निर्गुणेश्वपि सत्वेशु दयां कुर्वन्ति साधव:
नहि संहरते ज्योत्स्नां चन्द्रश्चाण्डालवेश्मनि
Nirguneshwapi satweshu dayam kurvanti saadhwah
Nahi samharate jyotsnaam chandrashchaandaalveshmani.
i.e. Noble persons are kind even to persons having no qualities of head and heart, just like Moon which does not deprive the residence of a 'Chaandala' of its brightness.
Nirguna = Having no qualities or attributes (ni= not. guna = quality, special attriibute
Satweshu = to persons. Dayaa = kindness. Kurwanti = do. Saadhu = noble persons,
Samharate = deprives. Jyotsnaa = brightness, Chandra = Moon. Veshmani = residences
Chandaal = Lowest category of people according to the hierarchical system called "Varna vyasthaa" in Hindu Religion under which people are divided into four main categories namely Brahmin, Kshtriya, Vaishya and Shoodra according to the nature of duties assigned to them. Chaandals were persons assigned duties of burning dead bodies in a funeral pyre and other very low grade tasks , which no other persons would perform willingly.
(The underlying idea behind this Subhashit is that noble and kind persons do not discriminate in showering their blessings and kindness and all are equal to them, just as Moon does not discriminate in brightening the houses of people.)
नहि संहरते ज्योत्स्नां चन्द्रश्चाण्डालवेश्मनि
Nirguneshwapi satweshu dayam kurvanti saadhwah
Nahi samharate jyotsnaam chandrashchaandaalveshmani.
i.e. Noble persons are kind even to persons having no qualities of head and heart, just like Moon which does not deprive the residence of a 'Chaandala' of its brightness.
Nirguna = Having no qualities or attributes (ni= not. guna = quality, special attriibute
Satweshu = to persons. Dayaa = kindness. Kurwanti = do. Saadhu = noble persons,
Samharate = deprives. Jyotsnaa = brightness, Chandra = Moon. Veshmani = residences
Chandaal = Lowest category of people according to the hierarchical system called "Varna vyasthaa" in Hindu Religion under which people are divided into four main categories namely Brahmin, Kshtriya, Vaishya and Shoodra according to the nature of duties assigned to them. Chaandals were persons assigned duties of burning dead bodies in a funeral pyre and other very low grade tasks , which no other persons would perform willingly.
(The underlying idea behind this Subhashit is that noble and kind persons do not discriminate in showering their blessings and kindness and all are equal to them, just as Moon does not discriminate in brightening the houses of people.)
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