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Chapter 12.168 - Verse 21

Sanskrit Text

बुद्धिर्धनलाभाय जाड्यमसमृद्धये लोकपर्यायवृत्तान्तं प्राज्ञो जानाति नेतरः

English Translation

Intelligence cannot give wealth, nor is stupidity the cause of poverty. Only a wise man, and none else, understands the order of the world.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

न | बुद्धिर् | धन + लाभ | न | जाड्यम् | असमृद्धये
लोक + पर्याय + वृत्तान्त | प्राज्ञो | जानाति | न + इतर