Shatesu Jayate Shurah — Complete Lyrics
शतेषु जायते शूरः
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
शतेषु जायते शूरः सहस्रेषु च पण्डितः।
वक्ता दशसहस्रेषु दाता भवति वा न वा॥
śateṣu jāyate śūraḥ sahasreṣu ca paṇḍitaḥ।
vaktā daśa-sahasreṣu dātā bhavati vā na vā॥
Among a hundred men a hero is born; among a thousand, a scholar; among ten thousand, a great orator — but a true giver may or may not exist at all. The verse ranks human virtues by their rarity, placing genuine generosity highest of all, so uncommon that it cannot be counted on to appear even among multitudes.
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