अखण्डमण्डलाकारं व्याप्तं येन चराचरम् ।

तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्री गुरुवे नमः ॥ 756

Akhanadamandalakaram vyaptam yena  characharam ।

Tatpadam darshitam yena tasmai namah ॥

Salutations to the Guru who revealed to me that truth which

pervades the universe encompassing  the moving and immoveable.

 

ज्ञानाढ्यंमलोकज्ञं  कृपणं धनिनं  दरिद्रमभिजातम् ।

गुणवन्तं  श्रुतहीनं  कस्मात्कृतवान्  कृतान्तस्सः ॥ 757

 

Jnanaddhyamalokajnam krupanam dhaninam daridramabhijatam ।

Gunavantam shrutahinam kasmatkrutavan krutantassah ॥

 

Why did the creator make the learned unworldly, a rich man miserly,

a high born poor and a good man devoid of learning?

 

पात्रे त्यागी गुणे रागी संविभागी च बन्धुषु ।

शस्त्रे बोद्धा रणे योद्धा पुरुषः पञ्चलक्षणः ॥ 758

Patre tyagi gune ragi samvibhavi bandhushu ।

Shastre boddha rane yoddha purushah panchalakshanah ॥

 

Charitable to needy, affectionate towards qualities, sharing with relatives,

Learned in scriptures, warrior in war are five qualities adorning a man.

 

पुरा कविनां गणनप्रसङ्गे  कनिष्ठिकाधिष्ठित कालिदासः ।

अद्यापि तत्तुल्यकवेरभावात् अनामिका सार्थवती बभूव ॥ 759

Pura kavinam gananaprasange kanishtikadhishtita kalidasah ।

Adyapi tattulyakaverabhavat anamika sarthavati babhuva ॥

 

In ancient times, when poets were evaluated, Kalidasa was assigned the little finger. When there was a scarcity of comparable poets, the next finger was named Anamika.

 

यथा  खनन् खनित्रेण नरो वार्यधिगच्छति ।

तथा गुरुगातां विद्यां शुश्रूषुरधिगच्छति ॥ 760

Yatha khanan khanitrena naro varyadhigachchati |

Tatha gurugatam vidyam shushrushuradhigachchati ||

 

Just as a man digging with a spade succeeds in getting water,

a committed student gets the knowledge which lies within his teacher.