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तैलाद्रक्षेज्जलाद्रक्षेत्

🕉️ hindu·📿 3× जप·🕐 When beginning study, while caring for books, or on Vasant Panchami (Saraswati Puja)·📜 Sanskrit Subhashita (niti tradition)

अन्य नाम / खोज: tailad rakshed jalad rakshed · tailat rakshet jalat rakshet · murkha haste na datavyam · evam vadati pustakam · book preservation shloka

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अर्थ

'तैलाद्रक्षेज्जलाद्रक्षेत्' एक प्रिय संस्कृत सुभाषित है जिसमें पुस्तक प्रथम पुरुष में बोलकर बताती है कि उसकी रक्षा कैसे की जाए। यह विनोदपूर्वक तेल, जल और ढीले बन्धन से दूर रखने की प्रार्थना करती है, और अन्त में यह गहन शिक्षा देती है कि उसे कभी मूर्ख को न दिया जाए। यह श्लोक पुस्तकप्रेमियों को अत्यन्त प्रिय है और ज्ञान के सावधान संरक्षण का सम्मान करने के लिए प्रायः उद्धृत किया जाता है।

उत्पत्ति और कथा

Sanskrit Subhashita (niti tradition) · Anonymous (traditional subhashita) · Classical Sanskrit literature

In the age of palm-leaf and paper manuscripts, books were rare, costly and laboriously copied by hand, so their preservation was a serious matter. This subhashita gives the book its own voice, listing the dangers it faces — oil, water and a loosened binding — and closing with the gravest danger of all, falling into foolish hands. It has long been a favourite among Sanskrit teachers and bibliophiles.

शास्त्रों में वर्णित

It is said in scholarly tradition that households which honoured this verse and kept their manuscripts with such care preserved precious texts across centuries, so that the wisdom of the ancients survived flood, neglect and time itself through the simple devotion this shloka inspires.

मंत्र

किसी भी पंक्ति या ▶ बटन पर टैप कर सुनें

तैलाद्रक्षेज्जलाद्रक्षेद्रक्षेच्छिथिलबन्धनात्। मूर्खहस्ते दातव्यमेवं वदति पुस्तकम्॥

tailād rakṣej jalād rakṣed rakṣec chithila-bandhanāt। mūrkha-haste na dātavyam evaṁ vadati pustakam॥

अर्थ:मुझे तेल से बचाओ, जल से बचाओ, ढीले बन्धन से बचाओ, और किसी मूर्ख के हाथ में मत दो — इस प्रकार पुस्तक कहती है। इस मनोहर श्लोक में पुस्तक स्वयं अपनी चार रक्षाओं को कहती है, जिनमें अन्तिम सबसे महत्त्वपूर्ण है: विद्या कभी अयोग्य व्यक्ति को नहीं सौंपनी चाहिए।

शब्द-दर-शब्द अर्थ

उच्चारण सुनने के लिए किसी भी शब्द पर क्लिक करें

तैलात्🔊tailātfrom oil (which stains and damages pages)
रक्षेत्🔊rakṣetone should protect, guard
जलात्🔊jalātfrom water (which spoils and rots the leaves)
रक्षेत्🔊rakṣetone should protect
शिथिलबन्धनात्🔊śithila-bandhanātfrom a loose binding (pages coming apart)
मूर्खहस्ते🔊mūrkha-hasteinto the hands of a fool
🔊nanot
दातव्यम्🔊dātavyamshould be given
एवम्🔊evamthus, in this way
वदति🔊vadatispeaks, says
पुस्तकम्🔊pustakamthe book (here personified, speaking of itself)

तैलाद्रक्षेज्जलाद्रक्षेत् पाठ के लाभ

Instills respect and careful handling of books and the knowledge they hold

Reminds students and scholars that learning is a treasure to be guarded

Teaches discernment — that knowledge must be shared only with the worthy

A delightful, memorable verse ideal for libraries, schools and study rooms

Encourages a culture of preserving and valuing the written word

Often quoted to inspire reverence for Saraswati and the tradition of learning

तैलाद्रक्षेज्जलाद्रक्षेत् जप विधि

जप संख्या3बार
उत्तम समयWhen beginning study, while caring for books, or on Vasant Panchami (Saraswati Puja)

Recite the verse gently while handling a book with clean, dry hands, reflecting on each of the four cautions it gives. Many teachers share it with students as a lesson in respecting learning. Let the final line — that a book should not be given to a fool — settle as a reminder that knowledge is a sacred trust to be shared wisely.

अक्सर पूछे जाने वाले प्रश्न

It is a verse spoken by a book about itself: 'Protect me from oil, protect me from water, protect me from a loose binding, and do not give me into the hands of a fool — so says the book.' It lists the four ways a book must be cared for.
By letting the book speak in the first person, the verse makes its plea vivid and memorable. It charmingly turns practical advice about preserving manuscripts into a moral teaching about valuing and rightly sharing knowledge.
Beyond the practical care of books, the climactic line teaches discernment: knowledge entrusted to an unworthy or foolish person is wasted or misused, so wisdom should be shared only with those ready to honour it.

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