DAY 304
Easy to Advise Others, Forgotten When It Is Our Own Turn
기원후 3~12세기경 편찬(구전 격언시)
ORIGINAL
परोपदेशवेलायां शिष्टाः सर्वे भवन्ति वै । विस्मरन्तीव शिष्टत्वं स्वकार्ये समुपस्थिते ॥ (paropadeśavelāyāṃ śiṣṭāḥ sarve bhavanti vai, vismarantīva śiṣṭatvaṃ svakārye samupasthite)
📜 THE VERSE
When advising others, everyone becomes proper and wise — but when their own affairs arrive, they seem to entirely forget that propriety.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Do I apply the advice I gave others to myself, in the same kind of situation?
📝Reflection
Other people's problems always look clear, and advice flows easily. But the moment the same problem becomes my own, that clarity vanishes instantly. This verse is not scolding self-importance; it honestly exposes the gap between preaching and practicing — true wisdom is proven not in what I say to others, but in what I actually do myself.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
Take one piece of advice you recently gave someone else, and apply it to a similar situation of your own today.
📖 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.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
