OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS
The term ‘Veda’ means knowledge, while its derivative ‘Vedic’ means
knowledgeable. In other words, a Vedic human being is an individual who
practices the collective wisdom of the Vedas, in all walks of life. And the
only opportunity is learning and brimming with the knowledge to create that
opportunity; and all the rest , are fluke or false personification or the
chance. Chance may twist your arms in majority and place in a high pedestal
to be dropped down dead.
क्षीणस्य चैव क्रमशो दैवात् पूर्वकृतेन वा ।
मित्रस्य चानुरोधेन द्विविधं स्मृतमासनम् ॥ १६६ ॥12 7 166 Manusmrithi
kṣīṇasya caiva kramaśo daivāt pūrvakṛtena vā |
mitrasya cānurodhena dvividhaṃ smṛtamāsanam || 166 ||
Halting has been declared to be of two kinds:—(1) that which is necessary
for one who has become gradually weakened, either by chance or through
previous acts, and (2) that which is necessitated by considerations for his
ally.—(166):‘Halting’ means the withdrawing of oneself. This also is of two
kinds—(1) When the king is “weakened’—in force and in money,—even though he
be prosperous, he has to ignore bis enemy; and another kind of Halting is
that which is done in consideration of the ally. If the relations of his
ally, who is weak, with the enemy is not such as to make it safe for his
ally to rise against that enemy,—then, in consideration of the delicate
position of his ally, the king should ‘halt’.The said ‘weakness’ arises
from two causes:—it may be due to ‘chance’ or to ‘former acts’. This only
describes the actual state of things. The strength and weakness of all
kings are due to these two causes. ‘Chance’ here stands for the man’s want
of care, e.g., extravagance, in alertness regarding the army and so forth;
and ‘former acts’ means the demerit caused by evil deeds in the past. Or
the explanation of the two terms may be reversed (‘former acts’ standing
for carelessness, and ‘chance’ for past misdeeds). ‘Mohāt’ (‘through
folly’) is another reading (for ‘daivāt’, ‘by chance’); but what is meant
is expressed by the term ‘daiva’,—(166) ‘Daivāt pūrvakṛtena’—‘In
consequence of imprudence during present life,—and in consequence of acts
committed during previous existences’ (Medhātithi, Govindarāja and
Kullūka);—‘by an enemy made formerly’ (Nārāyaṇa). Opportunity is by
chance; deivath is vidhi fate; exertion is the efforts; and exertions with
the desire to achieve or to cater to the needs of public as selfless
efforts, alone will lead kindly light to success and failure will be a
stepping stone. This why, Rig vedam says the following verses as far as the
economy is concerned,
EARN WEALTH BY GLORY: नृवत् । ते । इन्द्र । नृतमाभिः । ऊती ।
वंसीमहि । वामम् । श्रोमतेभिः । ईक्षे । हि । वस्वः । उभयस्य । राजन् । धाः ।
रत्नम् । महि । स्थूरम् । बृहन्तम् ॥
nṛ-vat | te | indra | nṛ-tamābhiḥ | ūtī | vaṃsīmahi | vāmam | śromatebhiḥ |
īkṣe | h i | vasvaḥ | ubhayasya | rājan | dhāḥ | ratnam | mahi | sthūram |
bṛhantam
“We enjoy, Indra, through your guiding protection, desirable affluence along
with descendants and reputation; grant us, sovereign, who rule over
(earthly and heavenly) riches, vast, desirable and infinite treasures.”
2 WEALTH BY RIGHTEOUS PATH: परि । चित् । मर्तः । द्रविणम् ।
ममन्यात् । ऋतस्य
। पथा । नमसा । विवासेत् । उत । स्वेन । क्रतुना । सम् । वदेत । श्रेयांसम् ।
दक्षम् । मनसा । जगृभ्यात् ॥
pari | cit | martaḥ | draviṇam | mamanyāt | ṛtasya | pathā | namasā |
vivāset | uta | svena | kratunā | sam | vadeta | śreyāṃsam | dakṣam |
manasā | jagṛbhyāt
“Let a mortal be ever desirous of affluence, (having acquired it), let him
worship with oblations on the path of the sacrifice; and let him with his
own intellect meditate upon (the gods); let him grasp with his mind the
best and most mighty (of the universal deities).”
