856 It is easy to push downhill a boulder from a hill-top, but it is extremely difficult to lift it back to top

Most of Telugu People, appear to have forgotten about Late Paravastu Chinnayya Suri, the author of bAla vyAkaraNam (a treatise on Telugu language grammar), and nIti candrika (A treatise on ethics, which has great relevance not only to school children, but also adults, middle aged persons, and even persons in decrepit old-age), inter alia his other Great Works.

We shall have a quote from nIti chandrika (Moonlight of Ethics), Part 2 Mitra bhEdam (Creating differences among friends):

అనినఁ గరటకుఁ డిట్లనియె "దమనకా! మనము ప్రధానులము గాము. మన కీ విచారముతో నేమి ప్రయోజనము?"

అనిన దమనకుఁ డిట్లనియె "ప్రధానుఁడు కావుట కెంతసేపు పట్టును? పురాకృత సుకృతము వలనఁ బ్రజ్ఞావంతుడగు ప్రాజ్ఞుఁడు రాజ పూజితుఁ డవును. రాజ సమ్మానముచేతఁ బ్రజ్ఞ మిక్కిలి ప్రకాశించును. వానివలనఁ దంత్రావాపములు నడప సమర్థుఁడవును. ఆ సామర్థ్యముచేతఁ ప్రధానత్వము పడయును. ఎట్టి ప్రజ్ఞావంతుఁడు గాని పేఁటికాంతర్గత రత్నముంబోలె నినాలోక యోగము లేక ప్రకాశింపఁడు. పురుషుఁడు సాధువర్తనుఁ డయ్యె నేని సర్వలోక పూజ్యుఁడగును. కానిచో గర్హ్యుఁడగును. మానావమానములు ప్రవర్తనాయత్తములయి యుండును. గుణవంతుఁడని పేరువడుట దుర్లభము. లాఁతి విధము సులభము. మహాగ్రావమును గ్రావాగ్రము నెక్కించుటం బోలెఁ గ్రిందికిఁ ద్రోచుట దుష్కరము గాదు."

For the benefit of those, who cannot read Telugu language script, here is above text, in Roman Script:-

anina karaTakunDiTlaniye: "damanakA! manamu prathAnulamu kAmu. manakI vicAramutO nEmi prayOjanamu?"

anina damanakunDiTlaniye: "prathAnuDu kAvuTa kentaq sEpu paTTunu? purAkrita pragnAvantuDagu. prAgnuDu rAja pUjituDagunu. RAja sammAnamu cEta, pragna mikkili prakASincunu. vAni valana tantrAvapamulu naDapa samarthuDagunu. A SAmardhyau cEta, prathAnatvamu baDayunu. eTTi pragnAvantuDu kAni pETikAntargata ratnamun bOle, ninA lOka yOgamu lEka prakASinpaDu. purushuDu, sAdhu vartanuDayye nEni sarva lOka pUjyunDagunu. kAnicO, garhyunDagunu. mAnAva mAnamulu pravartanAyattamulayi yunDunu. guNavantuDani pEru paDuTa durlabhamu. lAti vidhamu sulabhamu. mahA grAvambunu, grAvAgramu nekkincuTan bOl krindiki drOcuTa dushkaramu kAdu."

Approximate English equivalent and, story context for the above quote.

Context: "karaTaka" and "damanaka" were two foxes, in the court of the King a lion by name "PingaLaka". "SanjIvaka" was a bullock, abandoned by a travelling merchant, as it was unable to pull one of his carts containing his merchandise. Later, the bullock survived on the forest grass, became very strong. A friendship developed between the bullock and the Lion. This is not to the liking of the courtier foxes Karataka and Damanaka. Hence, they plan to create dissensions and animosity between the King Lion and his friend Bullock. The conversation above is a conversation between the two foxes which were conspiring to create dissensions between Sanjivaka and Damanaka.

Approx. Transl by ybrao-a-donkey: (When Damanaka said), Karataka questions:

"Damanaka! We are not Prime Ministers, or important persons. What is the use to us, of all this thinking?"

Then Damanaka said: "How much time will it take for us to become Premiers? By virtue of good and virtuous deeds of last birth, a person becomes a Talented Person. A Talented Person becomes "Respectable by Kings". Merit and Talent glow with felicitation and respect from Royalty. Consequently, he becomes capable of running administration and managing regal affairs. By that empowerment, he becomes a Premier (Prime Minister). Howsoever meritorious and talented a person may be, like a gem hidden in a box, cannot shine, in the absence of exposure to the external world. If a person is endowed with good behaviors, he becomes adorable to the whole world. Else, (s)he will become abominable and despicable. Honors and dishonors (in the world or in courts of kings), will depend and be determined by behaviors and conduct. It is difficult to become famous as a 'virtuous and worthy person'. Else (otherwise) is easy. (Meaning: Getting bad name is easy). It is not difficult to push down a great-boulder downhill from hill-top, unlike uplifting it to the apex. (Meaning: Uplifting a boulder to top is difficult, whereas pushing it down is easy). "

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>Question: Paravastu Chinnaya Suri lived between 1809-1861. He is irrelevant today. Why do you bring out his name, his book 'mitra bhEdam and nIti chandrika" now? What those foxes, ox, lion have got to do with our 21st Century India now?

