स्तब्धस्य नश्यति यशो विषमस्य मैत्री । नष्टेन्द्रियस्य कुलमर्थ-परस्य धर्मः । विद्या-फलं व्यसनिनः कृपणस्य सौख्यं । राज्यं प्रमत्त-सचिवस्य नराधिपस्य ॥
stabdhasya naśyati yaśo viṣamasya maitrī | naṣṭendriyasya kulamartha-parasya dharmaḥ | vidyā-phalaṃ vyasaninaḥ kṛpaṇasya saukhyaṃ | rājyaṃ pramatta-sacivasya narādhipasya ||
The arrogant man loses his good name; the crooked man, his friendships; one who has lost control of his senses, his family; one bent only on money, his dharma; the addict, the fruit of his learning; the miser, his happiness; and the king with a careless minister, his kingdom.
घमंडी का यश नष्ट होता है, कुटिल की मित्रता, इंद्रियों पर वश खो चुके का कुल, केवल धन के पीछे भागने वाले का धर्म, व्यसनी की विद्या का फल, कंजूस का सुख, और लापरवाह मंत्री वाले राजा का राज्य।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Each weakness quietly eats away at something specific: pride at reputation, deceit at friendship, greed at integrity, addiction at what we have learned. It is worth asking which of these is at work in our own life.
हर कमज़ोरी चुपचाप किसी खास चीज़ को खा जाती है: घमंड यश को, छल मित्रता को, लोभ ईमानदारी को, व्यसन सीखी हुई विद्या को। देखना चाहिए कि हमारे जीवन में इनमें से कौन-सी काम कर रही है।
In the story of the lion Piṅgalaka and the bull Sañjīvaka, Piṅgalaka's brother Stabdhakarṇa advises him on whom to put in charge of the treasury lists what each kind of failing destroys.