आज का सुभाषित / Today's Subhashita.

न  हायनैर्न  पलितैर्न  वित्तेन  न  बन्धुभिः  |
ऋषयश्चक्रिरे धर्मं  योSनूचानः स नो महान्  ||
                                     मनुस्मृति (२/१५४)

भावार्थ -  अधिक आयु होने , केश श्वेत हो जाने , विपुल संपत्ति
तथा बन्धु बान्धव होने मात्र से कोई व्यक्ति महान्  नहीं हो जाता
है |  ऋषियों ने उसी व्यक्ति को श्रेष्ठ और महान उद्घोषित किया
है जो वेद वेदांगों तथा शास्त्रों का ज्ञाता हो |

Na haayanairna palitairn vittena na bandhubhih.
Rishiyashchakire dharmam yonoochaanah sa no mahaan,

Na = not.   Haayanairna = haayanaih + na.    Haayanaih =
years (reference to old age )   Palitairna= palitaih + na.
Palitaih = grey hairs.    Vittena = wealth.   Bandhubhih =
relatives.      Rishayaschaakrire =   rishayah + chakrire.
Rishayah ==sages.    Cakrire = proclaimed.   Dharmam =
Religion, religious austerity.   Yonoochaanah =  Yo +
anoochaanah.   Yo = who     Anoochaanah =  a person
well versed in Vedas and scriptures.    Sa = he,  Mahaan=
great, most respected.

i.e.     A person does not become  great and respectable simply
being aged , having grey hairs,  very rich and having many
friends and relatives.   Old sages have proclaimed that  only a
person well versed in  Vedas and scriptures can be termed as a
great and most respectable person.