3 RISE UP EARLY MORNING WEALTH: “Having come in the early morning,
(Svanaya) presents precious (wealth), knowing it (to be worthy of
acceptance); and having, (therefore), accepted it, (Kakṣīvat) brings it (to
his father); wherewith the parent of excellent sons, maintaining his
progeny, passes his life in the enjoyment of affluence.”
Legend: Kakṣīvat, having finished his course of study, and taken leave of
his preceptor, journeyed homewards. As he fell asleep by the road-side,
Rājā Svanaya, the son of Bhāvavyavya, attended by his retinue, came by and
disturbed the brāhmaṇa's slumber. Rājā was struck by Kakṣīvat's person
nality and got the latter married to ten of his daughters, presenting him
with a hundred niṣkas of gold, a hundred horses, a hundred bulls, one
thousand and sixty cows and eleven four-horse-drawn-chariots (one each the
wives and one for Kakṣīvat). Kaksīvat returned home and presented the gifts
to his father, Dīrghatamas. The hymn is a praise of the munificence of
Svanaya
प्रात्रिति । रत्नम् । प्रातःइत्वा । दधाति । तम् । चिकित्वान् । प्रतिगृह्य ।
नि । धत्ते । तेन । प्रजाम् । वर्धयमानः । आयुः । रायः । पोषेण । सचते ।
सुवीरः ॥
prātriti | ratnam | prātaḥ-itvā | dadhāti | tam | cikitvān | prati-gṛhya |
ni | dhatte | tena | prajām | vardhayamānaḥ | āyuḥ | rāyaḥ | poṣeṇa |
sacate | su-vīraḥ ( RV 10 125 1)
4 BEGET WEALTH BY PROPER MEANS: “Beget for us, Savitā, wealth today,
wealth tomorrow, wealth day by day; you are the giver of ample wealth, of a
(spacious) mansion; may we, by this praise, become partakers of wealth.”
Yajus. 8.6: vāma = dhanam; or, karmaphalam, the reward of holy acts or
sacrifice, i.e. vamanīyam, that which is desirable to obtain, and which
will apply equally to wealth or reward;Kṣaya = residence;Bhūreḥ =
bahukālinasya, long protracted, that is, residence in heaven, svarganivāsaḥ
वामम् । अद्य । सवितः । वामम् । ऊँ इति । श्वः । दिवेदिवे । वामम् । अस्मभ्यम्
। सावीः । वामस्य । हि । क्षयस्य । देव । भूरेः । अया । धिया । वामभाजः ।
स्याम ॥
vāmam | adya | savitaḥ | vāmam | oṃ iti | śvaḥ | dive--dive | vāmam | asmabhyam
| sāvīḥ | vāmasya | hi | kṣayasya | deva | bhūreḥ | ayā | dhiyā | vāma-bhājaḥ
| syāma
Knowledge will render the opportunity chosen in righteous way to succeed in
limitations. KR IRS 10 9 23
On Sun, 10 Sept 2023 at 04:16, Jambunathan Iyer <[email protected]>
wrote:
> There is but one straight road to success, and that is merit. The man who
> is successful is the man who is useful. Capacity never lacks opportunity.
> It can not remain undiscovered, because it is sought by too many anxious to
> use it.
>
> N Jambunathan Rengarajapuram-Kodambakkam-Chennai-Mob:9176159004
>
> *" What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you
> become by achieving your goals. If you want to live a happy life, tie it to
> a goal, not to people or things "*
>
>
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