Sukti Sudha (Sanskrit Quotations with Roman Transliteration and English Translation)

Language: Sanskrit Quotations with Roman Transliteration and English TranslationPages: 725 (Illustrated In B/W)Back of the Book Caught in the rat-race of today’s hustle-bustle, modern man has little time for poems, prayers and parables to bolster his views.This is where adages or proverbs come in handy for everyone. Whether it is the soldier standing guard on an inclement glacier, a CEO addressing a boardroom meeting, a lover loading his epistle with romantic overtones, a student debating on a podium, a preacher delivering a landmark sermon or a politician addressing a rally, they take recourse to pithy sayings to pack their messages with punch.How of ten has a timely and apt quote not uplifted a pathetic person, saved a relationship, nay, altered destinies and histories round the world!This book is an English translation of Sanskrit adages, culled from traditional sources and everyday wisdom.So, as you traverse through the rocks, rivers and rubble of life, may the adages console, counsel and comfort you.Quotes heal, seal and help people express what they feel. Sanskrit, being a hoary language, its literature is replete with sayings for every season and reason.Sukti-sudha – The Elixir of Adages is a compilation of Sanskrit proverbs culled from Sanskrit literature and its folklore giving a mention of their sources as well as their translation. While genuine care has been taken to be faithful to the original expression, there have been times when we have given precedence to the spirit over the letter!It is with immense humility and gratification that we offer Sukti-sudha unto Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayanandaji, Head of the worldwide Chinmaya Mission, as his 60th Birthday Gift – an apt gift we thousand, since his usage of language is concise, precise and wise, ind