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[Visalakshi Ramani]

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A proverb a day to brighten the day!

567a.
Wenn Sie anbieten, einen Stuhl zu kaufen, werden Sie gezwungen,
ein Bett, einen Tisch und einen Stuhl zu kaufen.

567b.
If you offer to buy a chair, you will be made to buy a cot, a table and a chair.

It is not the camel in the tent that takes more than what was originally offered to it.
Most humans do it too - without feeling a pinch of discomfort or an iota of guilt.

footnotes:
Wenn = If
Sie = you
anbieten = offer
zu = to
kaufen = buy
einen = a
Stuhl = chair,
Sie = you
werden = will be
gezwungen = forced
zu = to
kaufen = buy
ein = a
Bett = bed,
einen = a
Tisch = table
und = and
einen = a
Stuhl = chair.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Something....Something!

Something is being offered out of sheer kindness and generosity.
Something else is being purchased - with least regard
to the original offer and the original cost.

Man knows inherently how to extract
more than what is being offered to him.

The technique is behind the free S.S Spoons
and the 'buy one and take home two' schemes.

It is courtesy to talk to the donor and discuss the details before the purchase.
After all he is the one who is going the shell the money anyway.
We have to make sure that the price doesn't become a bombshell.

Transparency in dealing with the others creates mutual trust
and this gives happiness to the giver as well as the recipient.

 

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#189. குருடர்கள் கண்ட யானை

இறைவனை முன்னிட்டு விதண்டா வாதம் இன்று நேற்றல்ல என்றென்றும் நடப்பது. “தான் கண்டதே சரி” என்று கூறுவர் – மேலும் “தன் இறைவனே உயர்ந்தவன்” என்றும் கூட முதல்வன் ஒரு…

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A proverb a day to brighten the day!

568a. Der Körper ist die Ursache von Glück und Leid.

568b. Body is the cause of both happiness and sorrow.

The Soul or Atma is sath-chith-aanandham.
Permanent happiness is the nature of the soul.

But every living being suffers and becomes sad.
Because the soul is trapped inside a physical body.

So the happiness and sorrow felt by the physical body
gets transmitted to the soul as well.

footnotes:
Der = The
Körper = body
ist = is
die = the
Ursache = cause
von = of
Glück = happiness
und = and
Leid = sorrow.

 

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#190. நாயினும் கடையேன்

கடைத்தேறும் வழியைக் காண்பிக்கத் தேவை கடவுளை உணர்ந்து கொண்ட ஓர் உத்தம குரு. சென்றான் ஒரு மனிதன் ஒரு குருவை நாடி;சொன்னான் தான் பணிவு கொண்டவன் என. தெரியும் பணிவு கொண்டவனைப் பார்த்தாலே!பரிந்து எடுத்துச…

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Something....Something.

Something happens somewhere.
Something else develops elsewhere!

தென்னை மரத்தில் தேள் கொட்டினால்
பனை மரத்தில் நெறி கட்டுமாம்!

It looks far fetched and resembles a forced farce, rather than a truth.

I came to know recently that a knee surgery needs a clearance from the dentist
that the prospective patient does NOT have any infection in the teeth.

What may the connection between the teeth and the knees?
மொட்டைத் தலையும் முழங்காலும் போல?

The infection in the teeth can and does get transmitted to the operated knee causing endless post operative problems.

I remembered my neighbour and a friend who would get a plum sized and plum coloured growth in her operated knee joint. It would get drained but will reappear ASAP!

Maybe the popular hospitals had a monthly target for such operations and did not care to make sure about the teeth being healthy.

Nip the evil in the bud. Treat the problem when it is identified!

Something smaller which gets neglected will appear as something bigger and more dangerous - which can't be neglected anymore!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day!

569a.
Beim Werfen einer Münze...
Kopf? ich gewinne!
Schwanz? verlierst du!

569b.
While tossing a coin...
Head? I win!
Tail? you lose!

footnotes:
Beim = While
Werfen = tossing
einer = a
Münze...= coin...
Kopf = Head?
ich = I
gewinne! = win!
Schwanz = Tail?
du = you
verlierst = lose!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

#191. உபவாசமும் விசுவாசமும்

கடக்க விரும்பினார் வியாசர் யமுனை நதியை; கடக்க விரும்பினர் கோபியர் யமுனை நதியை. காணவில்லை ஓடக்காரன் ஒருவனைக் கூட அன்று! கடப்பது எப்படி சுழித்தோடும் யமுனை ஆற்றினை ? விசனத்துடன் இருந்த…

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Something...Something!

There is something in an older man which keeps the women in check.
They don't shout, quarrel, argue, fight or complain in his presence.

Is it because everyone still respects the older man?
Is it because one wants to remain in his good opinion?

The recent washing-of-the-dirty-linen-in-the-public makes me believe my statement.
As long as the (near centenarian) Prince was alive all the issues were kept under control.

Now everything is blowing up to the sky!
Who is right? Who is wrong? Who knows?

Everyone has problems and complaints.
But they should be resolved in privacy.

Because the higher we stand in the society,
the harder we fall (when we fall) and get hurt!

