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Essay name: Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures (seven volumes)

Author: Satya Vrat Shastri
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit

The series called "Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures" represents a comprehensive seven-volume compendium of Dr. Satya Vrat Shastri's research on Sanskrit and Indology. They feature a wide range of studies across major disciplines in these fields, showcasing Shastri's pioneering work. They include detailed analyses like the linguistic appraisal of Yogavasishtha, etymological studies in the Mahabharata and the Devibhagavata-purana, as well as explorations of human values as defined in ancient texts.

Volume 7 - Society and Culture

Page:

152 (of 210)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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CC-0. Prof. Satya Vrat Shastri Collection, New Delhi. Digitized by S3 Foundation USA.


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Society and Culture araṇīmanthane jātu yo virantum na cestate! sa eva labhate vahnim evam siddher api sthiti�19|| Persistence in an activity can bring success even to one who may otherwise be weak in constitution. As per an old subhāṣita even an ant, if on the move, though slow, covers thousands of yojanas (a measure of distance in old times) while a garuda, if sitting idle, does not move even a step forward: yojanānā� sahasrāṇi yāti gacchan pipīlikā agacchan vainateyo 'pi padam ekam na gacchati20|| In no case is one to give up initiative, even if success were not to attend one's efforts. "That is my fate" kind of approach is no good or "whatever has to come has to come anyway", "what fate has ordained for one, that one has to bear" kind of thinking would get a person nowhere. Fate or no fate, one should continue with one's efforts. One can never get oil from sesame seeds without exertion: na daivam api sañcintya tyajed udyogam ātmanaḥ� anudyogena tailāni tilebhyo näptum arhati21|| To a person who exerts repair all fortunes impulsively as do frogs to a pond and birds to a full lake: nipānam iva maṇḍūkā� sara� pūrṇam ivāṇḍajāḥi sodyoga� naram āyānti vivaśā� sarvasampada�221|| So a person should take to exertion like a friend and negligence as an enemy for it leads to great achievement: udyamo mitravad grahya� pramāda� śatruvat tyajeti Xudyamena parā siddhi� 23 Not only should one exert, one should exert quickly (without
loss
of
time) in matters that one has to accomplish:
kāryeṣv avaśyakāryeṣu siddhaye kṣiprakāritā²4
Intimately connected with the quality of paropakāra is the
quality
of
audarya, magnanimity, liberality which forms the
bedrock to
it. Without it one cannot really get ready to provide
help to others
. It is that which makes a person look upon the
whole earth as one
family, vasudhaiva kutumbakam25.
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