पण्डिता बहवो राजन्बहुज्ञा: संशयच्छिद: । सदसस्पतयोऽप्येके असन्तोषात्पतन्त्यध: ॥ २१ ॥
pandita bahavo rajan bahu-jnah samsaya-cchidah sadasas patayo ’py eke asantosat patanty adhah
- panditah
- very learned scholars
- bahavah
- many
- rajan
- O King (Yudhisthira)
- bahu-jnah
- persons with varied experience
- samsaya-cchidah
- expert in legal advice
- sadasah patayah
- persons eligible to become presidents of learned assemblies
- api
- even
- eke
- by one disqualification
- asantosat
- simply by dissatisfaction or greed
- patanti
- fall down
- adhah
- into hellish conditions of life.
O King Yudhisthira, many persons with varied experience, many legal advisers, many learned scholars and many persons eligible to become presidents of learned assemblies fall down into hellish life because of not being satisfied with their positions.