Subhashita - 04.06.2026

[Kalpana Muzumdar]

कार्श्यं क्षुत्प्रभवं कदन्नमशनं शीतोष्णयोः पात्रता

पारुष्यं च शिरोरुहेषु शयनं मह्यास्तले केवले ।

एतान्येव गृहे वहन्त्यवनतिं यान्त्युन्नतिं कानने

दोषा एव गुणीभवन्ति मुनिभिर्योग्ये पदे योजिताः ॥

kārśyaṃ kṣutprabhavaṃ kadannamaśanaṃ śītoṣṇayoḥ pātratā
pāruṣyaṃ ca śiroruheṣu śayanaṃ mahyāstale kevale |
etānyeva gṛhe vahantyavanatiṃ yāntyunnatiṃ kānane
doṣā eva guṇībhavanti munibhiryogye pade yojitāḥ ||

Emaciation due to hunger, unsavoury food, subjection to heat and cold, ruggedness of the locks, sleep on bare ground, these, which are derogatory at home (to the householder), are praiseworthy in the forest (in the recluse). Defects become virtues when placed by the sages at the proper place.

Best Regards,
Kalpana Muzumdar