काचे मणिर्मणौ काचो येषां बुद्धिः प्रवर्तते |
न तेषां संनिधौ भृत्यो नाममात्रोSपि तिष्ठति ||- महासुभषित सं ग्रह(९३३८)
भावार्थ - एक ऐसा (बुद्धिहीन )व्यक्ति जो साधारण कांच को तो एक
मूल्यवान मणि समझता हो और एक मणि को कांच समझता हो ,उसके
नौकर उसके पास नाममात्र के लिये ही होते हैं |
( इस सुभाषित का तात्पर्य यह है कि जिस व्यक्ति में असली और नकली
वस्तु में भेद करने की क्षमता ही न हो तो उसमें अपने नौकरों से काम लेने
की क्षमता भी नहीं होती है |)
Kaache manirmanau kaacho yeshaam buddhih pravartate.
Na teshaam smnidhau bhrutyo naamamaatrena tishthati.
Kaache = glass. Manirnamau =manih + manau. Manih =
a precious stone. Yeshaam = whose. Buddhih = notion,
perception. Pravartate = concludes. Na = not. Teshaam=
them, Those. Smnnidhau = in the presence of, Bhrutyau=
servants. Naamamaatro = nominally, merely in name.
Api = even Tishthati =stays
i.e. A person whose perception is to consider an ordinary
piece of glass as a precious stone and a precious stone as
ordinary piece of glass, his servants are with him merely in
name.
(The idea behind this Subhashita is that a person who can not
differentiate between a real thing and its imitation , is incapable
to take work from his servants and they are with him nominally.)
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