aGYaH sukhamaaraadhyaH, sukhataramaaraadhyate visheshhaGYaH.
GYaanalavadurvidagdhaM, brahmaa.api naraM na ra.njayati..
An ignorant man is easily pleased, learned man even easier,
but a man distorted by little knowledge, even Brahma can not please.
yeshhaaM na vidyaa na tapo na daanaM,
GYaanaM na shiilaM na guNo na dharmaH.
te mR^Ityuloke bhuvi bhaarabhuutaa,
manushhyaruupeNa mR^Igaashcharanti..
~~
Those without learning, tapa or charity
knowledge, shila, qualities or dharma
they burden the mortal world
animals wandering disguised as men.
jayanti te sukR^Itino rasasiddhaaH kaviishvaraaH.
naasti yeshhaaM yashaH kaaye jaraamaraNajaM bhayam.h ..
Victorius are the masters, the rasa-siddha poets
Whose body of fame has no fear of age or death.
(Bhartrihari)
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