Words Well Worth 46: People Tread A Trodden Path

Seeing what an odd man does and how, Others too imitate it somehow— Things despicable, vile; To trodden path men file, Not to one worth its while, Scarce to objective things people bow. ______________________________________________________ Transliteration of the subhāśhita along with the meanings of Sanskrit words is given as under: ekasya karma samvikśhya karoti anyah api garhitam | gata-anugatikah lokah na lokah pāramārthikah || ekasya: someone's, of one person karma: karma, action, deeds samvikśhya: seeing, observing karoti: do/follow anyah api: even others garhitam:contemptible, forbidden, vile, despised gata-anugatikah: gone-going/following, treading a trodden path, servile imitation lokah: people na lokah: people (follow)not pāramārthikah: supreme truth/essence, the right thing to do, objective thing This verse is from Pancha-tantra Topic: truth, path