07. BHASKARA SATHAKAM

  

07.   BHASKARA SATHAKAM

 

07.01   All the rivers head, to the see because it is the repository of gems and jewels. So are, all the people try to reach even uninvited to join a rich man subjecting themselves with untold hard-ships.

(Srigala Bhagya Salikada)

 

07.02   In the past there was a lady called Chitrangi. She wanted sensual pleasure with a young prince called Sarangadhara. He refused all her advances outright. Got hurt insulted, she caused contrived to cut his legs and hands. Bad women if they were not able to seduce a man, whatever may be other man’s strength, they want spoil him. Never believe such bad women

(Angana Namma Radu)

 

07.03   Sometime sea-born ships bear the burden of carts which normally run on the soil; the vehicles that run on soil; are seen on the carts or lorries. This is common. When there is need relatives need friendship – inter dependence that is good

(Akkara Patu Vachu)

 

07.04   Nomally men keep away young calves not allowing calves by tieing their mouths, from drinking milk from their mother animal – the mother animals lashes them with her legs. So also, if a miser refuses the wants of the poor that approach him send them away – Dharmam – Virtuousness – in the name of God, refuses to make him rich again.

(Adigina Yatti)

 

07.05   Even the water flows fully in a river, a dog tries to lick, with her  tongue small amounts of water, it doesn’t satisfy itself fully with the needed thirst, so is a miser whatever might be his riches eats only least amount of food. When you have adequate food stocks eating very little is miserly ness.

(Ati Guna Heenalobhiki)

 

07.06   On this earth, land, if anyone wants milk he must go to cows by presseing their udder teets he would get his milk. Without following this process if he cuts the udder of the cow avariciously he would not get any milk, Likewise the authorities in power choosing right moment treats the people gently honorably they would willingly approach them and pay them duly. If he compells them using his power, they desert him once for all, for good.

(Adanu Talanchi)

 

07.07   If you join, keep company with dishonourable lot, you receive hard ships even though you are respectable and noble, you get dishonor and insults, losing your dignity.  Heat joined with raw-iron gets hard sledge hits, blows by heavy-duty sledge or hammer on the anvil.

(Alaghunikaina)

 

 

07.08   God Sri Krishna presented Kuchela a fistful of beaten-rice after which he became very rich. Similarly if virtuous, of good qualities man, is given small amounts will with love, out of friendship the receiver the beneficiary would become well of as Kuchela was.

(Alaghyu Guna)

 

07.09   His maturity in polity led Sri Rama’s mission was scrupulously followed even by monkeys. They crossed the see killed demons, fulfilled the assigned dutybound faithfully. If the rulers, authorities are mature and skillfull in state - craft, their subordinates, servants fullfil  their duties as strictly as instructed by them.

(Avani Vibhundu)

 

07.10   In our epics the demon king Hiranya kasapu, put his virtuous son, Prahallada, to untold miseries hard-ships; finally he destroyed himself. So also however great a man may be if he harms good people, he would destroy himself ultimately.

(Adara Mintha Leka)

 

07.11   A single man however great he might be, when he has not got blessing of the God, he loses his greatness. Look at the life of king Dasaradha’s son Srirama, he had to roam, on foot, in the forests eating leaves and fruits, tubers. A gret man had to suffer – what about mere men?

(Eeejagamandu)

 

07.12   Sometimes, clouds make terrible fearful sounds in the sky, but showers heavy for the benefit of the people. So also a kind official or person, manager though sometimes speaks rough and tough, he extends help wholeheartedly at the end.

(URU GUNA VANTHU DONDU)

 

07.13   A bad man try to harm good people, mild, soft persons, without any reason, out of jealousy, It is his nature and skill. We keep very valuable silk sarees in the chest or boxe moths eats and tear them without any benefit to them.

(Uraka Sajjanudu)

 

07.14   Bad persons ever bent upon doing harm to humble, good people, never help them. So is also pest, that eats and spoils a flowering, fruit bearing trees.

