Steel Frame Academy (UPSC Saatvik for GS1,2,3,GS4,Essay)

Meaning forgiveness is for those snakes who have poison. It is meaningless for snakes who don't have teeth, poison and are meek. Same applies to humans, only powerful can forgive and not weak.

क्षमा शोभती उस भुजंग को जिसके पास गरल हो , उसको क्या जो दंतहीन, विषरहित, विनीत, सरल हो This lines are from the poem Shakti aur Kshama by famous Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. Use this in ethics paper questions centred around forgiveness, essay topics like power, forgiveness, philosophy of life, courage,non- violence etc. Hindi poems, dohas have been included due to the warm response by you all. Thanks alot. Recommend the channel to you friends too.

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प्रयत्न-शैथिल्य-अनंत-समाप्तिभ्याम “Letting go of the effort and uniting with the infinite." This shloka has been given by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutra. Broadly, it reflects the spiritualistic idea elaborated in ancient Indian texts. There is a supreme entity " brahm" and we are all part of it and wish to combine with it. Though this philosophy is much deep don't trouble yourself much. Use this shloka while writing Gs 4 answers that have application of ethics, duty ethics questions and in essay elaborating to shun materialism and embrace spritualism.

राजा चेन्न भवेद्लोके पृथिव्यां दण्डधारकः शूले मत्स्या निवापक्षयं दुर्बलात बलवत्तराः When taking the stick of punishment , the king doesn't protect the Earth, the strong people destroy the weak people, as it happens in water where big fishes eat small fishes. This shloka has been taken from Shanti Parva of Mahabharata. Can be used in GS 1- society,poverty,increased lawlessness related questions, GS 2 -good governance, criminalisation of politics,GS 4- ethics in governance and essay . Please try to memorize it as it can be used in many places. Revise daily and within a week we all shall get it imprinted in our minds.

अनभ्यासे विषं विद्या अजीर्णे भोजनं विषम् विषं सभा दरिद्रस्य वृद्धस्य तरुणी विषम् ॥ when not practiced, knowledge is poison; in indigestion, food is poison | poison is gathering/festivities of poor; old man's young wife is poison || Use in GS 4 topics regarding knowledge, character development by practicing ethical habits and essay. You can remember the first three words of shloka if this is too long for you.

सा विश्वुः सा विश्वकर्मा सा विश्वध्याः इंद्रस्य त्व भागम सोमेन अतनाचमी विष्णु हय्यं रक्षा Meaning Sa She (lady/woman) is the life of all universe, she is the creator ( vishvkarma) she is the one who holds all as a mother (vishvdhayah). She is the part of The one who has controlled senses (indra- Male), the one who is full of life (som-male), the one who could brought her up properly (vishnu) YOU ALL MUST PROTECT her. As she is the solution, the medication (have). This shloka is very handy. It can be used in GS 1 society, women empowerment, feminist ethics, gs 4 and essay topics centred around women.

If by speaking the polite words all living beings are satisfied, then we should speak polite words. There should be no miserliness in speaking the polite words. Can be used in emotional intelligence questions,case studies, good governance questions and essay.

प्रियवाक्य प्रदानेन सर्वे तुष्यन्ति जन्तवः । तस्मात तदैव वक्तव्यम वचने का दरिद्रता।।

गुणाः पूजास्थानं गुणिषु न च लिङ्ग न च वयः Good qualities are appreciated in whomsoever they are found.The sex or age of person in not take into account for. Use in GS 4 aptitude questions, case studies, women empowerment, poverty, education topics in essay.

Sir William Jones saying in 1788 that Sanskrit “is of wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin and more exquisitely refined than either.” French scholar Friedrich von Schlegel pointed out in 1808 that Brahmin astronomers had posited a spherical earth of a correct size. Jewish German mathemetician Hermann Minkowski had said, “They set down mathematically demonstrable distances between the equator and Ujjain and between Ujjain and the Himalayas.”

Use in GS 4 questions, case studies, duty ethics, commitment to work, justice, succumbing to pressure, perseverance, moral courage questions.

निन्दन्तु नीतिनिपुणा यदि वा स्तुवन्तु लक्ष्मीः स्थिरा भवतु गच्छतु वा यथेष्टम्। अद्यैव वा मरणमस्तु युगान्तरे वा न्याय्यात्पथः प्रविचलन्ति पदं न धीराः॥ Worldly-wise may insult or praise, wealth may come or go by itself, they may die today or may live for hundred years but men of patience never divert from the path of justice.