Do good deeds
Failure is the first step towards success
Golu was staying with his friends in a rented flat in a city away from Palanpur village. He attended school in the morning and coaching classes in the evening. Being the only son he was pampered by his grandparents and parents. This had made him stubborn and lazy. The city life had made him an entertainment-addict. He did not study properly in school and remained absent from his coaching classes. While all his friends studied at night he would sleep. When his friends asked him to study he would reply that exams are still far and he could prepare for them in some 20 days. Continue reading “Failure is the first step towards success” »
Sādhō bhā’ī! Samatā raṅga ramījē
Sādhō bhā’ī! Samatā raṅga ramījē,
Avadhū! Mamatā saṅga na kījē,
Sādhō bhā’ī! Samatā raṅga ramījē.
Sampatti nāhi nāhi mamatā mēṁ
ramatā rāma samēṭē,
Khāṭa pāṭa tajī lākha
khaṭā’u anta khākha mēṁ lēṭē.
…Sādhō.1
As you sow so shall you reap
Temptation leads to repentance
Keep away from misconduct
कुसीलवड्ढणं ठाणं, दूरओ परिवज्जए
All causes promoting misconduct must be avoided
Jiv Vichar – Gatha 3-4
Gatha 3
फलिहमणिरयण विद्दुम,
हिंगुल हरियाल मणसिलरसिंदा|
कणगाई घाउ सेढी, वन्निय अरणेट्टय पलेवा||
हिंगुल हरियाल मणसिलरसिंदा|
कणगाई घाउ सेढी, वन्निय अरणेट्टय पलेवा||
Gatha 4
अब्भय तूरी ऊसं, मट्टी-पाहाण-जाईओ णेगा|
सोवीरंजण लुणाई, पुढविभेआई ईच्चाई||
सोवीरंजण लुणाई, पुढविभेआई ईच्चाई||
PRUTHVIKAYA : Pruthvikaya jiva are living beings having earth, soil, minerals, etc as their own bodies, also known as earthly bodies. Continue reading “Jiv Vichar – Gatha 3-4” »
Speak not the secret
जं छं तं न वत्तव्वं
A Spring Festival
One day, when Spring, the abode of love, had come, the Lord went to a garden to please his retinue. There in a bower of flowers, the Master of the World, adorned with ornaments of flowers, sat like Spring personified. The Laksmi of Spring, as it were, gave welcome to the Lord of the World by humming bees intoxicated by the juice of blossoming mango-trees. An overture, as it were, being performed by cuckoos singing the fifth note, the wind from Malaya, the leader of the dance, showed the dance of the creepers. Continue reading “A Spring Festival” »
Mērī tuṁ mērī tuṁ kānhī ḍarēra
Mērī tuṁ mērī tuṁ kānhī ḍarēra, mērī
Kahē cētana samatā suni ākhara,
aura daiḍha dina jūṭha larērī.
…Mērī.1
