DAY 246
Knowledge Breeds Humility, Humility Builds Character
기원후 8~12세기경 편찬(고대 잠언 전승 수록)
ORIGINAL
विद्या ददाति विनयं विनयाद्याति पात्रताम् । पात्रत्वाद्धनमाप्नोति धनाद्धर्मं ततः सुखम् ॥ (vidyā dadāti vinayaṃ vinayād yāti pātratām, pātratvād dhanam āpnoti dhanād dharmaṃ tataḥ sukham)
📜 THE VERSE
Learning gives rise to humility, humility to worthiness, worthiness to due reward, reward to right conduct, and right conduct at last to peace.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Does knowing more make me more humble, or only more rigid?
📝Reflection
This verse treats learning not as a possession but as a current. If learning does not humble us, it has broken somewhere along the way. Humility shapes character, character earns its due, and that due — turned toward right conduct — finally arrives at peace. When knowledge and character too often part ways, this old line insists that learning must end in peace, or it has not truly ended anywhere good.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
When you learn something new today, write one sentence on whether it made you more humble.
📖 Source:
Hitopadesha, Book 1.
Sanskrit original with public-domain translations consulted; rendered independently by ONGO.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
