shateshu jaayate shoorah sahastreshu cha panDitah |
vaktaa dashasahastreshu daataa bhavati vaa na vaa ||
SatoYau jaayato SaUr: sahs~oYau ca pMiDt: a
va@ta dSasahs~oYau data Bavait vaa na vaa aa
va@ta dSasahs~oYau data Bavait vaa na vaa aa
Among one hundred persons only one is truly brave; among thousands of them only one may be a sage. A skilled orator is to be found only among the ten thousands. A charitable person (daataa) though may rarely exist; or may not exist at all.
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