We have 5 sense organs in our body namely - eyes, nose, tongue, ears and skin and 5 organs of action namely - hands, feet, mouth, urinary tract and anus. The most interesting thing that I lewrned today is that the organs of sense are termed as superior than the organs of action. Using sense organs we can , see, smell, feel, and taste. Which allow our body to take action accordingly.
Our Sanskrit scholar have comes up with a unique teaching by using human body.
दुर्जनं सज्जनं कर्तुमुपायो नहि भूतले |
अपानं शतधा धौतं न श्रेष्ठमिन्द्रियं भवेत्||
Durjanam sajjanam kartumupaayo nahi bhootale.
Apaanam shaatadhaa dhautam na shreshthamindriam bhavet.
Durjanam = a wicked person.
Sajjanam = a noble person.
Kartumupaayo = kartum + upaayo.
Kartum = to do or make.
Upaayo = means. way.
Nahi = by no means, surely not.
Bhootale = on this Earth.
Apaanam = anus.
Shatadhaa = hundred fold.
Dhautam = washing.
Na = not.
Shreshtam + indriam.
Sreshtham = excellent, best.
Indriam = organ of human body.
Bhavet = become.
The learning that we get from these lines is that "There is now way in this Earth to change a wicked person into a noble person, just like the anus of the human body which can not become as one of the excellent organs of human body even if it is washed with water hundreds of times."
Using the body part anus as a simile for wicked persons the author has emphasised that they can not be transformed into noble persons.
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