तिरुक्कुरळ्-दानिता-२ (Tirukkural-Giving-2)
न प्रशस्तो भवेल्लोके सन्मार्गोऽपि प्रतिग्रहः।
स्वर्गादिसद्गतिर्नो चेदपि दानं वरं मतम्॥
अयं श्लोकः संस्कृतश्रीः इति पत्रिकायाम् अस्ति। अयं मम अस्य श्लोकस्य अनुवादस्य प्रयासः अस्ति।
Even if there is no praise in this world for accepting a wise path or heaven or liberation then also giving is better, such is the opinion.
अपि अयम् अनुवादः समीचीनः अस्ति?
२०१२-०२-१७ शुक्रवासरः (2012-02-17 Friday)
hnbhat, 
Nikitha, and 1 other are discussing. 
Lakshmi Srinivas 2:36 am on February 20, 2012 Permalink |
Again, let me give the alternate Sanskrit translation:
मोक्षलाभी भवेत् कामं याचनं न हि संमतम्।
नरकेऽपि समायातं दानं सर्वात्मना वरम्।।
Here, this verse follows another template.
If A is the desirable action, then the verse is structured like this:
NOT A is not desirable even if B results. (here B is svarga or e.g., the enjoyment of apsaras). For A alone is desirable even if undesirable results follow (like naraka).
Thus प्रतिग्रहः is receiving. The NOT A of the template. दानं is the A of the template. B is मोक्ष.
Hope this helps.
hnbhat 6:40 pm on April 13, 2012 Permalink |
I could not make out anything from the Sanskrit counterpart for want of syntactic incompatibility. Hope it follows your own ideology put into the mouth of Sanskrit verse by force.
दान is a noble grant that can be given by anyone with/without expectation of any resultant मोक्ष or स्वर्ग.
This is certainly a counterpart of पर्तिग्रहः – स्वीकरणम्।
Only दान is classified as best, worse good उत्तम-मध्यम-अधम according to the conditions prevailing at the time of donation.
Even without these verbosity , it is simple enough to say :
तृणाल्लघुतरस्तूलस्तूलादपि च याचकः॥
which condenses the disgust of a याचक and the contempt of others towards begging.
This is the common feature
९७९०-१ कालः समविषमकरः परिभवसन्मानकारकः कालः ।
९७९०-२ कालः करोति पुरुषं दातारं याचितारं च ।।
Even then Here is Kalidasa presenting a view:
अयाचितारं न हि देवदेवमद्रिः सुतां ग्राहयितुं शशाक।
अभ्यर्थनाभङ्गभयेन …
अभ्यर्थनाभङ्गभयेन साधु-
र्माध्यस्थ्यमिष्टेऽप्यवलम्बतेऽर्थे ।। ५२ ।।
Even though he be the देवदेव, नगाधिराज didn’t ask him to marry his daughter, without being asked for. This is a lofty transaction then दान and प्रतिग्रह and याचन.
Nikitha 8:15 pm on February 20, 2012 Permalink |
good day…:)
i would really appreciate it if you could please tell me how to write the name “Nikitha” in sanskrit….
Hem Prakash 1:42 am on February 22, 2012 Permalink |
definatellu i will talk to you but iam unable to type in sanskrit