For Eternal Beginners
दंडो दमयताम् अस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम् ।
मौनम् चैवास्मि गुह्यानाम् ज्ञानम् ज्ञानवताम् अहम् ॥ ३८ ॥
daMDo damayatAm asmi nItirasmi jigISatAm |
maunam caivAsmi guhyAnAm jJAnam jJAnavatAm aham || 38 ||
दमयताम् [damayatAm] To the people who punish, द०न्डः अहम् [da0nDaH aham] I am punishment. जिगीषताम् [jigISatAm] To those who desire to conquer, नीतिः अस्मि [nItiH asmi] I am policy and prudence. गुह्यानाम् [guhyAnAm] Among things that are inscrutable, मौनम् अस्मि [maunam asmi] I am silence. अहम् ज्ञानम् [aham jJAnam] I am knowledge ज्ञानवताम् [jJAnavatAm] to those who know.
To people who punish when rules are broken, I am the punishment they give.
To those who desire to conquer, I am the method to obtain victory. This method is in the form of policy and prudence.
Among secrets that are associated with the inscrutable, I am silence. I am knowledge to those who know.