नाश्चर्यमेतद्यदसत्सु सर्वदा महद्विनिन्दा कुणपात्मवादिषु । सेर्ष्यं महापूरुषपादपांसुभि- र्निरस्ततेज:सु तदेव शोभनम् ॥ १३ ॥
nascaryam etad yad asatsu sarvada mahad-vininda kunapatma-vadisu sersyam mahapurusa-pada-pamsubhir nirasta-tejahsu tad eva sobhanam
- na
- not
- ascaryam
- wonderful
- etat
- this
- yat
- which
- asatsu
- evil
- sarvada
- always
- mahat-vininda
- the deriding of great souls
- kunapa-atma-vadisu
- among those who have accepted the dead body as the self
- sa-irsyam
- envy
- maha-purusa
- of great personalities
- pada-pamsubhih
- by the dust of the feet
- nirasta-tejahsu
- whose glory is diminished
- tat
- that
- eva
- certainly
- sobhanam
- very good.
It is not wonderful for persons who have accepted the transient material body as the self to engage always in deriding great souls. Such envy on the part of materialistic persons is very good because that is the way they fall down. They are diminished by the dust of the feet of great personalities.