 | Posted 12th June 2008 at 12:15 AM by sunkan
Verse 31 - Meaning: Q: When (kena) will a man (purusah) be without sorrow ? (asocyah)
A: When he has got a devoted wife (pranata kalatrena), and firm assets.(dhira-vibhavena)
Q:Who (kah) is in a pitiable state (socyah) in this world (iha bhuvane) ?
A: That one who never gifts anything, (na-yo daataa) although possessed of much. (satyapi vibhave) Verse 32 - Meaning: Q: What (kim) makes (muulam) a man despicable (laghutaayaa) ?
A: The...
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 | | Posted 10th June 2008 at 11:54 PM by sunkan
Verse 26 - Meaning: Q: What (kim)deserves pity? (socyam)
A: A miserly nature (kaarpanyam) that merely accumulates wealth but never uses it for one's own enjoyment or for giving it to others.
Q: What is praiseworthy in one blessed with abundance ? (sati vibhave kim)
A: The quality of generosity.(prasastam audaryam)
Q: Who deserves the respect (kah pujyo) of even the learned ? (vidvadbhih)
A: That one who is by nature (svabhaavatah) endowed with humility at...
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| | Posted 5th June 2008 at 12:58 AM by sunkan
Verse 21 - Meaning: Q: Who is a blind man ? (ko andho)
A: That one who delights in doing things (knowingly) that should not be done.
Q: Who is a deaf man ? (ko badhiro)
A: That one who does not listen (na srunoti) to advice given for his good.(hitani)
Q: Who is a stupid man ? (ko muko)
A: He who does not know to speak sweetly (priyani vaktum)when needed.
Verse 22 - Meaning: Q: What is a gift ?(kim daanam)
A: That which is presented...
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| | Posted 3rd June 2008 at 10:27 PM by sunkan
Verse 16 - Meaning: Q: What should one always think of (in his mind) throughout day and night ? (kahar nisam anu-cintya)
A: About the non-permanance of the worldly and materialistic life and certainly not about thoughts that give sexual excitement.
Q: What should be one's favorite duty in life ?
A: Being kind to all the suffering living beings and making friendship with the honest and holy men. (karuna - diineshu, saj-jana maitri ) [karuna-kindness; diina - suffering...
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| | Posted 2nd June 2008 at 09:53 PM by sunkan
Verse 11 - Meaning: Q: What is in such a flux and so temporary and ever-changing like water drops on a lotus leaf ?
A: Youth, Wealth and life-span are those. (yauvanam, dhanam and caayuh - respectively)
Q: Who is cooling and full of ever-present radiance like the moonlight ?
A: It is the saintly ones. (saj-jana)
Verse 12 - Meaning: Q: What is (comparable to) Hell? (ko narakah)
A: The state of subjection to others. (para-vasata)
Q:...
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