n ten vriddho bhavati yenasy palitan shirah.
yo vai yuvapyadhiyanastan devaah sthaviran viduah॥
'sir ke bal safed ho jane se hi koee manushy vriddh nahian kaha ja sakata; devagan usi ko vriddh kahate haian jo tarun hone par bhi jnanavan ho'.[1] yah tattv manu ji aur vyas ji hi ko nahian, kiantu buddh ko bhi many tha, kyoanki manusmriti ke is shlok ka pahala charan ‘dhammapad’[2] nam ke prasiddh nitivishayak pali bhasha ke bauddh granth mean aksharashah aya hai[3] aur usake age yah bhi kaha hai ki jo sirf avastha hi se vriddh ho gaya hai, usaka jina vyarth hai. yatharth mean dharmishth aur vriddh hone ke lie saty, ahiansa adi ki avashyakata hai. ‘chullavasa’ namak doosare granth[4] mean svayan buddh ki yah ajna hai ki yadyapi dharm ka niroopan karane vala bhikshu naya ho, tathapi vah ooanche asan par baithe aur un vayovriddh bhikshuoan ko bhi upadesh kare jinhoanne usake pahale diksha paee ho.
yah katha sab log janate haian ki prahlad ne apane pita hiranyakashipu ki avajna karake bhagavat prapti kaise kar li thi. isase yah jan p data hai ki jab kabhi kabhi pita–putr ke sarvamany nate se bhi koee doosara adhik b da sambandh upasthit hota hai, tab utane samay ke lie niroopar ho kar pita–putr ka nata bhool jana p data hai. parantu aise avasar ke n hote hue bhi, yadi koee muanh–jo d l daka ukt niti ka avalanb karake, apane pita ko galiyaan dene lage, to vah keval pashu ke saman samajha jaega. pitamah bhishm ne yudhishthir se kaha hai ki gururgariyanh pitrito matritashcheti me matiah– arthat; guru to mata–pita se bhi adhik shreshth hai. parantu mahabharat hi mean yah bhi likha hai ki ek samay maroott raja ke guru ne lobhavash hokar svarth ke lie usaka tyag kiya tab maroott ne kahaah–
tika tippani aur sandarbh
- ↑ manusmriti, 2.156 aur mahabharat, 1.133.11; shalyaparv. 51.47
- ↑ ‘dhammapad’ granth ka aangrezi anuvad ‘prachyadharm–pustakamala’ (Sacred Books of the East Vol. X.) mean kiya gaya hai aur chullavagg ka anuvad bhi usi mala ke Vol. XVII aur XX mean prakashit hua hai. dhammapad ka pali shlok yah haiah–
n ten thero hoti yenass palitan siro.
paripakko vayo tass moghajinno ti vuchchati॥‘ther’ shabd buddh bhikshuoan ke lie prasukt hua hai. yah sanskrit shabd ‘sthavir’ ka apabhransh hai.
- ↑ dhammapad. 290
- ↑ chullavasa, 6.13.1
sanbandhit lekh
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