 

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#192. ராமன் சித்தம்

சேணியன் ஒருவன் கொண்டிருந்தான் பக்தி – தன் பாணியில் கோதண்டம் பற்றியிருக்கும் ராமனிடம். செய்தான் தன் செயல்களை ‘ராமனின் சித்தப்படி!’செப்பினான் தன் சொற்களை ‘ராமனின் சித்தப்…

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A proverb a day to brighten the day!

570a.
Der kluge Mann denkt nach.
Der törichte Mensch handelt einfach so, wie er handeln möchte.

570b.
The smart man contemplates.
The foolish man just acts as he wishes to act.

footnotes;
Der = The
kluge = smart
Mann = man
denkt nach = contemplates.
Der = The
törichte = foolish
Mensch = man
handelt = acts
einfach = simply
so wie = just as
er = he
möchte = wants
handeln = to act.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Something ...Something.

The old lady was putting in her bag a giant sized goggles.
The sales girl noticed it and came over to the old lady.

When asked about the goggles the old woman said,
"I came here to pay for it but had put it inside my bag instead.
You see, I am very old and my memory is not very good anymore!"

That aroused the curiosity of the sales girl.
She started taking all the things from the bag.

There was a beautiful skirt and its matching blouse.
There was a wrist watch and also a handkerchief.

The sales girl said, "I am going to call the police now!"

The old lady said piteously, "It is my one weakness.
I don't even know that I am stealing things!
Please let me go! I am old enough to be your grandma!"

The sale girl took back all the contents of the bag
and emptied it before letting the woman go.

The manager of the store came running to the sales girl.
He asked her roughly, "Why did you let the woman go?"

The sales girl replied proudly for having acted so smart,
"I have got back all the stuff she tried to steal from our shop."

The manager was still very angry and said
"You have let her go off with a bag worth 300$!!!"

Something small acts as a cover up for something else - big and costly!
The obvious action is performed merely to conceal the ulterior motive.

 

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A proverb a day to brighten the day!

571a. Auch Blinde träumen ... aber in Gerüchen und Geräuschen!

571b. Blind people also dream ... but in smells and sounds!

Dreams belong to everyone.
If we dream in colors and sounds,
the blind may dream in smells and sounds.

footnotes:
Auch = Also
Blinde = the blind people
träumen = dream...
aber = but
in = in
Gerüchen = smells
und = and
Geräuschen = sounds

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

#193. போலி வாலிப சன்னியாசி

இரவில் புகுந்தான் அரண்மனையில் கள்வன்;அரசனும், அரசியும் அளவளாவிடும் சமயத்தில். சொன்னான் மன்னன் வியப்பான செய்தியை,”செல்வ மகளை அளிப்பேன் ஒரு சாதுவுக்கு!’ அரச குமாரியை மணக்கக் கசக்கும…

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Something... Something!

The doting parents bought their daughter expensive jewels
studded with precious gemstones of every available color.

Garnet, emerald, blue, purple, maroon, blood red.....
you name it and they had it made for her.

But there was one curious thing happening at the same time.
The girl wanted imitation jewels in the same combination as well.
WHY?

Maybe to protect the actual jewels by wearing the cheaper edition?
MAYBE!

The truth came out when on one fine day, she eloped with her lover.
She carried with her all the cheap jewels she had purchased.

Carrying the gold jewels might have landed her
in more trouble than can be explained away.

MORAL:

When something or just anything is happening out of the ordinary....
awake, arise and find out what is cooking under your very nose!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A proverb a day to brighten the day!

572a.
Ein Kind gut zu machen, macht es auch glücklich.
Aber ein Kind glücklich zu machen, macht es nicht auch gut

572b.
Making a child good, makes it happy as well.
But making a child happy, does not make it good as well.

Goodness always goes hand in hand with happiness.
But happiness does not always go hand in hand with goodness.
The wrong decisions we may take to make ourselves happy is the cause for this.

footnotes:
Zu machen = Making
Ein = a
Kind = child
gut = good
macht = makes
es = it
auch = also
glücklich = happy.
Aber = But
zu machen = making
ein = a
Kind = child
glücklich = happy,
nicht macht = does not make
es = it
auch = also
gut = good.

 

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#194. வாழ்வே கனவு ஆனால்…

வேலை வெட்டி இல்லாத கணவன் இருந்தான்; வேலைக்கு அளிக்கவில்லை உணவு மகனுக்கு. அடிப்பார் அடித்தால் அம்மியும் நகருமாம்!அடிக்கடி மனைவி கூறியபடிச் சென்றான். கிடைக்கவில்லை ஒரு வேலையும் அவனுக…

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Something...Something!

The human body at times wants to get rid of the troublesome parts and organs.
But every man and every woman tries to hold onto them as long as possible.

A lady in the close family circle had severe problems with her monthly cycles.
The fibrosis in her uterus was causing her a real lot of problems.

But she wanted to hold onto it despite all her difficulties.
Finally she agreed to listen to her doctor and get it removed.

I happened to see the trouble maker uterus which she was trying to hold onto.
It looked very much like a rotten and shapeless beetroot .

