Sanskrit quote nr. 36 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अकस्मात् प्रक्रिया नॄणां अकस्माच्चापकर्षणम् ।
शुभाशुभे महत्त्वं च प्रकर्तुं बुद्धिलाघवात् ॥akasmāt prakriyā nṝṇāṃ akasmāccāpakarṣaṇam |
śubhāśubhe mahattvaṃ ca prakartuṃ buddhilāghavāt ||⏒⏒⏒⏒¦⏑⎼⎼⏒¦¦⏒⏒⏒⏒¦⏑⎼⏑⏒¦¦
⏒⏒⏒⏒¦⏑⎼⎼⏒¦¦⏒⏒⏒⏒¦⏑⎼⏑⏒¦¦Meter name: Śloka; Type: pathyā (‘normal’); 8 syllables per quarter (pāda).
Primary English translation:
“The prosperity of men, as also their fall comes of itself. Prosperity and adversity, and greatness, all proceed from weakness of understanding.”
(translation by P. C. Roy)
Secondary translations:
“The prosperity of men, as also their downfall, originates of itself. Prosperity and adversity, and greatness, all originate from weakness of understanding.”
(translation by M. N. Dutt)
“Ohne Grund Männer zu erhöhen und zu erniedrigen, uhnen Gutes und Böses, so wie Grösse zu verleihen, zeugt von geringem Verstande.”
(translation by Otto Böhtlingk)
