
Commentary:
It is said that data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom. Gaining wisdom is the very purpose of reading treatises or scriptures.
The very purpose of the contrivers of those treatises is to teach the reader 'how to quieten the mind'. All the śāstras proclaim the same key factor - the quietening of the mind. It is like many rivers flowing, all with the same purpose of pouring into the mighty ocean. If one has already reached the ocean, why would he require to know the flow of the river? Hence, the poet says, he who already knows how to keep the mind calm and placid has true cognizance and the mastery over all the śāstras! He does not have to read any śāstras or work towards achieving a goal in life. He would have already achieved the purpose of any being's reason for existence!
Each one of us is running in search of ONE THING. Tranquility of mind. He who has won that fort has no battle to fight, nothing else to achieve! May each and every one of us find inner peace and find it soon. That will certainly make the noisy world a much quieter and serene place to be in!
pada vigrahaH:
शम-अर्थं सर्व-शास्त्राणि विहितानि मनीषिभिः ।
śama-arthaṃ sarva-śāstrāṇi vihitāni manīṣibhiḥ ।
सः एव सर्व-शास्त्रज्ञः यस्य शान्तं मनः सदा ॥
saḥ eva sarva-śāstrajñaḥ yasya śāntaṃ manaḥ sadā ॥
The very purpose of the contrivers of those treatises is to teach the reader 'how to quieten the mind'. All the śāstras proclaim the same key factor - the quietening of the mind. It is like many rivers flowing, all with the same purpose of pouring into the mighty ocean. If one has already reached the ocean, why would he require to know the flow of the river? Hence, the poet says, he who already knows how to keep the mind calm and placid has true cognizance and the mastery over all the śāstras! He does not have to read any śāstras or work towards achieving a goal in life. He would have already achieved the purpose of any being's reason for existence!
Each one of us is running in search of ONE THING. Tranquility of mind. He who has won that fort has no battle to fight, nothing else to achieve! May each and every one of us find inner peace and find it soon. That will certainly make the noisy world a much quieter and serene place to be in!
pada vigrahaH:
शम-अर्थं सर्व-शास्त्राणि विहितानि मनीषिभिः ।
śama-arthaṃ sarva-śāstrāṇi vihitāni manīṣibhiḥ ।
सः एव सर्व-शास्त्रज्ञः यस्य शान्तं मनः सदा ॥
saḥ eva sarva-śāstrajñaḥ yasya śāntaṃ manaḥ sadā ॥
shamaarthaM sarvashaastraaNi vihitaani manIShibhiH ।
saH eva sarvashaastraj~naH yasya shaantaM manaH sadaa ॥
- mahaabhaarata
shama-arthaM sarva-shaastraaNi vihitaani manIShibhiH ।
sa eva sarva-shaastraj~naH yasya shaantaM manaH sadaa ॥
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