Pranam Ant and white ant have different functions to do ; and the white ant is described in the Rig vedam;
वम्रीभिः पुत्रमग्रुवो अदानं निवेशनाद्धरिव आ जभर्थ । व्यन्धो अख्यदहिमाददानो निर्भूदुखच्छित्समरन्त पर्व ॥4 19 9 vamrībhiḥ putram agruvo adānaṃ niveśanād dhariva ā jabhartha | vy andho akhyad ahim ādadāno nir bhūd ukhacchit sam aranta parva || “Lord of horses, you have brought the son of Agru from his dwelling, where he was being devoured by the ants; when extricated, although blind, he distinguished the serpent; and when he came forth the joints that had been sundered in the ant-hill were restrung.” vamra is white ant. Valmīka (वल्मीक) [Also spelled valmik]:—(*nf*) white ant; an anthill. अनु॑व्रताय र॒न्धय॒न्नप॑व्रताना॒भूभि॒रिन्द्र॑: श्न॒थय॒न्नना॑भुवः । वृ॒द्धस्य॑ चि॒द्वर्ध॑तो॒ द्यामिन॑क्षत॒: स्तवा॑नो व॒म्रो वि ज॑घान सं॒दिह॑: ॥ anuvratāya randhayann apavratān ābhūbhir indraḥ śnathayann anābhuvaḥ | vṛddhasya cid vardhato dyām inakṣataḥ stavāno vamro vi jaghāna saṃdihaḥ ||“ Indra <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/indra#hinduism> abides, humbling the neglecters of holy acts in favour of those who observe them; and punishing those who turn away from his worship in favour of those who are present (with their praise); Vamra, while praising him, whether old or adolescent, and spreading through heaven, carried off the accusative ulated (materials of the sacrifice).”Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya---Vamro vijaghāna samdihaḥ = vamra destroyed the collections. Vamra, a ṛṣi, when Indra was absent, carried away the accusative ulated heap of offerings, the marrow or essence of the earth, yad valmika <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/valmika#hinduism>-vap_sambhāro bhavati <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/bhavati#hinduism> ūrjjam eva pṛthivyāḥ Pipilikā (पिपिलिका):—[pipilikāḥ] Type of insect which means ants. Bite causes inflammatory swelling and burning sensation at the seat of bite resembling those produced contact with fire. Vāmalūra (वामलूर).— (cf. *vamra, valmī*), m. An ant-hill. Vamrīkūṭa (वम्रीकूट).—an ant-hill. KR IRS 19122 On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 at 16:53, Ravi Mahajan <[email protected]> wrote: > > *WE CAN EVEN LEARN FROM an ANT* > > > > One Sunday morning, a wealthy man sat in his balcony enjoying sunshine and > his coffee when a little ant caught his eye which was going from one side > to the other side of the balcony carrying a big leaf several times more > than its size. > > > > The man watched it for more than an hour. He saw that the ant faced many > impediments during its journey, paused, took a diversion and then continued > towards destination. > > > > At one point, the tiny creature came across a crack in the floor. It > paused for a little while, analyzed and then laid the huge leaf over the > crack, walked over the leaf, picked the leaf on the other side to continued > its journey. > > > > The man was captivated by the cleverness of the little ant, one of God’s > tiniest creatures. The incident left the man in awe and forced him to > contemplate over the miracle of Creation. It showed the greatness of the > Creator. In front of his eyes there was this tiny creature of God, lacking > in size yet *equipped with a brain to analyze, contemplate, reason, > explore, discover and overcome.* Along with all these capabilities, the > man also noticed that this tiny creature shared some human shortcomings. > > > > The man saw about an hour later the creature had reached its destination – > a tiny hole in the floor which was entrance to its underground dwelling. > And it was at this point that the ant’s shortcoming that it shared with the > man was revealed. How could the ant carry into the tiny hole the large leaf > that it had managed to carefully bring to the destination? It simply > couldn't! > > > > So the tiny creature, after all the painstaking and hard work and > exercising great skills, overcoming all the difficulties along the way, > just left behind the large leaf and went home empty-handed. > > > *The ant had not thought about the end before it began its challenging > journey and in the end, the large leaf was nothing more than a burden to > it. The creature had no option, but to leave it behind to reach its > destination. The man learned a great lesson that day.* > > > > *Isn't that the truth about our lives?* > > > > *We worry about our family, we worry about our job, we worry about how to > earn more money, we worry about where we should live – 4 bedroom or 6 > bedroom house, what kind of vehicle to buy – a Mercedes or BMW or a > Porsche, what kind of dresses to wear, all sorts of things, only to abandon > all these things when we reach our end/destination. * > > > > *We don’t realize in our life’s journey that these are just burdens that > we are carrying with utmost care and fear of losing them, only to find, > that at the end they are useless and we can’t take them with us. * > > > > *Attachments in life come naturally to us. We get attached to anything and > everything because we are made that way. But **we must constantly > practice DETACHMENTS so that when time comes, we have to leave them and go, > we are not unnecessarily burdened or are frustrated and resentful. * > > > > *When time comes for us to go, we should be just like this tiny creature. > Leave everything without a care and Go.**●* > > > > *Capt. Ravikant Mahajan (Veteran) * > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZooGqHdb7uQ03WCDzvvFcagHCJOw41JRTf7q6syVp1-CiQ%40mail.gmail.com.
