विद्यातपोवित्तवपुर्वय:कुलै: सतां गुणै: षड्भिरसत्तमेतरै: । स्मृतौ हतायां भृतमानदुर्दृश: स्तब्धा न पश्यन्ति हि धाम भूयसाम् ॥ १७ ॥
vidya-tapo-vitta-vapur-vayah-kulaih satam gunaih sadbhir asattametaraih smrtau hatayam bhrta-mana-durdrsah stabdha na pasyanti hi dhama bhuyasam
- vidya
- education
- tapah
- austerity
- vitta
- wealth
- vapuh
- beauty of body, etc.
- vayah
- youth
- kulaih
- with heritage
- satam
- of the pious
- gunaih
- by such qualities
- sadbhih
- six
- asattama-itaraih
- having the opposite result to those who are not great souls
- smrtau
- good sense
- hatayam
- being lost
- bhrta-mana-durdrsah
- blind due to pride
- stabdhah
- being proud
- na
- not
- pasyanti
- see
- hi
- for
- dhama
- the glories
- bhuyasam
- of the great souls
Although the six qualities education, austerity, wealth, beauty, youth and heritage are for the highly elevated, one who is proud of possessing them becomes blind, and thus he loses his good sense and cannot appreciate the glories of great personalities.