Different Land, Different Water; Different Seed, Different Sprout

Subhashita (Traditional Sanskrit Maxims)

기원후 3~12세기경 편찬(구전 격언시)

ORIGINAL

यथा भूमिस्तथा तोयं यथा बीजं तथाऽङ्कुरः । यथा देशस्तथा भाषा यथा राजा तथा प्रजा ॥ (yathā bhūmis tathā toyaṃ yathā bījaṃ tathā'ṅkuraḥ, yathā deśas tathā bhāṣā yathā rājā tathā prajā)

📜 THE VERSE

As the land, so the water; as the seed, so the sprout — as the region, so the language; as the ruler, so the people.

💡 TL;DR

This verse lines up four pairs to show how honestly cause and effect are connected.

❓ TODAY'S QUESTION

Am I blaming a result while forgetting the cause that produced it?

📝Reflection

This verse lines up four pairs to show how honestly cause and effect are connected. Before blaming a bad fruit, we must look back at what seed was planted; before blaming a bad outcome, we must ask what cause we set in motion. What is sown and what is reaped never move independently of each other.

— ONGO · Curator

🌱Apply It Today

Trace one outcome you dislike right now back to the choice of yours that caused it.

📖 Source: Subhashita (Traditional Sanskrit Maxims). Sanskrit original with public-domain translations consulted; rendered independently by ONGO.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.