Military School, Ajmer, 2005 - Army Cover

The Military School, Ajmer celebrated its Platinum Jubilee in the year 2005. The memorable occasion was commemorated by the Army Postal Service by issuing a cover on 17.11.2005, providing a cancellation with its logo and a brochure.

 

                       
शीलं परं भूषणम्

śīlaṃ paraṃ bhūṣanaṃ

"Character is the highest virtue."

The motto contained in the logo conveys a great message in Sanskrit which is adapted from Nītīśataka 82 of Bhartṛhari.

ऐश्वर्यस्य विभूषणं सुजनता शौर्यस्य वाक्संयमो
ज्ञानस्योपशमः श्रुतस्य विनयॊ वित्तस्य पात्रे व्ययः।
अक्रोधस्तपसः क्षमा प्रभवितुर्धर्मस्य निर्व्याजता
सर्वेषामपि सर्वकारणमिदं शीलं परं भूषणम् ॥
aiśvaryasya vibhūṣanaṃ sujanatā śauryasya vāksaṃyamo
jñānasyopaśamaḥ śrutasya vinayo vittasya pātre vyayaḥ
akrodhas-tapasah, kṣamā balavatāṃ, dharmasya nirvyājatā
sarveṣām-api sarvakāraṇam-idaṃ śīlaṃ paraṃ bhūṣanaṃ

"Courtesy is the ornament of affluence and reticence that of bravery; calmness is the ornament of knowledge, reverence that of learning; liberality towards worthy objects is the ornament of wealth; freedom from wrath that of practicing penance; clemency is the ornament of the powerful, straightforwardness that of justice: good conduct, however, is the highest ornament for everyone being the source of all virtues." 

-- Tr. KM Joglekar,  Bhartṛhari–Nīti and Vairāgya Śatakas, Oriental Publishing Company, Bombay, 1911,

Notes and translation, p.48.