Subhashitas · Nature — Abhijnanasakuntalam

Subhashitas Subhashita 472 meaning

patum na prathamam vyavasyati jalam yushmasv apeeteshu ya n-adatte priyamandan-api bhavatam snehena ya pallavam adye vah kusumaprasootisamaye yasya bhavaty utsavah seyam yati shakuntala patigriham sarvair anujnayatam

पातुं न प्रथमं व्यवस्यति जलं युष्मास्वपीतेषु या नादत्ते प्रियमण्डनापि भवतां स्नेहेन या पल्लवम् । आद्ये वः कुसुमप्रसूतिसमये यस्या भवत्युत्सवः सेयं याति शकुन्तला पतिगृहं सर्वैरनुज्ञायताम् ॥

O trees of the hermitage: she who would not drink water until you were watered, who loved ornaments yet never plucked your leaves out of love for you, who celebrated when you first bloomed, that Shakuntala goes to her husband's home. Please give her your leave.

What it means

Shakuntala treats trees as siblings, feeding them before herself. Imagine living with that tenderness toward the plants, animals and places that raise us. Water your plants, protect your trees; they are family too.

हिंदी में अर्थ

हे आश्रम के वृक्षो: जो तुम्हें पानी दिए बिना खुद पानी नहीं पीती थी, गहनों की शौकीन होकर भी स्नेह के कारण तुम्हारे पत्ते नहीं तोड़ती थी, तुम्हारे पहले फूल पर उत्सव मनाती थी, वही शकुंतला पति के घर जा रही है। सब उसे अनुमति दो।

शकुंतला पेड़ों को भाई-बहन मानती है, खुद से पहले उन्हें पानी देती है। सोचिए, हमें पालने वाले पौधों, जीवों और जगहों के प्रति ऐसी कोमलता हो। पौधों को पानी दीजिए, पेड़ बचाइए।

Spoken by Kālidāsa.

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