[nīti/wisdom] Defeat is indeed unbearable!

[Vyom A. Shah]

सत्यं परिभवः सोढुमशक्यो मानशालिनाम्।

बलवद्भिर्विरोधस्तु स्वपराभवकारणम्॥

[सत्यम्। परिभवः। सोढुम्। अशक्यः। मानशालिनाम्।

बलवद्भिः। विरोधः। तु। स्व-पराभव-कारणम्॥]

{satyaṃ paribhavaḥ soḍhumaśakyo mānaśālinām.
balavadbhirvirodhastu svaparābhavakāraṇam..}

Truly, defeat is unbearable for those with self-respect, yet opposing someone extremely powerful often leads to one's own defeat.

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This verse is from

Text name: Ādipurāṇa

Author of text: Jinasenācārya

Text description: A Saṃskṛta work dedicated to the lives of first tīrthaṅkara - Ādinātha with an elaborate description of his last birth. Ed. by Pannalal Jain

Publishers: Bhāratīya Jñānapīṭha (2007 VS)