வினைத்திட்பம் உருவுகண்டு எள்ளாமை வேண்டும் உருள்பெருந்தேர்க்கு
அச்சாணி அன்னார் உடைத்து. (௬௱௬௰௭ - 667) உருளும் பெரிய தேர்க்கு அச்சில் இருந்து தாங்கும் சிறிய ஆணிப் போன்றவர்கள் உலகத்தில் உள்ளனர், அவர்களுடைய உருவின் சிறுமையைக்கண்டு இகழக் கூடாது. (௬௱௬௰௭) Uruvukantu Ellaamai Ventum Urulperundherkku Achchaani Annaar Utaiththu Despise not by looks! Even linchpins hold in place The wheels of mighty chariots! ஹிந்தி (हिन्दी) तिरस्कार करना नहीं, छोटा क़द अवलोक । चलते भारी यान में, अक्ष-आणि सम लोग ॥ (६६७) தெலுங்கு (తెలుగు) ఆకృతిగని యెంచ కల్పుగా నొకనిని తేరును కడచీలె తిరుగబెట్టు. (౬౬౭) மலையாளம் (മലയാളം) ലളിതവേഷത്താലാരും ചെറുതെന്ന് നിനക്കൊലാ പെരുതാം രഥചക്രത്തിലച്ചാണി ലഘുവല്ലയോ? ( ൬൱൬൰൭) கன்னடம் (ಕನ್ನಡ) ಉರುಳುವ ದೊಡ್ಡ ತೇರಿಗೆ, ಚಕ್ರದ ಅಚ್ಚಿನಲ್ಲಿರುವ (ಪುಟ್ಟ) ಕೀಲಿಮೊಳೆಯಂತೆ, ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ( ಕೆಲವರು) ಇರುವರು; ಅವರ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಆಕಾರವನ್ನು ಕಂಡು ನಾವು ಕೀಳೆಣಿಸಬಾರದು. (೬೬೭) சமஸ்கிருதம் (संस्कृतम्) महारथाक्षक्षुद्राऽऽणिसमा: सन्तो दृढक्रिया: । महत्वे नाकृतिर्हेतु: दार्ढ्यं स्यात्तत्र कारणम् ॥ (६६७) K Rajaram IRS 141125 On Fri, 14 Nov 2025 at 06:24, Seshadri Vellimedu <[email protected]> wrote: > Some truths are stranger than fiction. > Thanks to Rao for sharing. > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2025 at 22:50, R V Rao <[email protected]> wrote: > >> NEVER UNDERESTIMATE ANYONE!! >> >> A woman in a cheap cotton dress and her husband in a humble suit got off >> the train in Boston and walked timidly (without an appointment) to the >> office of the secretary to the President of Harvard University. >> >> >> The secretary guessed at one point that those peasants who had come from >> the forests had no business at Harvard. >> >> "We would like to see the president," the man said gently. >> >> "He's busy," the secretary replied. >> >> "We'll wait," the woman replied. For hours the secretary ignored them, >> hoping the couple would finally lose heart and leave, but they didn't, and >> the secretary saw her frustration growing and finally decided to interrupt >> the president, even though it was a task she always avoided. >> >> "Perhaps if you talk to them for a few minutes they'll leave," the >> secretary said to the University President. He grimaced but agreed; someone >> of his stature obviously didn't have time to deal with people in cheap >> dresses and suits. Nevertheless, the president, frowning but with dignity, >> strode arrogantly toward the couple. >> >> The woman said to him: >> >> We had a son who attended Harvard for only one year. He loved Harvard and >> was happy here, but he died in an accident a year ago. My husband and I >> would like to erect something somewhere on campus in our son's memory. >> >> The president wasn't interested and said: >> >> - Ma'am, we can't put up a statue for every person who attends Harvard >> and dies; if we did, this place would look like a cemetery. >> >> "Oh no," the woman explained quickly: >> >> We don't want to erect a statue; we think we'd like to donate a building >> to Harvard. >> >> The president narrowed his eyes, glanced at the couple's dress and cheap >> suit, and then exclaimed: >> >> "A building! Do you have any idea how much a building costs? We've spent >> over $7.5 million on buildings here at Harvard!" For a moment the woman was >> silent, and the president was pleased because perhaps he could get rid of >> them now. >> >> The woman turned to her husband and said softly: >> >> "Is it so little to start a university? Why don't we start our own?" Then >> her husband agreed, and the president's face darkened with confusion and >> bewilderment. Mr. Leland Stanford and his wife stood up and left, traveling >> to Palo Alto, California, where they established the university that bears >> his name, Stanford University, in memory of a son whom Harvard hadn't taken >> an interest in. >> >> Leland Stanford Junior College was founded in 1891 in Palo Alto. It was >> named in honor of the deceased son of a wealthy landowner. 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