Vidvan Eva Vijanati Vidvajjana Parishramam — Complete Lyrics
विद्वानेव विजानाति विद्वज्जनपरिश्रमम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
विद्वानेव विजानाति विद्वज्जनपरिश्रमम्।
न हि वन्ध्या विजानाति गुर्वीं प्रसववेदनाम्॥
vidvān eva vijānāti vidvaj-jana-pariśramam।
na hi vandhyā vijānāti gurvīṁ prasava-vedanām॥
Only a learned person truly understands the toil of another learned person, just as a barren woman can never know the intense pain of childbirth. The verse observes that the worth of hard-won knowledge can be appreciated only by one who has undergone the same labour, for sympathy springs from shared experience.
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