ROZ EK SHER

सुख मैं मानै मैं सुखी दुख मैं दुखमय होइ
मूढ पुरुष की दिष्टी मैं दीसे सुख दुख दोइ
-बनारसीदास

sukh main maanai main sukhii dukh main dukhamaya hoi
muudh purush kii dishtii main diise sukh dukh doi
-Banarasidasa

Background: Banarasidasa was a spiritualist and Jaina mystic.
He held the Jaina belief that one must be phlegmatic in the face
of life's vicissitudes, since they have nothing to do with the soul
which is independent of all temporal forces.

Considering favourable circumstances to be real happiness
And adverse circumstances to be sorrowful, is for the deluded
Only a fool would be affected by external circumstances

English adaptation by Manish Modi
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A PRIMER OF MODERN STANDARD HINDI (English - Hindi)
By Michael C. Shapiro
2003     240 x 185 mm     294 pp
Softcover     Rs. 295