(Cheeda (Edapaka Durjanu)

 

07.15   If a fool spends most of the day, time with an, expert wise person, he would not learn qualities from his boss, never changes his habits, become or good. In cooking curry or dish we may use ladle to make the dish taste, suitably. But the ladle does not feel or learn the taste of the curry or dish.

(Edde Marushyu De)

 

 

 

 

07.16   Sage Vasista and king Dasaradha fixed the date of Sri Ramas Coronation but it did not materialise simply because it is in the hands of God. One’s greatness cannot change destiny when time is unfavourable to him.

(Kattada Leni Kalamuna)

 

07.17   If a Mushidi tree is full fruits or dry itself but never gives up its sourness, not fit to eat. In the same way if a man does not help his servants and dependents; all his richness adores him or not, it does not matter.

(Kamuitha Vastu Sampadalu)

 

07.18   The palm tree leave are rare, not easily available on all trees. We find, them such scarcely. In the same way pure unsullied persons are found in limited in number, rare families are one in a thousand. Similarly all persons are not liberal, and helpful.

(Kulamuna Akkadakkada)

 

07.19   If we are good people; and make intimacy and friendship with bad and cruel persons we acquire their bad qualities and behaviour. Sweet water giving rivers like Godavari when they join the sea do turn salty losing their original quality of sweetness.

(Krura Manaskulau)

 

07.20   Fate and destiny are inescapable. One has to bow down to them. Very big and strengthy elephants obey mahout sitting on its body and beating and controlling it. One however great he may be, has to accept fate – Karma –

(Chakka Talapaga)

 

07.21   To whatever heights, one is educated if he lacks sense proportion “appreciation” all his education would become worthless. We one cooks a curry trying to compete, the experts legendary chefs and cooks Nala and Bheema, if he does not add salt to it does it taste good?

(Chaduvadi Yenta Galiginana)

 

07.22   Even though nobody hanged the bats on the tree branches, topsy turvy up-and down the fate that ordained them to be so. None can escape Karma but has to suffer by from it.

(Kattada aina atti)

 

07.23   Going out of the way, ignoring the advice even of brothers, kith and kin, they are sure to be part with, divided. Ravana neglecting his brother Vibhishana’s right correct advice; resulted in Vibhishana joined Sri Rama side and became a king finally.

(Kattada Dappi)

 

07.24   Vinayaka being the son of Siva, being expert in all arts science highly enlightened in original of learning, and having strength of on elephant, he was not able to get married him self. None can achieve what is not in his domain. Wonderful really!

(Kani Prayajanambu)

 

 

07.25   King Harichandra had to work as guard of the funeral ground, serving Virabahu, without God’s blessings one has to serve a lowest mean fellow. It is not wrong

(Chandra Kala Vasathu)

 

07.26   A great prestigious person in order to get his project, attempt to succeed he may have to pray for the help of a mean creature is not a fault. Study the example of Vasudeva. In order to save his eighth child, he started to seek the help of Sri Krishna, in the dead night. Seeing him at that inappropriate time an ass began to braw loudly. To keep his secret trip to succeed he had to beg the ass not to make loud voice. Thus he succeeded in his great mission.

(Ghanudagu Nattivadu)

 

07.27   Sri Krishna was a great man. He foresaw the destruction of Kourava race. He advised Duryodhana to give away what land is due to to Pandavas, in a just manner. But he deceived Sri Krishna and got destroyed losing every thing he cunningly had.

(Cheri Badhikunderigi)

 

07.28   If anyone coats a piece of copper with gold secretly, tells all that it is pure gold. In course of time the coated layer disappears and people know that it is copper not gold. Thus if a mean fellow commits a bad thing, crime, secretly, keeps it concealed way, it will come out as time possessed finally.

