Yasya Na Vidya Na Tapo Na Danam — Complete Lyrics
यस्य न विद्या न तपो न दानम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
यस्य न विद्या न तपो न दानं ज्ञानं न शीलं न गुणो न धर्मः।
ते मर्त्यलोके भुवि भारभूता मनुष्यरूपेण मृगाश्चरन्ति॥
yasya na vidyā na tapo na dānaṁ jñānaṁ na śīlaṁ na guṇo na dharmaḥ।
te martyaloke bhuvi bhārabhūtā manuṣyarūpeṇa mṛgāś caranti॥
Those who possess neither knowledge, nor austerity, nor charity, nor wisdom, nor good character, nor virtue, nor righteousness — they are but a burden upon the earth in the world of mortals, wandering about as beasts in the guise of human beings. This stern verse measures true humanity not by outward form but by inner worth.
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