Qualities of a good student

Courtesy : Mr.K.V.Anantha narayanan

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*काकदृष्टिर्बकध्यानं श्वाननिद्रा तथैव च*
*अल्पाहारो जीर्णवस्त्रम् एतद् विद्यार्तिलक्षनम्*
*नीतिसारं चानक्यनीति*
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*kākadṛṣṭirbakadhyānaṁ śvānanidrā tathaiva ca*
*alpāhāro jīrṇavastram etad vidyārtilakṣanam*
*nītisāraṁ cānakyanīti*

*The best signs of a pupil concentrated on education alone are possessing
the keen sight of a crow, the unswerving concentration of a crane, limited
food habits and tattered clothes. *

*An initiate should be always be seeing everything around him with care and
alacrity.. He will learn a lot from what is around him if he emulates the
crow which will ever be on the lookout of its prey whethere perching on the
branchh of a tree of just flying around. It has nothing to look for other
than food and safety. Similarly a student should always be on the lookour
for more and more knowledge. Similarly the student should always be an
embodiment of deep concentration like the bird Crane. The crane's capacity
to concentrate purposefully is monumental. To get hold of a single fish it
is capable of sitting motionless, sometimes from sunrise to sunset on the
banks of a water spot and it would not even move except gobble up the fish
as and when it comes ups to the surface of the water accidentally. For a
student, the appetite should be for acquiring knowledge. Eating away rich
food makes him more comfortable, flabby and lazy, and such qualities with
hamper his capacity to learn. The reason for the prescription of tattered
clothes is that if the vidyaarthi goes after stylish clothes and
ostentatious outfits, he will become noted by others especially by the
members of the other sex and his attention will be scattered away.*

*The education in modern campus is usually an antithesis to the above rules
of our ancestors. It is worthwhile to consider whether the comforts of
Camput life today has in any way heleped the intern in his quest for
acquiring more knowlege. Of course in the past knowledge was pursured in
its entirety and the occupations base on it came as a natural corollary.
But the present education appears to be just a passport to gain some
occupation and then never to apply the knowledge if any acquired to poper
purpose.*
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श्री कृष्णो रक्षतु
with profound respect and warm regards
K V Ananthanarayanan
 

knr

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