January 13, 2011

Fire, loan and an enemy must be completely vanquised: Sanskrit Wisdom - 1

Agnih kshesham runah kshesham shatruh kshesham tathaiva cha |
Punah punah pravardhet tasmaat kshesham na kaarayet||

AignaÁ SaoYaM ?NaÁ SaoYaM Sa~uÁ SaoYaM tqaOva ca a
punaÁ punaÁ p`vaQa-ot tsmaat\ SaoYaM na karyaot\ aa

Explanation
If left remaining even in a small quantity (shesham), fire, loan (debt) and enemy grow back repeatedly. Hence, one must finish them off completely [without leaving a trace].

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