Ans: Chinnaya Suri's mitrabhEdam, though belongs to 19th Century, is based an ancient Sanskrit Tratise of approx. 4th Century A.D. "pancha tantram" by VishNu Sharma. VishNu Sarma taught his Ethics, to Princes of those Centuries, to wean them away from their foolish pursuits, and get them ready to take up their Royal Duties. Whether 4th Century, 19th Century, or this 21st Century, basic principles of ethics do not change. For example let us take the sentence "mahA grAvambunu, grAvAgramu nekkincuTan bOl krindiki drOcuTa dushkaramu kAdu." , which means "It is not difficult to push down a great-boulder downhill from hill-top, unlike uplifting it to the apex".
Here, the huge boulder is "Indian Currency System". It is in a sort of "equilibrium", howsoever precarious it may be on its natural hill top. Mr. Narendra Modi, in his eagerness to prove his dominance over an already dissipated Indian opposition, pushed it down the hill. Now, people are starving. Elderly people are dying in Bank queues, ATM queues. Farmers, agricultural laborers, small traders, everybody is suffering.

Here is an andhrajyothy.com news report dated 18th Dec. 2016. Click here to see Andhra Jyothy.com news report http://www.andhrajyothy.com/artical?SID=346853.

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వరంగల్‌ అర్బన్‌ క్రైం, నరసాపురం రూరల్‌, డిసెంబరు 17 : ‘‘ప్రధాని గారూ! మీరంటే నాకు అభిమానం. మీరు రూ.500,1000 రద్దు చేయడం నా వ్యాపారాన్ని దెబ్బతీసింది. అప్పులపాలయ్యాను. కోలుకోలేకపోతున్నాను. కన్నుమూస్తున్నాను’’.. చిరువ్యాపారి చివరి లేఖ ఇది. తన డైరీలో ఈ నాలుగు మాటలు రాసి.. విషం తాగి చనిపోయాడు. బుధవారం వరంగల్‌ జిల్లా హన్మకొండలోని లాడ్జీలో మృతదేహాన్ని పోలీసులు కనుగొన్నారు. ఆయనని పొడిశెట్టి నర్సింహమూర్తి(28)గా గుర్తించారు. వరంగల్‌ పోలీసుల రికార్డుల్లో అనుమానాస్పద ఆత్మహత్యగా నమోదయిన ఈ కేసు.. పెద్ద నోట్ల రద్దు కారణంగా తెలుగు రాషా్ట్రల్లో చోటుచేసుకొన్న తొలి ఆత్మహత్యగా భావిస్తున్నారు.

Approx. english: Warangal Urban Crime, Narasapuram rural, Dec. 17: "Prime Minister Sir! I adore you. Your demonetizing Rs. 500, 1000 had hit my business. I am unable to recover myself. I am ending my life (closing my eyes)". This is the last letter of a tiny merchant. He wrote these four letters in his diary, ... took poison, and ended his life. Police found his dead body in a Lodge in Hanamakonda, Warangal District, on Wednesday. He was identified as Podisetty Narasimha Murthy (28). This case, which has been registered as suspicious suicide, it is considered as the first suicide, on account of demonetization, in Telugu States.

Now, how to uplift the boulder back to the hill top? How to resurrect the Indian Economy to its original state?

TAILPIECE धूमकेतु తోకచుక్క

May be a petty observation, yet, an observation, by yb-donkey: As already pointed out mitra-bhEdam (creating differences between/among friends, though is a compendium of ethical maxims, most of them seem to be more useful to kings and princes (21st Century meaning: politicians and their coteries and courtiers, Company CEOs (e.g. Mr. Cyrus Mistry), Army Lt. Gens., Navy Vice Admirals, Air Vice Marshals, I.A.S., I.P.S. bureaucrats etc.), rather than common people. The maxims were just part of lectures ostensibly made by animals and birds, and they were/are not intended for practice. However, the alertness shown by different animals and birds, are very useful even for today's Capitalist Society. In the modern Capitalism, in-alert people may sometimes lose lives or limbs, but more often they may lose their Capital and become bankrupt. Politicians and bureaucrats may lose elections and their chairs. E.g. Shri L.K. Advani, BJP's BhIshma.

End of the Mitra-bhEdam story: At the end of mitra-bhEdam, the foxes damanaka and karaTaka succeeded in creating differences between the king Lion PingaLaka, and the Bullock Premier sanjIvaka. They got pingaLaka to eliminate sanjIvaka. Then the fox damanaka successfully consoled the Lion and occupied the chair of the Premier. Thereafter, the Lion and the Foxes live happily, cuddling one another. So what is the lesson? Cunning courtiers and gullible Kings win, and poor victims will be bullocks like sanjIvaka.

To continue. सशेष. ఇంకా ఉంది.