(Chesina Dusta Chesta)

 

07.29   If we mix milk and water and put it in a bowl, and place it before a swan and cat, the swan drinks only milk part from it leaves water part. Cat has no such knack, It can’t do it. In the same way a judge in a dispute, weighs good and bad justice and injustice patiently laboriously and then only gives his verdict or final decision.

(Talimi Thodutan Thagavu)

 

07.30   If we have a looking glass in our hands, looking in it we can correct our Sinduran or bindi on our forehead or a blot something else. Similarly we do not know some skill we should seek experts or knowledgeable persons help in that field and learn it.

(Theliyani Kavyamella)

 

07.31   If a piece of blackest charcoal joins the fire it emits pure glow and light the moment it loses contact with fire it’s past glow also disappears and becomes black again. In the same way when the fortune is in his favour a man shines above all, or else he loses his popularity and usefulness.

(Boggu Agnitho)

 

07.32  Raw stones are rough and uncultured. If they are chichelled by sculptor they turn into an image of God or divine figure people prostate at, on its legs and feet, and worship it. A man may choose many vocations and get name and fame, not by bookish is knowledge only.

(Ela Samasta Vidyalu)

 

07.33   A sheep by its foolish dashing nature attacks a hill with its horns. Can it ever be successful in its attempt? In the same way by not estimating others strength and power, and wise people’s warnings setting aside, with his anger there is no benefit to him.

(Thagili Madambuche)

 

07.34   When there is no owner, controller, guardian in a big house-hold, material that pours from all other sources, worth lakhs of rupees, it goes out secretly. If a big tank becomes full with water from many streams, does it stay in it steadily in it with if there is breach in its bunds.

(Dakhudu Leni Inta)

 

07.35   If the good qualities of charity, helping others absent in mind, of a foolish man, poverty and riches are one and the same. For a blind person day and night are the same

(Dana Paropakara Guna Dhanyata)

 

07.36   If a good liberal charitable man is unable to help a proper man in need, he tries borrowe it from some other sourses what do the clouds do, they may lack water but reach oceans get water using evaporation process and became water – cloudy and helps all living beings, and fulfils his wish whole heartedly.

(Danamu Cheya Gorina)

 

07.37   One who does not give anybody free whatever wealthy, he has he is a miser, it may be with him for time and later running away is certain. A huge sun-silk tree raises hundred of products, fruits gradually got then fall on ground and go waste, useless

(Danamu Cheya Nerani)

 

07.38   If a man or family becomes poor, running short of food in course of time, begging food needed, from others is not objectionable; nothing to blame in it; the five Pandavas along with their mother Kunthi hadn’t their food in the Ekacharapura, by begging, having been once very rich royal family in the past?

(Nadavaka Chikki)

 

07.39   A child while attempting to walk tumbles, fumbles even hard-hearted person gives a helping hand and try to help the child with affection, they don’t allow it to fall and hurt it self. So also intelligent people try to correct an ignorant one, never get angry at him nor scold him harshly.

(Naduvula Nerpu Chalani)

 

07.40   When in a fire is gradually extinguishing; it would not rekindle; stir, without adding some dry sticks in it. So also if a great man is suffering from dire poverty, if one some one else does not help, him, he by himself cannot recover from poverty.

(Nogilina Vela)

 

 

07.41   A galaxy of scholars and learned people sitting under huge tree engaged in philosophical discussions an ignorant mean fellow migh sit on the branch if that tree – what do the panel under the tree lose? It is similar to the situation where all types of animals like lion sit under a tree and a monkey occupies and on sits on the branches of the same tree

(Pandithulaina Varu)

 

07.42   A mean fellow might blame all others and everything justly due to his lack of poise, ignorance of what is good and what is not good. Intelligent good people do not care it, nor get excited following the example of a partly water filled pot makes a lot of sound and fully filled pot remains calm steady and silent.

(Paluchani Neecha Manavudu)

07.43   Clouds sometimes dash us with thunderbolts, but soon they, the bolts turn into water. In the same way a good person sometimes might speak harshly, but it does not harm anyone, in any way.

