Sanskrit · Devanagari
दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम्। मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्यानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
daṇḍo damayatāmasmi nītirasmi jigīṣatām maunaṃ caivāsmi guhyānāṃ jñānaṃ jñānavatāmaham
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882I am the rod of those that restrain, and the policy of those that desire victory. I am silence respecting secrets.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।10.38।। --,दण्डः दमयतां दमयितृ़णाम् अस्मि अदान्तानां दमनकारण्। नीतिः अस्मि जिगीषतां जेतुमिच्छताम्। मौनं चैव अस्मि गुह्यानां गोप्यानाम्। ज्ञानं ज्ञानवताम् अहम्।।
2622a63fc922…Rāmānuja
10.38 I am the power of punishment of those who punish, if law is transgressed. In regard to those who seek victory I am policy which is the means of getting victory. Of factors associated with secrecy. I am silence. I am the wisdon of those who are wise.
bd39f4bf7c2f…Swami Sivananda
10.38 दण्डः the sceptre? दमयताम् among punishers? अस्मि (I) am? नीतिः statesmanship? अस्मि (I) am? जिगीषताम् among thoese who seek victory? मौनम् silence? च and? एव also? अस्मि (I) am? गुह्यानाम् among secrets? ज्ञानम् the knowledge? ज्ञानवताम् among the knowers? अहम् I.Commentary Niti Diplomacy? polity.Maunam The silence produced by constant meditation on Brahman or the Self.Jnanam Knowledge of the Self.
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