Anvaya 005: Sanskrit verse and reflection

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Hitopadesha, introduction, verse 6

First, let it be heard

अन्वय/ Anvaya

Verse 005

A Sanskrit verse

विद्या ददाति विनयं विनयाद्याति पात्रताम्। पात्रत्वाद्धनमाप्नोति धनाद्धर्मं ततः सुखम्॥

In plain words

Learning gives humility. Humility makes one worthy; from worthiness comes wealth, from wealth right conduct, and from that, happiness.

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विद्या ददाति विनयं पात्रताम्।

ततः सुखम्॥

In plain words

Learning gives humility. Humility makes one worthy; from worthiness comes wealth, from wealth right conduct, and from that, happiness.

If you want to say it

vidyā dadāti vinayaṃ vinayād yāti pātratām | pātratvād dhanam āpnoti dhanād dharmaṃ tataḥ sukham ||

What does it convey?

Skill can open a door. But the verse points to what lets a person remain in the room: vinaya. It is not meekness. It is knowing how to listen, speak without making every exchange a contest, and keep learning from whoever is in front of you. The result is pātratā: being someone fit to be trusted with responsibility, opportunity, and other people. That is a wider kind of competence than professional talent alone.

The beauty of this verse

It builds a life as a chain reaction.

Each quarter gives one cause and its consequence: learning, humility, worthiness, resources, right conduct, happiness. The verse does not treat humility as an ornament added after success. It makes humility the first proof that learning has actually changed someone.