THE EIGHT FAMILY MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT US IN OUR JOURNEY TO SUCCESS.

THE EIGHT FAMILY MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT US IN OUR JOURNEY TO SUCCESS (FACEBOOK LIVE SESSION 28.03.2019)
BY HIS GRACE GAUR GOPAL DAS - AN ISKCON MONK.
INTERNATIONAL LIFE COACH & MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIST SHARING DEEPER SPIRITUAL INSIGHTS WITH THE WORLD TODAY.
FEARLESSNESS ADORNS OUR MIND.
धैर्यं यस्य पिता क्षमा च जननी शान्तिश्चिरं गेहिनी
सत्यं सूनुरयं दया च भगिनी भ्राता मनःसंयमः ।
शय्या भूमितलं दिशोऽपि वसनं ज्ञानामृतं भोजनं
एते यस्य कुटुम्बिनः वद सखे कस्माद् भयं योगिनः ।।
- सुभाषितम्
dhairyaṃ yasya pitā kṣamā ca jananī
śāntiściraṃ gehinī satyaṃ sūnurayaṃ
dayā ca bhaginī bhrātā manaḥ-saṃyamaḥ
śayyā bhūmitalaṃ diśo’pi vasanaṃ jñānāmṛtaṃ bhojanaṃ
ete yasya kuṭumbinaḥ vada sakhē kasmād bhayaṃ yōginaḥ
- Subhāṣitam
1. Father - dhairya - patience
2. Mother - kṣamā - forgiveness
3. Spouse - śānti - peace
4. Son - satya - truthfulness
5. Sister - dayā - compassion
6. Brother - manaḥ-saṃyamaḥ - self-control
7. Clothes - vasanaṃ - detachments, adjustments
8. Food - bhojanaṃ - knowledge
TRANSLITERATION AND MEANING
धैर्यं (dhairyaṃ) = composure; यस्य (yasya) = whose; पिता (pitā) = father; क्षमा (kṣamā) = forbearance; च (ca) = and; जननी (jananī) = mother; शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) = calmness of mind; चिरं (ciraṃ) = at all times; गेहिनी (gehinī) = wife; सत्यं (satyaṃ) = truth; सूनुः (sūnuḥ) = son; अयं (ayaṃ) = this; दया (dayā) = compassion; च (ca) = and; भगिनी (bhaginī) = sister; भ्राता (bhrātā) = brother; मनःसंयमः (manaḥ-saṃyamaḥ) = mind discipline; शय्या (śayyā) = bed; भूमितलं (bhūmitalaṃ) = surface of the earth; दिशः (diśa:) = directions; अपि (api) = also; वसनं (vasanaṃ) = dress; ज्ञानामृतं (jñānāmṛtaṃ) = nectarine knowledge; भोजनं (bhojanaṃ) = food; एते (ete) = these; यस्य (yasya) = whose; कुटुम्बिनः (kuṭumbinaḥ) = members of the family; वद (vada) = tell; सखे (sakhe) = O friend; कस्माद् (kasmād) = from what; भयं (bhayaṃ) = fear; योगिनः (yōginaḥ) = for a Yogi;
अन्वयः
धैर्यं यस्य पिता, क्षमा च (यस्य) जननी, चिरं शान्तिः (यस्य) गेहिनी, सत्यं (यस्य) अयं सूनुः, दया च (यस्य) भगिनी, मनःसंयमः (यस्य) भ्राता, भूमितलं (यस्य) शय्या, दिशः अपि (यस्य) वसनं, ज्ञानामृतं (यस्य) भोजनं, यस्य एते कुटुम्बिनः वद सखे (तस्य) योगिनः कस्माद् भयम् ।
dhairyaṃ yasya pitā, kṣamā ca (yasya) jananī, ciraṃ śāntiḥ (yasya) gehinī, satyaṃ (yasya) ayaṃ sūnuḥ, dayā ca (yasya) bhaginī, manaḥsaṃyamaḥ (yasya) bhrātā, bhūmitalaṃ (yasya) śayyā, diśa: api (yasya) vasanaṃ, jñānāmṛtaṃ (yasya) bhojanaṃ, yasya ete kuṭumbinaḥ vada sakhē (tasya) yōginaḥ kasmāt bhayam.
TRANSLATION:
A Yogi for whom composure is his father, forbearance his mother, calmness of mind his wife, truthfulness his son, compassion his sister, control of mind his brother, and for whom this earth is the bed, the directions the attire and the nectarine knowledge the food - for whom all these are members of his family, tell me O friend, from what would such a Yogi fear?
POINTS FOR INTROSPECTION:
Any seeker or an ascetic or a Yogi must have such qualities which strengthen him in his path of seeking the Supreme Truth. He should imbibe and cultivate values which are congenial for seeking and reject those which are not.