ଯସ୍ଯ ନାସ୍ତି ସ୍ଵଯଂ ପ୍ରଜ୍ଞା
यस्य नास्ति स्वयं प्रज्ञा in Odia · ଓଡ଼ିଆ
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Hitopadesha (Subhashita) · Narayana Pandita (compiler of the Hitopadesha) · Classical Sanskrit literature (c. 9th–12th century CE)
The Hitopadesha is a collection of instructive animal fables in prose interspersed with verse, composed to teach princes wisdom and statecraft through delightful stories. This verse appears among its niti-shlokas, using the memorable image of a mirror useless to the blind to declare that scripture profits only the one already endowed with native intelligence.
✦ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରରେ କୁହାଯାଇଥିବା ପରି
Teachers of old loved to quote this verse to awaken thinking in their pupils; it is said that a student who grasps its meaning stops studying merely to memorise and begins to study in order to understand, and so makes every book he reads truly his own.
ମନ୍ତ୍ର
ଯେକୌଣସି ଧାଡ଼ି କିମ୍ବା ▶ ବଟନ୍ ଛୁଇଁ ଶୁଣନ୍ତୁ
ଯସ୍ଯ ନାସ୍ତି ସ୍ଵଯଂ ପ୍ରଜ୍ଞା ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରଂ ତସ୍ଯ କରୋତି କିମ୍। ଲୋଚନାଭ୍ଯାଂ ଵିହୀନସ୍ଯ ଦର୍ପଣଃ କିଂ କରିଷ୍ଯତି॥
yasya nāsti svayaṁ prajñā śāstraṁ tasya karoti kim। locanābhyāṁ vihīnasya darpaṇaḥ kiṁ kariṣyati॥
ଅର୍ଥ:जिसके पास स्वयं की प्रज्ञा (बुद्धि) नहीं है, उसके लिए शास्त्र क्या कर सकता है? जैसे जो आँखों से रहित है, उसके लिए दर्पण क्या करेगा? यह श्लोक सिखाता है कि शास्त्र-ज्ञान तभी फलदायी होता है जब वह अपनी सहज बुद्धि और विवेक से युक्त हो।
ଶବ୍ଦ-ଶବ୍ଦ ଅର୍ଥ
ଉଚ୍ଚାରଣ ଶୁଣିବାକୁ ଯେକୌଣସି ଶବ୍ଦରେ କ୍ଲିକ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ
यस्य नास्ति स्वयं प्रज्ञा ପାଠର ଲାଭ
Highlights that native intelligence and discernment are essential to learning
Warns that book-knowledge alone, without understanding, is fruitless
Encourages the cultivation of one's own reasoning and judgement
Offers a memorable simile to grasp the limits of mere information
A valuable lesson for students that learning must be understood, not just read
A short, witty verse for reflection on wisdom versus rote knowledge
यस्य नास्ति स्वयं प्रज्ञा ପାଠ ବିଧି
Recite the verse thoughtfully, dwelling on its simile of the mirror useless to the eyeless. Reflect that knowledge bears fruit only when met by one's own intelligence and discernment, and resolve to truly understand rather than merely memorise. It is often quoted to students as a reminder that learning is meant to awaken thinking, not replace it.
ବାରମ୍ବାର ପଚରାଯାଉଥିବା ପ୍ରଶ୍ନ
ଏଗୁଡ଼ିକ ମଧ୍ୟ ପଢ଼ନ୍ତୁ
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ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ यस्य नास्ति स्वयं प्रज्ञा ଶ୍ଳୋକ-ଶ୍ଳୋକ ଅର୍ଥ ସହିତ ପଢ଼ନ୍ତୁ, କିମ୍ବା ଅଧିକ ପବିତ୍ର ପାଠ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