प्रयासः
Prayaasa — Strive
स्वैरम् प्रैरम् संस्कृत पद्यम्
A motivational Sanskrit song urging us to rise, strive, and persevere. Through vivid imagery of the determined ant, the brave fisherman, and the guiding guru, these verses remind us that nothing is impossible for a mind filled with faith and effort.
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श्लोक १
याहि यासनीयम् एव यात्यम् कार्यम् भोः
अन्यथा तु हासनीयताम् हि यासि त्वम् ॥
प्रयासि यासि त्वम्
Come on, get up! Let's go. A ton great work has to be done. Otherwise, people will surely laugh at you (sulking like this)! So get up and go!! You will reach there!
श्लोक २
नैव कष्टम् सर्वम् चैव सौख्यदायकम् ।
मैव यत्नम् त्याज्यम् वृथा मुघा मन्यस्व ॥
Not everything in this world is an ordeal nor is it all fun and games. But don't also believe that all efforts will go in vain. Don't ever give up.
श्लोक ३
यास्यता नरेण देवता हि लभ्या भोः
भ्रातर् एहि साकम् कार्यम् साधयाव द्राक् ।।
स्वसस् साधयाव द्राक्
For a human, putting in determined efforts can rise to the status of God. Come on brother. Let's work together towards our goals. Come on sis! Let's achieve together.
श्लोक ४
मा जहीहि मा व्यथिष्ठा मा च कम्पय ।
मा जहि त्वम् मा शुचस् त्वम् मा च रोदय ॥
इतरान् मा रोधय
Do not give up. Do not grieve. Do not be frightened. Do not kill. Do not worry. Do not make others cry. And do not obstruct others (in their progress).
श्लोक ५
मा मामादे भूयाद् भौमो भवाँश् च स्मर ।
मा मे मान्यतास्तु काचित् कृत्त्रिमा क्वचित् ॥
Do not be in the "high" of wealth, for you belong to this earth. Remember this always. Let there not be any praise of any sort, for I have come to know that it is usually flattery.
श्लोक ६
शर्करां वहत् पिपीलकम् प्रपश्य रे ।
मानसस्य नास्त्यसाध्यम् चिन्तयित्वैवम् ।
रोहति प्ररोहति त्मनाऽऽत्मना सदा
पातिकासु भित्तिकासु विश्वस्तो अयम् ॥
किल विश्रब्धो अयम् ।
Man, learn from that little ant climbing up the wall with a crystal of sugar. It thinks to itself, "There is nothing impossible for the mind". It climbs. It treks. It falls. It climbs again with all its heart each time, despite the walls being ever slippery. Oh, this little thing is truly hopeful and confident. Is it not?
श्लोक ७
विश्वेऽश्वत्थे विश्वासो हि विद्येत न किम्?
विश्रब्धस्य मानुषस्य मानसम् अहो !
समम् , नास्ति तेन यस्य मनस् त्यादृशम् वरम्
तुल्यम् केन क्रियेताहो श्रद् दधानास्य॥
अहो श्रद् दधानस्य !
Should there not be some hope in this hopeless ephemeral world? Wow the mind of the human who manages to still have this faith (in oneself)! Surely, there is no greater object of comparison in this world than such a Mind - full of faith. Surely, with what shall I compare?
श्लोक ८
लक्षिता नु शुक्तिर् अनेन धीवरेण
रक्षितस्य तस्य धान्यशेषस्य ह किम् ?
मज्जते निमज्जते वराय नमस्ते
लभ्यते नु मौक्तिकम् अगाध सागरे ॥
रे अगाध सागरे ।
A fisherman spots an oyster. Has he an amassed bag of rice (as a means of secured future)? Nay, yet he plunges into the abysmal depths of the vast ocean. Does he not then get the pearl, he had desired? Salutations to this brave man's repeated efforts. Salutations!
श्लोक ९
क्रीडाङ्गणम् हित्वाऽऽ लस्यम् लष्यताम् विभो:
पर्वतस्य शीर्ष यावच् चालनीयम् हो
यानमेतम् कायम् रथम् मत्वाऽऽ रोहतात् ,
मार्ग दर्शनार्थम् एव विद्यते गुरुः ॥
Get up. Stop being lazy. Come out of your little playground. Strive for the higher. You have a colossal mountain to climb. You have to get to the summit. Thinking of your body as a vehicle, drive this chariot. And Rise. You have the Guru guiding you….
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श्लोक १०
हो हो वर्तते गुरुर् , हो हो भासते गुरुर् ,
हो हो दीप्यते गुरुर् , हो हो ह्लादते गुरुर् ,
हो हो मोदते गुरुर्..
…the Guru who exists for you, who shines for you, who toils for you, who is happy for you, who revels in joy, when you grow!
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