The Hindu Shastras declare offering Advice when not solicited for will bring in Misery!
Yet Here I Am!
1.Who are your closest Relatives?
The Truth-Mother.
Knowledge-Father.
Dharma, Righteousness-Sibling.
Compassion-Friend.
Peace and Contentment-Wife.
Sobriety and Patience-Sons.
2.Who is a Sage?
One who looks at other’s
Wife as Mother,
Property as a useless stone,
Life as His own.
3.Who are the Worst Human Beings?
Those who.
sully the name of others,
relinquished his duties,
is a Miser,
remains Angry for long.
4.How to bring up a Son?
Treat the son as a.
King till he is Five,
Servant till Fifteen,
a friend thereafter.
5.Which is the best property?
One which is earned by Self is the best,
Ancestral Property is allowable,
Sibling’s Property is a Sin and
A woman’s property is despicable.
6.With whom Anger lingers and for How Long?
Anger will linger with one,
who is a Good Man for a minute,
with a normal man three hours
with a Man who is useless for a Day and Night
and
for a lifetime with a Sinful Man.
7.What happens when you visit a Prostitute?
By looking at them, the Mind loses balance,
Touching them will destroy wealth,
Intercourse with them will lead to disease.
8.Intercourse with whom?
Intercourse with servants will destroy Honor,
With Prostitute wealth,
with widows and those who are older will reduce Life span and
with other’s wife shall destroy everything.
9.Whos is a Relative?
Who wishes your welfare is your relative,
Who protects you is your father,
Who is loyal is your friend,and
who provides comfort and contentment is Wife.
10.Misery and Wealth.
earning wealth is difficult,
saving it is more difficult,
spending brings in misery, and losing it painful.
11.On Nourishment.
Ghee increases mental sharpness,
Milk increases Longevity,
Vegetables immunity and
Meat Obesity.
12.Whom the Gods help?
One who has,
Unstinting effort,
Courage,
Intellect,
Strength,
Valour and
Initiative.
13.On control of the Tongue.
Tongue is responsible for,
Wealth,
Friends and relatives, and
Death.
14.Who will never understand the paucity of funds.
Relatives,
Children,
Women,
King,
Guests and
Son in law.
15.Women,
Will eat twice more than a Man,
Intellectually sharper by four times
Mischievous by Six times and
Lustful by eight times.
16.On Sins.
Sins of the people will accrue to the King,
Of King’s Brahmins,
Of wife, Husband, and
of a Disciple, the Teacher.
17.When should one be NOT reserved
While,
Singing,
Dancing,
Fighting,
Eating,
Arguing on important issues and
having intercourse with spouse.
18.What to sacrifice and when?
If a Country is threatened,Sacrifice the Village,
The Clan when the Village is in Peril,
The Clan when the Clan is in Peril,
The Immovable Assets when one is in peril.
19.What is beautiful and in Whom?
Voice for the Cuckoo,
Chastity for women,
Knowledge for the Ugly,
Sobriety and patience for the Sages.
20. Who is Bound to Whom?
The World is bound to God,
God, The Mantras,
The Mantras,The Brahmin(in the real sense)
And Me to Brahmins-Lord Krishna.
21.On being Charitable.
Rivers do not drink their waters,
Clouds do not eat the produce,
The Wealth of a Good Man is for the others.
22.What is Strength for different people?
Sky for the Birds,
Fishes, the Water,
Weak people for the King and
Tears for children and women.
23.What is not useful?
Bookish Knowledge and other’s Wealth.
24.What actions will not fructify?( not be successful)
Actions that have no single decision maker,
That are undertaken by the childish,
Women,
Lunatics, and
One that is interfered with by many.
25.What will be in Equal Proportion?
Knowledge to Effort,
Intellect to previous Karmapala,
Wealth to Vocation and
Strength to Luck.
26.What is Useless?
Rains over the Ocean,
Food to one who is not Hungry,
Charity to the wealthy and
Youthfulness of the poor.
27.Who are your enemies?
Father who leaves debts,
Mother who is a prostitute.
Wife who is not beautiful and chaste, and
An Uneducated son.
28.Women are protected by,
The parents when young and unmarried,,
Husband when married and
Sons when Old.
29.What to carry , When?
Fruits when visiting ,
Home,
Temples,
The Elderly,
Children,
King, and The Guru.
30.Who is to be treated as Father?
One who,
Is a Biological Father,
Performs Upanayana,
Teaches,
Feeds/fed,
Relieved one of Fear.
31.What is equivalent to performing Ashwamedha Yaga?
Charity to the Poor,
Initiating Puja for a temple, which is without it,
Helping to dispose of a body which has no claimants.
The last has no equal.
* These have been collected from various Shastras, from the Sayings of Lord Krishna, Nakula, Sahadeva,Sanskrit Literature, Bhartrihari.Neeti Satakam,Vidur Neeti,Bhishma Parva of The Mahabharata,
I shall be posting some more.
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