íõ§ªæ¨äª÷¨   ôìªìèï   á÷ªî÷   å¨õëªç¨á            401
¿ù¨äª÷¨æР  îæèìªï   âæèóùª
 

íõ§ªæ¨äª÷¨

without (dice) board

ôìªÌ

dice

Íïí÷ªî÷

like playing

å¨õëªç¨á

comprehensive (knowledge)

¿ùª   ¬äª÷¨

without book (learning)

îæèìªï

an assembly

âæèóùª

to address

 
One   who   has   no   learning   and   addresses   an   assembly   is   like
trying   to   play   a   game   of   dice     without   a   board   (401).
   
æùªùèêè䪠 âòè÷ªæè  Ë×êùª  Ëéùá¨õúªÌ몠    402
¬ùªùèêèóª   âçúªæèË÷ª   ÷÷ª×
 

æùªùèêèäª

the one without learning

âòèùª    æèË×êùª

desirous of speaking

Ëéùá¨õúªÌëª

the pair of breasts

¬ùªùèêèóª

without

âçúª

a woman

æèË÷ª×    í÷ª×

desiring to show feminine charm

The   man   without   learning   who   seeks   to   address   an   assembly   is
like   the   woman   without   breasts   desiring   to   exhibit   feminine   charm   (402). 

 
æùªùè   êôÕ몠 åä¨åùªùõР æ÷ª÷èõÐË䪠           403
âòèùªùè   ê¨ÕæÐæ窠  âç÷¨äª
 

æùªùèêôÕëª

even one of no learning

åä¨åùªùõÐ

an extremely fine person

æ÷ª÷èõÐËäª

in a gathering of the learned

âòèùªùèÊ

keeping silent

¬ÕæÐæçªâç÷¨äª

if behaves so

 
A   man   of   no   learning   is   wise   if   he   keeps   his   silence
in   a   gathering   of   the   learned   (403).
   
æùªùèêè䪠  øìªç몠  æȨáå䪠  ÷èá¨Ä몠           404
âæèóªóèõР  í÷¨²éì   áèõÐ
 

æùªùèêèäª

of the not learned

Øìªçëª

knowledge

æȨᠠ  åäª÷èá¨Äëª

sometimes though excellent

âæèóªóèõÐ

would not approve

í÷¨²éìáèõÐ

the wise

 
An   occasional   display   of   intelligence   of   one   without   learning
will   not   gain   acceptance   of   the   learned   (404).
   
æùªùè   øÕô䪠  êéæéë   êéùçªâçáªÊ        405
âòèùªùèìòР  îòèõв   çÌëª
 

æùªùè

of the uneducated

øÕôäª

one

êéæéë

respect

êéùçªâçáªÊ

with a learned one

âòèùªùèì

if engaged in conversation

îòèõвçÌëª

will fail

 
Words   will   fail   an   unlettered   one when   he   encounters
 a   learned   person   (405).
 
 
ãóâõäªÄ몠 ëèêÐê¨éõáõР íùªùèùª  çáôèæР    406
æóõéäáõР  æùªùè   êôõÐ
 

ãóõР   öäªÄëª

the one that exists

ëèêÐê¨éõáõÐ

this alone (could be said about him)

íùªùèùª

and nothing more

çáôè

barren

æóõР   íéäáõÐ

(like the ) fallow land

æùªùèêôõÐ

the uneducated are

The   one   who   is   not   educated   exists   only   in   (physical)   form
like   a   barren   land   that   is   of   no   use   (406).    
Åúªëèúª   Åéȵù몠  ¬ùªùè䪠  öȨùªåù몠     407
ëúªëèúª   µéäçèéô   á÷ª×
 

ëèúª	special knowledge

Åéȵùëª

ability to research

¬ùªùèäª

the one without

öȨùª    åùëª

his handsome appearance

ëúª

earthern

ëèúª

exquisite

µéäçèéô

doll

í÷ª×

like

 
The   attainments   and   personality   of   one   whose   mind   is   not
improved     by   learning,     are   no   more   than   those   of   a
pretty   doll   of   clay   (407).    
åùªùèõÐæúª   çìªì   ô×éëá¨äª   ¬äªäèîê    408
æùªùèõÐæúª   çìªì   ê¨Õ
 

åùªùèõР   æúª

with the good

çìªì

available

ô×éëá¨äª

more than the poverty

¬äªäèîê

more severe

æùªùèõР   æúª

with the ignorant

çìªì

available

ê¨Õ

wealth

 
The   wealth   of   one   who   has   no   learning   brings   more   harm   than
the   poverty   of   a   learned   person   (408).
 
 
îë÷ªç¨÷åÐêè  õèá¨Äë  æùªùèêèõР æ©Èªçªç¨÷åÐÊ몠   409
æ÷ª÷èõР  íéäêÐê¨ùõР  çèÌ
 

îë÷ª    ç¨÷åÐêèõèá¨Äëª

though born in affluent families

æùªùèêèõÐ

those with no learning

æ©Èªçªç¨÷åÐÊëª

though born in poor families

æ÷ª÷èõÐ

the learned

íéäêÐÊ

as much as

¬ùõÐ

not

çèÌ

greatness

Those   with   no   learning,   though   from  affluent  families,  do  not   have   the same   worth   as   the   celebrated   from  even  poor  families  (409).
   
ô¨ù§ªâæèÌ   ëæÐæóª   íéäáõР  ¬ù§ªÆ¿ùª      410
æ÷ª÷èîõèÌ   Öéä   áôõÐ
 

ô¨ù§ªâæèÌ

comparable to beast

ëæÐæóª

people

íéäáõÐ

like

¬ù§ªÆ    ¿ùª

great books

æ÷ª÷èîõèÌ

those who have mastered

ÖéäáôõÐ

the others (the uneducated)

The   comparison   between   the   learned   and   those   without   learning
is   like   that   between   man   and   beast   (410).