gilt edged security

सर्वद्रव्येषु विद्यैव द्रव्यमाहुरनुत्तमम्। 

अहार्यत्वाद् अनर्घ्यत्वाद् अक्षायत्वाद् च सर्वदा॥ 

हितोपदेशे॥ 

sarvadravyeṣu vidyaiva dravyamāhuranuttamam| 

ahāryatvād anarghyatvād akṣāyatvād ca sarvadā|| 

hitopadeśe||

Every prudent human being would love to keep apart a portion of whatever he earns or possesses or inherits as savings for future use.. The normal consideration for such saving options are safety, liquidity and ease of recovery.. 

The author of Hitopadesha says that, among all types of possessions of value, the best is knowledge and education.. Education is safe to possess, its value is too high for evaluation, and it can never perish

The meaning of the couplet is

Of all the materials worth possessing, it can be said without doubt that education is the best one

That is because of its eternal qualities that knowledge cannot be robbed or taken away from us by force, that its value is always high, the value of knowledge is so high that it can be termed as priceless and could bring in all benefits with ease whenever it is applied,and that education or knowledge cannot ever be destroyed.

Word analysis


विद्या education
एव only
सर्वद्रव्येषु of all the materials (material possessions.. valuable possessions )
अनुत्तमं best among the best, most cherished
द्रव्यं material worth possession
आहुः is called
तस्याः it is because of Her (its)
सर्वदा always, eternally
अहार्यत्वाद् quality of being not stolen or robbed from us
अनर्घ्यत्वाद् quality of being very valuable.. Valuable beyond all normal measures
अक्षयत्वाद् च also quality of being not perishable at any situation
(च एवं उक्तं so it is said thus.)

സര്‍വദ്രവ്യേഷു വിദ്യേവ ദ്രവ്യമാഹുരനുത്തമം

അഹാര്യത്വാദ് അനര്‍ഘ്യത്വാദ് അക്ഷയത്വാദ് ച സര്‍വദാ

ഹിതോപദേശത്തില്‍ നിന്ന് 

എല്ലാ സ്വതുക്കളിലും വച്ച് അത്യുത്തമമായ സ്വത്താണ് വിദ്യ എന്ന് പറയുന്നു. കാരണം വിദ്യ മറ്റുള്ളവരാല്‍ തട്ടിപ്പറിക്കപ്പെടാന്‍ പറ്റാത്ത ഒന്നാണ്. വിദ്യ വിലമതിക്കപ്പെടാവുന്നതില്‍ ഏറെ മൂല്യം ഉള്ളതാണ് അതോടൊപ്പം വിദ്യ ഒരിക്കലും നശിക്കാത്തതുമാണ്