Four ways to test, men and gold

As gold gets tested in ways four: By rubbing and scratching, By heating and beating, So too a man, says ancient lore: Knowledge and character’s creed, By family roots and deed. ________________________ Translation |27.10.2024|gold, test, men Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of verses of wisdom called Subhashhitam. Just as gold is tested by four ways, so are men, this verse says. The transliteration of the Sanskrit verse follows: Yathaa chaturbhih kanakam pareekshhyate, nigharshhanah chhedana taapa taadana | Tathaa chaturbhih purushhah pareekshhyate, shrutena sheelena kulena karmanaa ||