Words Well Worth 25: If Not With A Pleasant Face Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

Giving in charity,
Fighting for the country,
Or learning and study,
If ye feel not so fine
From without as within,
O vain is your giving,
Vain your valour, vying,
And vain is all learning.
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Vain are these three things if not done with a pleasant demeanour: charity, fighting a battle, and learning/study, the verse says. Transliteration of the subhāśhita along with the meanings of Sanskrit words is given as under:

dadatah yudhya-mānasyah paţhatah na chet pulakah |
ātmanah cha para eśhām cha dhik tyāgam pauruśham shrutam ||

dadatah: while giving (in charity): yudhya-mānasyah: when engaging in a battle (for the sake of one's country): paţhatah: while reading/studying; na chet pulakah: if (you are)not joyful, happy, pleased; ātmanah: within your self; cha para: and from outside; eśhām cha: (and)in these (things): dhik: hell be, vain (is your): tyāgam: (your)charity, generosity, magnanimity; pauruśham: (your)valour/bravery; shrutam: learning, study.

Topic: pink, pleasant, smiling