19th Oct 2019
----*** My Aa ha moment **----
- Till now i was thinking of 'Shubhashitani'
सुभाषितम् as being the name of the work written by Bhartruhari. Because that's how we studied during our intermediate (10 + 2) classes.
Only today I got to know that
सुभाषितम् - means Good Counsel - and that it can be pulled out from any of the works!
Think of it as a Quote / Motto / Moral / Saying / Shayari etc.
2nd 'better understanding' moment.
There is a very subtle connection between Sanskrit and Spirituality/religion. And I was of the opinion that when I say a verse it must ONLY be religion. Maybe its use was mostly so.
After starting the Shatakatriyam by Bhartruhari I realized that it ONLY a language using which our forefathers communicated. Because the entire Shatakatriyam is about 'Rules of life' based on the writers experience.
----*** Harih om ***-----
Bhartrhari's Shatakatryam शतक + त्रय
(
शतक Means hundred -
त्रय means Three - In total Bhartrhari composed 300 verses. These were under three different categories such as
- Niti
नीति Shatakam - 100 verses on 'Moral Philosophy or Ethics or Behavior'
- Shrngara
शृङ्गार Shataka - 100 verses on 'portraying Beauty, Love and being Amorous'
- Vairagya
वैराग्य Shataka - 100 verses on 'Attaining freedom from Worldly Desires / Asceticism'
Niti Shataka नीति शतक
The 100 verses on 'Moral Philosophy or Ethics or Behavior' is further classified into 10 Paddati
पद्धति
meaning - Ways. Ways in which each of these category of people should or would behave.
These 10 Paddati's are
1) Murka Paddati -
मूर्ख पद्धति - Ways of the Fools / Imbeciles
2) Vidvat Paddati -
विद्वत्त पद्धति - Ways of the Scholars
3) Maana Shourya Paddati - मान शौर्य पद्धति - Ways of the Respect (maana) & Valour (Shourya)
4) Artha Paddati - अर्थ पद्धति - Ways of the money / wealth / material posession
5) Durjana Paddati - दुर्जन पद्धति - Ways of the evil or wicked people or bad people
6) Sujana Paddati - सुजन पद्धति - Ways of the Kind people / gentle(wo)men
7) Paropakara Paddati - परोपकार पद्धति - Upakara = help, para = others - Ways of good Samaritans
8) Dhairya Paddati - धैर्य पद्धति - Ways of the brave & courageous
9) Deva Paddati - देव पद्धति - Ways of the god & Impoderables
10) Karma Paddati - कर्म पद्धति - Ways of Action & Consequence
Each of these paddati's have multiple Verses and provide a basic template for human behavior when interacting with others while following the path of Dharma.
I would post the individual verses and its meaning in my subsequent posts as and when I study them.
|| Om Tat Sat ||
