all become equal in disgrace....

all become equal in disgrace....

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तिर्यग्भिस्त्रिजगज्जयी परिभवं लङ्केश्वरो लब्दवान्

प्रापाशेषनृपोत्तमः कुरुपतिः पादाहतिं मूर्धनि।

इत्यन्ते बहुमानहृत्परिभवः सर्वस्य सामन्यवत्

तत्को नाम भवेन्महानहमिति ध्यायन् धृताहङ्क्रियः॥

राजतरङ्गिण्याम्॥

tiryagbhistrijagajjayī paribhavaṁ laṅkeśvaro labdavān

prāpāśeṣanṛpottamaḥ kurupatiḥ pādāhatiṁ mūrdhani|

ityante bahumānahṛtparibhavaḥ sarvasya sāmanyavat

tatko nāma bhavenmahānahamiti dhyāyan dhṛtāhaṅkriyaḥ||

rājataraṅgiṇyām||

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The above sloka is from the Classic Rajatarangini of Kalhana from Kahsmir ..

The work is considered to be a classy Kavyam and an authentic soruce text for History.. of India and Kashmir of the period covered by the poem 

The slokam extracted stresses the futility of ego or sense of self importance harboured by people.

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Meaning 

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The conqueror of the three worlds, the master of Lanka, finally fell, being defeated by monkeys, who are just animals 

The best among the kings, and a ruler with no peers, the leader of the Kurus Duryodhana, suffered a kick on his head from his cousin Bheemasena, as Duryodhana lay fallen finally hit on the thigh by the mace of Bhima

Yes, even those who consider their own ego and status as the most valued quality and possession fall in disgrace just like all other ordinary people.

If eveyone just thinks well about this, then no one would ever think that he is a very important person and would get bloated up with ego and sense of exaggerated self importance

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त्रिगत् जयी conqueror of the three worlds 

लङ्केश्वरः the Master of Lanka, Ravana 

तिर्यग्भिः by animals 

परिभवं लब्धवान् got defeated in battle

अशेषनृपोत्तमः best among the kings, who never had a rival कुरुपतिः the leader of the Kurus, Duryodhana 

मूर्धनि on the head 

पादाहतिं प्राप suffered a kick 

अन्ते in the end 

सर्वस्य for all

सामान्यवत just like ordinary people

बहुमान हृत् परिभवः defeat of the ego which is stored in a high state of respect in the mind

इति ( एव भवति) thus happens 

तत् (विचिन्त्य) if one considers that fact well

को नाम who 

अहं महान I am great or superior 

इति thus 

ध्यायन् thinking 

धृताहङ्क्रियः भवेत् would become filled with ego?