Words Well Worth 51: Restless All Them Ten

A drone bee, rainy clouds and mind, Woman, love-god Cupid, and wind, Fish, money and monkey, Arrogant vanity, Restless fickle do these ten find. ______________________________________________________ Transliteration of the subhāśhita along with the meanings of Sanskrit words is given as under: manah madhukarah meghah bhāminih madanah marut | mā madah markaţah mtsyah makārāh dasha chanchalāh || manah: mind madhukarah: the honey-making bee or drone meghah: rains, rain-bearing clouds bhāminih: woman madanah: cupid, the god of lust and desire marut: breeze, wind/air mā: Goddess Mother lakśhmi, wealth madah: pride and arrogance, vanity markaţah: ape, monkey mtsyah: fish makārāh: -words starting with ‘m', ‘m' sounding words dasha: the ten chanchalāh: (are)restless and fickle (by nature) A man of steady mind, sthita-prajna, is what one should try to be, not of fickle mind, this verse says. It points out at ten things, all starting with letter m, which are restless, unsteady and fickle, of which one should guard against. Topic: mind, steady