Nindantu Niti-Nipunah — Complete Lyrics
निन्दन्तु नीतिनिपुणाः
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
निन्दन्तु नीतिनिपुणा यदि वा स्तुवन्तु
लक्ष्मीः समाविशतु गच्छतु वा यथेष्टम्।
अद्यैव वा मरणमस्तु युगान्तरे वा
न्याय्यात्पथः प्रविचलन्ति पदं न धीराः॥
nindantu nītinipuṇā yadi vā stuvantu
lakṣmīḥ samāviśatu gacchatu vā yatheṣṭam।
adyaiva vā maraṇam astu yugāntare vā
nyāyyāt pathaḥ pravicalanti padaṁ na dhīrāḥ॥
Let the worldly-wise blame or let them praise; let fortune come and stay or depart at her will; let death come this very day or after an age — yet the resolute never swerve even a single step from the path of justice. The verse celebrates the unshakable integrity of the wise, who hold to righteousness regardless of praise, blame, gain, loss, life or death.
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