So much of love for THIS kind of an organ?!
When something is better OFF you than ON you... just let it go!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

#195. வைராக்கியம்

வைராக்கியம் என்பது ஒரு மானசீகத் தீப்பொறி; வைரம் போன்ற உறுதியுடன் தோன்றும் நொடியில். இன்று, நாளை, நேற்று என்று தளர்ச்சியடையாமல் தோன்றியவுடனே அடையும் அது அசுர வளர்ச்சியை. மனைவி கூறிவந…

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A proverb a day to brighten the day!

573a. Angenehme Personen sind diejenigen, die Ihnen immer zustimmen.

573b. Agreeable persons are those who always agree with you.

No two persons can have identical views and opinions.
Yet how many people let other have their opinions and views?

They want everyone else to agree with whatever they say!
Otherwise one who disagrees will be treated as an outlaw or an enemy.

footnotes:
Angenehme = Agreeable
Personen = persons
sind = are
diejenigen = those
die = who
zustimmen = agree
Ihnen = with them
immer = always.

 

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Something...Something!

Presence VS Presents!?

Small children receive too many presents from the parents - when they are too rich and too busy share their precious time with their children.

So the lack of their presence is made up by the shower of their presents.

The reverse may happen when these children grow up and become adults. They will buy everything their parents may ever need - but won't give them the pleasure of their company and presence.

Is everybody "Too busy making money?" to be able to spend some time with their loved ones - when they need them most ( as small kids and old people do) ??

Something (their presence) can't be compensated by something else (their presents)!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

#196. விடாமுயற்சி

பொய்த்தது வானம்; காய்ந்தன வயல்கள் – மக்கள் அஞ்சினர் கடும் பஞ்சம் அங்கு தலைவிரித்தாடுமோ? பாசனம் செய்ய வேண்டும் வாய்க்கால்களை வெட்டிப்பசி அறியாது உணவு உண்ண விரும்பும் உழவர்கள். உறுதி பூண்ட…

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A proverb a day to brighten the day!

574a.
Man kann in seinem Traum einen Jackpot gewinnen.
Aber er wird immer noch arm sein, wenn er aufwacht.

574b.
One may win a jackpot in his dream.
But he will still be a pauper when he wakes up.

footnotes:
Man = One
kann = can
in = in
seinem = his
Traum = dream
gewinnen = win
einen = a
Jackpot = Jackpot.
Aber = But
er = he
wird = will
immer noch = still
sein = be
arm = poor
wenn = when
er = he
aufwacht = wakes up

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Something...Something!

The seekers are the finders.
The finders are the keepers!

The Sages of the ancient were called as seers - because they could SEE the mantras and many other holy things besides.

It is as though everything has been everywhere all the time. But only a person who is ready to receive it sees it.

In layman's language, it is like our 1000s of TV channels all around the world. Only he who tunes in gets to see the program.

'Somethings are there always but only the selected people can see those things.
The others may see nothing. They may never see those special Somethings.

 

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ஆத்ம தரிசனம்​

மரம் வெட்டி விற்று, அந்த
வருமானத்தில் வாழ்ந்தான்
சிரமம் நிறைந்த வாழ்க்கை,
சிறு விறகு வெட்டி ஒருவன்.

மகான் கூறினார் அவனிடம்,
“மகனே! நீ காட்டுக்குள் செல்;
செல்வம் கொழித்து, நல்லதோர்
செல்வந்தனாய் ஆகிவிடுவாய்!”

அடுத்த நாள், அந்த விறகுவெட்டி
அடர்ந்த காட்டுக்குள் சென்றபோது,
விலையுயர்ந்த மரக் கூட்டங்களைத்
தொலை தூரம் வரையில் கண்டான்.

தினமும் சிறிது வெட்டி விற்று,
மனம் மகிழ்ந்து வாழலானான்.
“இன்னும் உள்ளே சென்றால்,
என்னென்ன உள்ளதோ?” என்று

கண்டறியச் சென்றான், ஒரு முறை
பண்டு செல்லாத பகுதிகளுக்கு!
தாமிரச் சுரங்கத்தைக் கண்டான்;
கோரிய பொருளைப் பெற்றான்.

இன்னமும் உள்ளே சென்றால்,
இருந்தது வெள்ளிச் சுரங்கம்!
அள்ளிக் கொண்டு வந்தவனுக்கு,
கொள்ளை கொள்ளை மகிழ்ச்சி!

இன்னும் உள்ளே சென்றவன்,
பொன்னும், வைரக்கற்களும் கூடி
மின்னும் சுரங்கத்தைக் கண்டான்.
இன்னும் வேறு என்ன வேண்டும்?

சித்திகள் எட்டும் இவ்வகையே.
யத்தனம் நாம் செய்யச் செய்ய,
புத்தம் புதிதாகக் கிடைக்கும்;
மொத்தமாக அல்ல, என்றுமே!

சக்திகளில் மயங்கி நிற்காமல்,
யுக்தியுடன் தொடர்ந்து சென்றால்,
கிடைக்கும் ஆத்ம தரிசனமும்;
கிடைக்கும் இறையின் தரிசனமும்!

வாழ்க வளமுடன்,
விசாலாக்ஷி ரமணி.