क्षेमो॒ न सा॒धुः क्रतु॒र्न भ॒द्रो भुव॑त्स्वा॒धीर्होता॑ हव्य॒वाट् ॥
kṣemo na sādhuḥ kratur na bhadro bhuvat svādhīr hotā havyavāṭ ||
क्षेमः॑। न। सा॒धुः। क्रतुः॑। न। भ॒द्रः। भुव॑त्। सु॒ऽआ॒धीः। होता॑। ह॒व्य॒ऽवाट् ॥
स्वामी दयानन्द सरस्वती
अब सड़सठवें सूक्त का आरम्भ है। इसके प्रथम मन्त्र में विद्वान् कैसा हो, इस विषय को कहा है ॥
हरिशरण सिद्धान्तालंकार
हव्यवाट् प्रभु
स्वामी दयानन्द सरस्वती
पुनः स विद्वान् कीदृशो भवेदित्युपदिश्यते ॥
हे मनुष्या ! यूयं यो विद्वान् वनेषु जायुरिवाजुर्य्यं श्रुष्टिं राजेव क्षेमः साधुर्नेव भद्रः क्रतुर्नेव स्वाधीर्होता हव्यवाड्भुवद्भवेद्धार्मिकान् मनुष्यान् वृणीते तं सदा सेवध्वम् ॥ १ ॥
डॉ. तुलसी राम
आचार्य धर्मदेव विद्या मार्तण्ड
How should (Agni-a learned leader) be is taught in the 2nd mantra.
O man, you should always serve a learned leader who is like a conqueror of desirable good objects, who is like a King who chooses an efficient able young man as his adviser or helper, who is kind friend among men, who is auspicious or beneficent like a Sadhu (noble person true in mind, word and deed) is doer of good like a nan of good intellect and actions, good upholder of noble things, prosperous as a performer of good works, kind giver of happiness, conveyor of various objects that are worth taking and giving and propitious.
