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

Os ācāryas declaram que o adharma, com certeza, produz frutos indesejáveis. Verdadeiramente maduros são os que estão livres da cobiça, têm domínio de si e não possuem pretensão.

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)