नागुणी गुणिनं वेत्ति

नागुणी गुणिनं वेत्ति गुणी गुणिषु मत्सरी।

गुणी च गुणरागी च विरलः सरलो जनः॥

nāguṇī guṇinaṁ vetti guṇī guṇiṣu matsarī|

guṇī ca guṇarāgī ca viralaḥ saralo janaḥ||

നാഗുണീ ഗുണിനം വേത്തി ഗുണീ ഗുണിഷു മത്സരീ

ഗുണീ ച ഗുണരാഗീ ച വിരലഃ സരലോ ജനഃ.

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A person with no knowledge and understanding

can

never recognize a person with such qualities.

A man of some quality and substance is

always in competition with

and is jealous for ever

with a man of similar qualities

Rare indeed are great men

who have sterling personal qualities

who can understand such qualities present in others and love or even like them too..

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