Doctor

वैद्यराज नमस्तुभ्यम् यमराज सहोदर: |
यमस्तु हरति प्राणान् वैद्य: प्राणान् धनानि च ||

Vaidyaraaja namastubhyam yamaraaja sahodara-ha
Yamastu harati praaNaan vaidya-ha praaNaan dhanaani cha

Meaning: Salutations to you, O Doctor (vaidya-raaj), the brother (sahodar) of Yamraaj (God of death). Yamaraj only takes life (praaNa), whereas the doctor takes life as well as money (dhana)!

Ha ha! I guess, our Rishis had a pretty good sense of humour. This shloka points out the long-standing wisdom of our sages as well as the sorry situation of the medical field—then and now. The doctor—once a noble profession, has turned into a business, and a very profitable one. This profession has the maximum opportunity to understand the wonderful mysteries of life and its Creator; but the same is used for such mundane purposes that the only feeling that comes to my mind is pity, or may be sympathy.

Anyways, next time you meet a doctor, do share this shloka, and have a hearty laugh. Who knows... he might have come for you !!!!

Best place to live

असारे खलु संसारे सारं श्वशुरमन्दिरम् ।

हरो हिमालये शेते हरिः शेते महोदधौ ॥

Asaare khalu saunsaare saaram shvashura-mandiram
Haro himaalaye shete hari-hi shete mahodadhau

Meaning: In this meaningless (asaare) world (samsaare), only one place is worth living in! And that place is the abode of father-in-law (shvashur-mandir) !
And therefore Lord Shankar stays in the Himalayas and Lord Vishnu stays in the Ocean !!

Himalaya is the father of mother Paarvati. And the Ocean is considered as the father of Goddess Lakshmi since she was born from the samudra-manthana.

I guess, the subhaashitkaar was in a very humorous mood whenever he wrote this; or he probably had recently visited his wife's parents. The father-in-law is always the object of so many jokes all around the world. Even the gods are not spared.

In general, men never can stay more than a few hours/days at their in-laws. Staying more than that is a feat that's rarely achievable by mortals. If these 2 can stay permanently at their father-in-laws' abodes, and stay comfortably, then they have to be Gods.