KNOWLEDGE OR KINGSHIP?

व दत च नपत च न तल कद!चन।

* त, प&जत$॥
सद$श $ प&जत$ र!ज! व द!न स

Knowledge and kingship are never comparable. A king is honoured

in his own land; a knowledgeable person is honoured everywhere.

व दत म vidvattvam knowledge
नपतम * nṛpatvam kingship
न =नए naiva = na eva not indeed
तलम * tulyam comparable
कद!चन kadācana ever
सद$श2 svadeśaḥ own land
प&जत$ pūjyate is honoured
व द!न * vidvān knowledgeable person
स त, sarvatra everywhere