तपो विद्या च विप्राणां नि:श्रेयसकरे उभे । ते एव दुर्विनीतस्य कल्पेते कर्तुरन्यथा ॥ ७० ॥
tapo vidya ca vipranam nihsreyasa-kare ubhe te eva durvinitasya kalpete kartur anyatha
- tapah
- austerities
- vidya
- knowledge
- ca
- also
- vipranam
- of the brahmanas
- nihsreyasa
- of what is certainly very auspicious for upliftment
- kare
- are causes
- ubhe
- both of them
- te
- such austerity and knowledge
- eva
- indeed
- durvinitasya
- when such a person is an upstart
- kalpete
- become
- kartuh
- of the performer
- anyatha
- just the opposite.
For a brahmana, austerity and learning are certainly auspicious, but when acquired by a person who is not gentle, such austerity and learning are most dangerous.