Shloka 6
Kāpavya-carita (कापव्यचरित) — Reforming Dasyus through Regulated Rāja-Dharma
Devanagari script
विज्ञानबलपूतो यो वर्तते निन्दितेष्वपि । वृत्तिविज्ञानवान् धीर: कस्तं वा वक्तुमहति
Transliteration
vijñānabalapūto yo vartate ninditeṣv api | vṛttivijñānavān dhīraḥ kas taṃ vā vaktum arhati ||
Translation
विज्ञानबलपूतो यो वर्तते निन्दितेष्वपि । वृत्तिविज्ञानवान् धीरः कस्तं वा वक्तुमर्हति ॥
Word by Word
{'vijñāna''discriminative knowledge
{'vijñāna':
true understanding', 'bala''strength
true understanding', 'bala':
power', 'pūta''purified
power', 'pūta':
cleansed', 'yo''who', 'vartate': 'acts
cleansed', 'yo':
engages', 'ninditeṣu''in censured/blameworthy matters or actions', 'api': 'even
engages', 'ninditeṣu':
even if', 'vṛtti''livelihood
even if', 'vṛtti':
practical course of conduct', 'vijñānavān''possessing clear knowledge
practical course of conduct', 'vijñānavān':
well-informed', 'dhīraḥ''steady
well-informed', 'dhīraḥ':
self-controlled', 'kas''who?', 'tam': 'him', 'vā': 'indeed/then
self-controlled', 'kas':
or (rhetorical)', 'vaktum''to speak (against)
or (rhetorical)', 'vaktum':
to declare', 'arhati''is worthy/fit
to declare', 'arhati':
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