(Palumaru Sjjanundu)

 

07.44   A flower in a nursery when it, loses fades it fragrance, beauty, and none touches it. So also if a person who over flows with riches in the past days later loses all - nobody talks to him, gives him value or respect as was it, in the past

(Poonina Bhagya Rekha)

 

07.45   Eating food with left hand, cleaning anus with right hand is odd and objectionable. Without proper analysis and thinking assigning duties wisely carelessly resorting to favoritism is mean. A ruler should not, give good powerful assignment to a low, mean fellow and lowest work to the good competent worthy people. Right man in the right place is good statecraft.

(Premanu Goorchi)

 

07.46   A piece of sandalwood, inspite of our rapidly rubbing it though losing its fragrance, still continues to do us good, it’s good smell spreading all around. So also a good person even undergoing difficuties himself.

(Bandhura Sad Gunadyudu)

 

07.47   When a great fire engulfs a forest, wind helps it at its prime stage for destroying the forest, BUT the same wind, when a tiny mud-light emitting light brightly the wind with its force puts it of. When we lose strength and power our close friends and relatives turn to be our enemies.

(Balayuthu Daina Vela)

 

07.48   Unable to control his flow of words blaming the great and will result in great harm. Sisupala is a classic example – He scolded Srikrishna in many many hurting words. It resulted in falling his head cut and bleeding.

(Pralladanabu Che)

 

07.49   By birth Duryodhana was crooked and jealous, mean person. These evil qualities, are his personalities traits. But due to this stalwarts in polity like Bheeshma, Drona were not able prevent the great destructive war of Kurukshetra? When the king is ignorant and evil minded, any number of great advisors and supporters would become helpless.

(Bhupathi Katma Buddhi)

 

07.50   In a sabha or legislature, a worthy ruler or leader, very essential all the period. Without him or her Toms & Dicks & Harrys whatever may be their numerical strength, they do not add luster to the ‘House’. As any number of little dim stars in the sky do not give cool moon-light, over-shadowing darkness in the absence of the Moon. Do they?

(Ballidudaina Sat Prabhuvu)

 

07.51   Ravana, the Rakshasa king, had sacred elixir stock deposited in a pot in his stomach. The top most secret was revealed to Rama by Vibhishana the refugee his new friend without his help, was it possible to Rama to kill and destroy Ravana. Being helped by Rama in the past vibhishana told one secret to Rama. To defeat an enemy, king should protect persons who knew secrets of the enemy.

(Manava Nadhudu Datma Ripu)

 

07.52   In the forests a cow gives birth to a calf at the gap, space of one or two years they grow in numbers forming groups whereas a tiger bears four or five offsprings every year-they do not survive in numbers. These are eternal set examples for the disappearance ‘Adharma’ and stability, permanance of ‘Dharma’.

(Valanuga Kanalayandu)

 

07.53   Giving undue importance to an ignorant wife, without his own discrimination, it leads to great calamities, take the example of king Dasaradha he indiscriminately acted on the promise given to his short sighted evil minded wife Kaikeyi, and sent Rama to forests, resulting repentance and his own death, in grief.

(Manini Cheppunatleruka Mani)

 

07.54   Friendship, intimacy with bad people is harmful. Even if it happens it should be within limits. If it is beyond bounds it definitely harms any person. We use a pinch of wet lime touch to betel leaves moderately in our pan, if it exceeds limits doesn’t it hurt our tongue by unbearable irritation and burning sensation.?

(Vavadu Krura Sangathi)

 

07.55   If one mingles, moves freely among the virtuous, good persons, a fool does not acquire such noble qualities. As, a crane (konga) by simply moving with swans in a pond, it can never be bestowed with such exemplary behaviors like swans and considered with such fame and name.

                                                                                                                (Sara Viveka Varthanala)

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