Today's Subhashita.

आश्रयवशेन सततं गुरुता लघुता च जायते पुंसाम्  |
विन्ध्ये  विन्ध्यसमाना करिणे  वत  दर्पणे लघवः  ||

अर्थ -      मनुष्यों को जिस प्रकार का आश्रय (सहायता और संरक्षण ) प्राप्त
होता है उसी के अनुसार वे महान्  या  तुच्छ हो जाते है |  जैसे कि विन्ध्य पर्वत
के सामने  होने पर वह् महान् दिखाई  देता है परन्तु उसके प्रतिबिम्ब को  हाथ
में पकडे हुए एक दर्पण में  देखा जाय तो वह् बहुत ही छोटा प्रतीत होता है |

Aashryavashena satatam gurutaa laghutaa cha jaayate pumsaam.
Vindhye vindhyasamaanaa karine vat darpane laghavah.

Aashryavashena = aashrya + vashena.    Aashrya = support, shelter.
Vashena = due to.    Satatam = constantly, continuously.    Gurutaa =
majesty,greatness.    Laghutaa = smallness, insignificance.   Cha = and.
Jaayate = happens.    Pumsaam = men.     Vindhye =  the name of a
mountain range in central India.    Vindhyasamaana = majestic like
the Vindhya  mountain.     Karine = on hands.      Vat = like.
Darpane = a mirror.     Laghavh =  small.

i.e.       People become great or insignificant depending upon the shelter
and support they get e.g  when one stands before the Vindhya mountain
he feels its grandeur, but if the mountain's image is seen on a hand held
mirror it appears to be very small.