कर्मण्यकोविदा: स्तब्धा मूर्खा: पण्डितमानिन: । वदन्ति चाटुकान् मूढा यया माध्व्या गिरोत्सुका: ॥ ६ ॥
karmaṇy akovidāḥ stabdhā mūrkhāḥ paṇḍita-māninaḥ vadanti cāṭukān mūḍhā yayā mādhvyā girotsukāḥ
- karmaṇi
- about the facts of fruitive work
- akovidāḥ
- ignorant
- stabdhāḥ
- puffed up by false pride
- mūrkhāḥ
- fools
- paṇḍita-māninaḥ
- thinking themselves great scholars
- vadanti
- they speak
- cāṭukān
- flattering entreaties
- mūḍhāḥ
- bewildered
- yayā
- by which
- mādhvyā
- sweet
- girā
- words
- utsukāḥ
- very eager
Ignorant of the art of work, such arrogantly proud fools, enchanted and enlivened by the sweet words of the Vedas, pose as learned authorities and offer flattering entreaties to the demigods.