दुर्जंन : परिहर्तव्यो विद्ययाSलंकृतोSपि सन, ।
मणिना भूषित: सर्पः किमसौ न भयंकर ॥
Durjanah parihartavyo vidyayaalankritopi san.
Maninaa bhooshitah sarpah kimasau na bhayankarah.
Durjan = wicked persons, scoundrels. Parihartavyo = to be avoided, to be shunned.
Vidyayaalamkratopi = Vidyayaa + alamkrita +api. Vidyayaa = with learning. Alamkrit = adorned.
Api = even. San = bedstowed. Maninaa = by a jewel. Bhooshitah = adorned.
Sarpa = a snake. Kimasau = is not ? Bhayankar = frightening, dangerous.
i.e. Wicked persons should be assiduously be avoided even if they are learned just like a snake adorned with a gem on its hood, which is still very dangerous and frightening.
(There is a legend in Sanskrit literature that some snakes have a bright and shining gem studded in their hood , which is called a 'Naaag Mani' . The underlying thought behind this subhashit is that wicked persons never shed their inherent nature of harming others, even if they may be learned and wealthy, and should never be trusted.)
मणिना भूषित: सर्पः किमसौ न भयंकर ॥
Durjanah parihartavyo vidyayaalankritopi san.
Maninaa bhooshitah sarpah kimasau na bhayankarah.
Durjan = wicked persons, scoundrels. Parihartavyo = to be avoided, to be shunned.
Vidyayaalamkratopi = Vidyayaa + alamkrita +api. Vidyayaa = with learning. Alamkrit = adorned.
Api = even. San = bedstowed. Maninaa = by a jewel. Bhooshitah = adorned.
Sarpa = a snake. Kimasau = is not ? Bhayankar = frightening, dangerous.
i.e. Wicked persons should be assiduously be avoided even if they are learned just like a snake adorned with a gem on its hood, which is still very dangerous and frightening.
(There is a legend in Sanskrit literature that some snakes have a bright and shining gem studded in their hood , which is called a 'Naaag Mani' . The underlying thought behind this subhashit is that wicked persons never shed their inherent nature of harming others, even if they may be learned and wealthy, and should never be trusted.)
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