Today's Subhashita.

अविद्वानपि भूपालो विद्यावृद्धोपिसेवया |
पराश्रियमवाप्नोति   जलासन्नतरुर्यथा   ||     -  महासुभषितसंग्रह (३३५२)

अर्थ -      एक राजा या शासक यद्यपि  विद्वान् न भी हो परन्तु
प्रमुख  विद्वानों के संसर्ग में रह कर उनका समुचित आदर सत्कार
करता हो तो उनके माध्यम  से उसे भी  कीर्ति  और समृद्धि वैसे ही
प्राप्त हो जाती है  जिस प्रकार एक जलस्रोत के निकट उगा हुआ वृक्ष
पोषण प्राप्त कर लेता है |

(इस सुभाषित में व्यक्त   विचार की सत्यता मुगल  सम्राट अकबर की
महानता से प्रमाणित होती है | वह विद्वान तो नहीं था परन्तु उसके
दरबार में विभिन्न विषयों के विद्वान मन्त्री के रूप में कार्यरत थे जिसके
फलस्वरूप अकबर का शासनकाल सर्वोत्तम कहा जाता है | )

Avidvaanapi bhoopaalo vidyaavruddhopisevayaa.
Paraashriyamavaapnoti jalaasannataruryathaa.

Avidvaanapi = avidvaan + api.     Avidvaan = a person who
is not learned.    Api = even.    Bhoopalo = a king or a ruler
of a country.   Vidyavrudhopasevayaa = vidyaavruddha +
upisevayaa       Vidyavruddha = highly learned persons.
Upaisevayaa =  devoted to.        Parashriyamavaapnoti =
Paraashriyam + avaapnoti.     Paraashriyam = happiness and
glory achieved through others.    Avaapnoti = achieves, gets/
Jalasanaataruryathaa = Jalaasanna + taruh + yathaa.
Jalaasanna =  situated near a water body.   Taruh = tree/
Yathaa = for instance,  like a (comparison).

i.e.        A king or a ruler of a country may not be very learned,
but if he remains associated with highly educated persons and is
devoted to them, he gets all the  glory and prosperity through such
association just like a tree grown besides a water body gets all
the nourishment and grows nicely.

( The truth behind this Subhashita can be judged by the example of
the Mugal King Akbar, who was not  learned but had in  his Court
highly educated and learned Ministers, whom he respected and
honoured. Through this association his reign is termed as best and
he was called  as 'Akbar the Great' .)