Yeshaan Na Vidya Na Tapo Na Danan
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Yeshan Na Vidya Na Tapo Na Danam,
Jyanam Na Shilam Na Guno Na Dharmah ।
Te Martyaloke Bhuvi Bharabhutah,
Manushyarupena Mrrigashcharanti ॥
Yeshaan Na Vidya Na Tapo Na Danan About
Yesham Na Vidya Na Tapo Na Danam is a Sanskrit shloka that highlights the essential virtues required for a meaningful human life: knowledge, penance, charity, wisdom, good conduct, virtues, and righteousness. It states that those lacking all these qualities live like animals despite having the human form, becoming a burden on the world.
Meaning
The verse means: Those who have neither knowledge nor penance nor charity, neither wisdom nor good conduct nor virtues nor righteousness, they exist on earth as a burden and wander in human form like animals.
Benefits
- Encourages the pursuit of knowledge and virtue
- Promotes moral and ethical living
- Warns against living a life without purpose and higher qualities
- Inspires self-improvement and spiritual growth
Significance
This shloka is often quoted in philosophical and ethical discourses to emphasize the importance of cultivating essential human values. It highlights that merely existing in human form is not enough; the presence of knowledge, discipline, generosity, and righteousness is what truly defines humanity.