Shloka 14

आचार्य-धर्मलक्षण-श्रद्धाभक्तिप्राधान्यं तथा लिङ्गे ध्यान-पूजाविधानसंकेतः

Adhyaya 10

Devanagari script

अधर्मश्चानिष्टफलो ह्य् आचार्यैरुपदिश्यते वृद्धाश्चालोलुपाश्चैव आत्मवन्तो ह्यदाम्भिकाः

Transliteration

adharmaścāniṣṭaphalo hy ācāryairupadiśyate vṛddhāścālolupāścaiva ātmavanto hyadāmbhikāḥ

Translation

আচাৰ্যসকলে উপদেশ দিয়ে কয় যে অধৰ্ম নিশ্চয় অনিষ্ট ফল দিয়ে। যিসকল সত্যই পৰিপক্ব, তেওঁলোক লোভহীন, আত্মসংযমী আৰু দম্ভহীন।

Word by Word

• अधर्मः: unrighteousness, that which opposes dharma

• च: and

• अनिष्ट-फलः: producing unwanted/inauspicious results

• हि: indeed, surely

• आचार्यैः: by the teachers, preceptors

• उपदिश्यते: is taught, is instructed

• वृद्धाः: the mature/elderly in wisdom

• च: and

• अलोलुपाः: non-greedy, without covetousness

• च एव: and indeed

• आत्मवन्तः: self-possessed, endowed with inner control

• हि: indeed

• अदाम्भिकाः: without hypocrisy, free from ostentation.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)