यः पठति लिखति पश्यति परिपृच्छति पण्डितानुपाश्रयति ।
तस्य दिवाकरकिरणैर्नलिनीदलमिव विकासते बुद्धिः ॥
यः - that person who. पठति - reads. लिखति - writes. पश्यति - observes. परिपृच्छति - enquires. उपाश्रयति - leans upon. पण्डितान् (पण्डितः, २, बहु) - scholars. तस्य - his. बुद्धिः - intellect. विकासते - blooms. इव - like. नलिनी-दलम् - the petals of a lotus flower. किरणैः (किरणः, ३, बहु) - by the rays. दिवाकर (दिवाकरः) - of the sun.
He who reads and writes; observes and enquires; and leans upon [the knowledge of] scholars. His intellect ever blossoms, like the petals of the lotus which open spontaneously in sunshine.
10 Feb 06 - http://www.geocities.com/prashanth_k_blr/Subhashitani/