“satyamaMde nilucu sarvaloekamulu, sa
tya vrataMbu kaMTea dapamu leadu.”
(Ananthamatya’s ‘Bhojarajiyamu)
“సత్యమందె నిలుచు సర్వలోకములు స
త్య వ్రతంబు కంటె దపము లేదు.”
(అనంతామాత్యుని ‘భోజరాజీయము’ ద్వితీయాశ్వాసం, 216 పద్యం)
The well-being of the different living worlds
Depends on the truthful living of its inhabitants
There is no greater austere measure than
The following of truthful living for anyone.
“viracimcu Sakti puTTani purushula chaduvulu prakaaSamulu gaavu”
(kaakunuuri appakavi, Appakaviiyamu)
“విరచించు శక్తి పుట్టని పురుషుల చదువులు ప్రకాశములుఁ గావు”
(కాకునూరి అప్పకవి, అప్పకవీయము)
“A person’s great learning, when not resulted in a new scholarly or creative writing, would not become known to anyone.”
The point is, it is no doubt a great jewel, but so long as it is kept in a dark room, it will remain there in darkness, its splendour unnoticed by any one, and as a result its greatness unknown to anyone. Likewise a person’s great learning, when not resulted in new scholarly or creative writing, would remain unknown to the outside world.
“kaDa leani yaakaliyu daahamu reMDunu deaha dharmamul”
“కడలేని యాకలియు దాహము రెండును దేహ ధర్మముల్”
( వెన్నెలకంటి సూరన, ఆంధ్ర శ్రీవిష్ణుపురాణము)
Limitless hunger and thirstiness are the features of body-bearing mortals.
DeMdaMbuna kiMdriyamulaku
noMdaga raakunna leakyunnea tattvaM
beMdu? naparabhaagaMbuna
boMdavu cuuDkuladi leakooevune? sumatii!
కం. డెందంబున కింద్రియములకు
నొందఁగ రాకున్న లేకయున్నే తత్త్వం
బెందు? నపరభాగంబునఁ
బొందవు చూడ్కులది లేకపోవునె? సుమతీ!
(ఆంధ్రమహాభారతం, శాంతిపర్వం, చతుర్థాశ్వాసం, 180 పద్యం)
As one cannot experience, either with his senses or with intellect,
Would it be proper to say there is no *Godly quality in things that exist?
While looking at, human eye cannot see at the same moment
The backside of a thing ; can it then be said, it doesn’t at all exist?
[*tattvam – Vedantic truth that is beyond the comprehension of common man. It says, each and every particle of the universe, either live or not, is filled with a miniscule part of the Supreme Being (paramatma) and because of the existence of this Godly quality in everything, nothing in the universe is inferior to any.]
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