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अनाढ्या मानुषे वित्ते आढ्या वेदेषु ये द्विजाः । ते दुर्धर्षा दुष्प्रकम्प्या विद्यात्तान्ब्रह्मणस्तनुम्॥५-४२-२६॥
Those twice-born who are not wealthy in human riches but are wealthy in the Vedas—know them to be hard to overpower and hard to unsettle; understand them as embodying the very form of Brahman.
english translation
सर्वान्स्विष्टकृतो देवान्विद्याद्य इह कश्चन । न समानो ब्राह्मणस्य यस्मिन्प्रयतते स्वयम्॥५-४२-२७॥
Whoever here understands all the deities as ‘well-sacrificed-to’—properly honored—knows that, in the domain in which the brāhmaṇa strives by his own effort, none is equal to him.
english translation
यमप्रयतमानं तु मानयन्ति स मानितः । न मान्यमानो मन्येत नामानादभिसंज्वरेत्॥५-४२-२८॥
If people honor one who is not striving, he is merely honored. But one who is not being honored should not brood over it, nor become inwardly inflamed due to lack of recognition.
english translation
विद्वांसो मानयन्तीह इति मन्येत मानितः । अधर्मविदुषो मूढा लोकशास्त्रविशारदाः । न मान्यं मानयिष्यन्ति इति मन्येदमानितः॥५-४२-२९॥
One who is honored may think, “The learned honor me here.” One who is not honored may think, “Fools—though skilled in worldly treatises yet ignorant of dharma—will not honor what is truly worthy of honor.”
english translation
न वै मानं च मौनं च सहितौ चरतः सदा । अयं हि लोको मानस्य असौ मानस्य तद्विदुः॥५-४२-३०॥
Honor-seeking and silence do not always move together. For this world is oriented toward honor, and that other world is also oriented toward honor—so the discerning understand.
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