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Shloka 31

Adhyāya 287 — Janaka’s Inquiry on Śreyas, Abhayadāna, and Asaṅga

Non-attachment

न लोके दीप्यते मूर्ख: केवलात्मप्रशंसया । अपि चापिहित: श्वश्रे कृतविद्य: प्रकाशते

na loke dīpyate mūrkhaḥ kevalātmapraśaṃsayā | api cāpihitaḥ śvaśre kṛtavidyaḥ prakāśate ||

നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഈ ലോകത്തിൽ മൂഢൻ വെറും ആത്മപ്രശംസകൊണ്ട് യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ ദീപ്തനാകുന്നില്ല. എന്നാൽ സത്യമായി വിദ്യ സമ്പാദിച്ചവൻ, അമ്മായിയമ്മ മറച്ചുവെച്ചതുപോലെ ഒളിപ്പിച്ചാലും തന്റെ ഗുണംകൊണ്ടുതന്നെ തെളിഞ്ഞുവരുന്നു.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
Formmasculine, locative, singular
दीप्यतेshines, becomes illustrious
दीप्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootदीप्
Formpresent, ātmanepada, third, singular
मूर्खःa fool
मूर्खः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्ख
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
केवलmere, only
केवल:
TypeAdjective
Rootकेवल
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
आत्मप्रशंसयाby self-praise
आत्मप्रशंसया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मप्रशंसा
Formfeminine, instrumental, singular
अपिeven, also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिहितःcovered, concealed
अपिहितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअपि-धा
Formmasculine, nominative, singular, क्त (past passive participle)
श्वश्रेin the mother-in-law
श्वश्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootश्वश्रू
Formfeminine, locative, singular
कृतविद्यःone who has acquired learning, learned
कृतविद्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतविद्य
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
प्रकाशतेshines forth, becomes evident
प्रकाशते:
TypeVerb
Rootकाश्
Formpresent, ātmanepada, third, singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada

Educational Q&A

Self-advertisement cannot create real excellence: foolishness is not transformed by boasting. Genuine learning and competence naturally become known, even when circumstances try to keep a person in the background.

Nārada delivers a moral observation in the Śānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, contrasting empty self-praise with the self-evident nature of true education and capability, illustrated through a domestic metaphor of someone being ‘kept under cover’ by a mother-in-law.