To day's Subhashit.

केयूरा  न  विभूषयन्ति पुरुषं हारा न  चन्द्रोज्ज्वला 

न  स्नानं  न  विलेपनं  न  कुसुमं  नाSलंकृता  मूर्धजा 

वाण्येका  समलंकरोति  पुरुषं  या  संस्कृता धार्यते 

क्षीयन्ते  खलु  भूषणानि  सततं वाग्भूषणं  भूषणं

Keyuraa na vibhushyanti purusham haraa na chandrojjwalaa 

Na snaanam na vilepanam na kusumam naalankrataa moordhajaa

vaanyekaa samalamkaroti purusham ya sanskritaa dharyate

ksheeyante khalu bhushanaani satatam vaagbhushnam bhushanam 

i.e.   Even if a person beautifies himself with ornaments and a necklace shining like full Moon, bathes and applies cosmetics, grooms his hair with scented oil and flowers, all these accessories do not make him a cultured person, if his diction (way of speaking) is not proper and refined and he is treated as a dirty person .  On the other hand if a person is soft spoken and has command over his speech, even if he is not adorned with ornaments etc., he is always treated as a cultured person.  So proper diction and command over language is the real ornament (bhushan) of a person.

Keyura = an ornament worn over the arm        Moordhaja = hairs of the head           Vilepanam = paste applied over the body (cosmetics)              Vaani =  way of speaking         Bhushan  =  ornament

ksheeyante =  become insignificant           Hara = necklace       Dharyate = wears or possesses

(Here the word 'Samalamkaroti' in association with the word 'ya'  denotes two different meanings due to para-phrasing (i)  Sa + Malam karoti  means makes him unacceptable like faeces (human excreta) and  (ii) Samyag + Alankaroti i.e. makes him overall adorable, if  a person is 'sanskrat' i.e. cultured with proper diction (ya sanskrita dhaaryate) and all outwardly ornamentation becomes insignificant.