Durjanah Parihartavyah (Shun the Wicked Though Learned) — Complete Lyrics
दुर्जनः परिहर्तव्यः
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
दुर्जनः परिहर्तव्यो विद्ययालङ्कृतोऽपि सन्।
मणिना भूषितः सर्पः किमसौ न भयङ्करः॥
durjanaḥ parihartavyo vidyayālaṅkṛto'pi san।
maṇinā bhūṣitaḥ sarpaḥ kim asau na bhayaṅkaraḥ॥
A wicked person should be shunned even though he is adorned with learning. A serpent decorated with a jewel on its hood — is it any the less fearsome for that? The verse warns that knowledge alone does not make a person safe to keep company with; an evil nature remains dangerous however learned it may appear.
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