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विदुर उवाच । निषेवते प्रशस्तानि निन्दितानि न सेवते । अनास्तिकः श्रद्दधान एतत्पण्डितलक्षणम्॥५-३३-१६॥
Vidura said: One cultivates what is commendable and does not cultivate what is censured. Not irreligious, yet capable of disciplined trust—this is a mark of the learned.
english translation
क्रोधो हर्षश्च दर्पश्च ह्रीस्तम्भो मान्यमानिता । यमर्थान्नापकर्षन्ति स वै पण्डित उच्यते॥५-३३-१७॥
Anger, elation, arrogance, paralysing shame, and the wavering between honoring others and craving honor—one whom these do not draw away from his aim is called a learned person.
english translation
यस्य कृत्यं न जानन्ति मन्त्रं वा मन्त्रितं परे । कृतमेवास्य जानन्ति स वै पण्डित उच्यते॥५-३३-१८॥
One whose intended action—or counsel and deliberation—others do not know, but only know it once it is accomplished: he is called a learned person.
english translation
यस्य कृत्यं न विघ्नन्ति शीतमुष्णं भयं रतिः । समृद्धिरसमृद्धिर्वा स वै पण्डित उच्यते॥५-३३-१९॥
One whose undertaking is not obstructed by cold or heat, fear or pleasure, prosperity or lack of prosperity—he is called a learned person.
english translation
यस्य संसारिणी प्रज्ञा धर्मार्थावनुवर्तते । कामादर्थं वृणीते यः स वै पण्डित उच्यते॥५-३३-२०॥
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