परा नागरतोदेति महत्त्वगुणशालिनी । सा यया स्नेहमायान्ति राजानो अमरा अपि ॥ ८ ॥
parā nāgaratōdēti mahattvaguṇaśālinī | sā yayā snēhamāyānti rājānō amarā api || 8 ||
Translation
Then arises a further skill, graced with the virtue of greatness, by which even kings and gods come to love one.
Word by word
- parā
- a further
- nāgaratā
- skill
- udēti
- arises
- mahattva
- of greatness
- guṇa
- with the virtue
- śālinī
- graced
- sā
- that
- yayā
- by which
- snēham
- to love
- āyānti
- come
- rājānō
- (rājānaḥ) kings
- amarā
- (amarāḥ) gods
- api
- even
Meaning
The commentary calls this the second fruit: skill in grasping the meaning, cleverness. Nāgaratā means the urbanity of a cultivated person, quickness and grace in dealing with others. Such a person is welcome everywhere, among kings and among gods.