Shloka 30

Adhyaya 32: Saṃjaya’s Return, Audience with Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Ethical Admonition

Devanagari script

अश्रुतश्न समुन्नद्धो दरिद्रश्न महामना: । अर्थाश्वाकर्मणा प्रेप्सुर्मूढ इत्युच्यते बुधै:,बिना पढ़े ही गर्व करनेवाले, दरिद्र होकर भी बड़े-बड़े मनोरथ करनेवाले और बिना काम किये ही धन पानेकी इच्छा रखनेवाले मनुष्यको पण्डितलोग मूर्ख कहते हैं

Transliteration

aśrutaḥ śna samunnaddho daridraḥ śna mahāmanāḥ | arthāśvā karmaṇā prepsur mūḍha ity ucyate budhaiḥ ||

Translation

ヴィドゥラは言う。学びもなくして驕り高ぶる者、貧しいのに大望ばかりを抱く者、働きもせずに富を得ようと望む者を、賢者は「迷妄の人」と呼ぶ。この偈は空虚な傲慢と地に足のつかぬ欲望を戒め、謙虚さと節度ある努力、そしてダルマにかなう繁栄の追求を勧める。

Word by Word

अश्रुतश्नःone who has not heard/learnt (uneducated)

समुन्नद्धःpuffed up, arrogant

दरिद्रःpoor, destitute

महामनाःhaving great ambitions (lit. great-minded)

अर्थाश्वाwhose horses are wealth (i.e., who relies on wealth as his means)

अकर्मणाby non-action, without doing work

प्रेप्सुःdesiring to obtain

मूढःdeluded, foolish

इतिthus

उच्यतेis called

बुधैःby the wise

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