Today's Subhashita.

घृतं  न  श्रूयते  कर्णे दधि स्वप्नेऽपि दुर्लभम् |
मुग्धे दुग्धस्य का वार्ता तक्रं शक्रस्य दुर्लभम् ||

अर्थ -      अरे मूर्ख  !  तूने अपने कानों से कभी घी  का नाम नहीं सुना
होगा और दही तो तूने सपने  में भी नहीं  देखा होगा |  तब तुझसे दूध
के  बारे में क्या कहना जब तेरे लिये अर्जुन वृक्ष से स्रवित होने वाले दूध
के समान रस की छाछ भी दुर्लभ है |

(इस सुभाषित के माध्यम से  समाज के एक अत्यन्त गरीब तथा उपेक्षित
व्यक्ति की दुर्दशा का वर्णन अतिरंजित  रूप से किया गया है | ऐसी
परिस्थिति अभी भी सर्वत्र देखी जाती है | )

Ghrutam na shrooyate karne dadhi svapnopi durlabahm.
Mugdhe dugdhasya kaa vaartaa takram shakrasya sdurlabahm.

Ghrutam = ghee ( a product of milk produced by heating butter
and cooling it afterwards).     Na = not.    Shrooyate = is heard.
Karne =  the ears.      Dadhi = curd.      Svapnepi = svapne +api.
Svapne = in the dreams.    Api = even.     Durlabham = difficult
to get.    Mugdhe = an ignorant and  silly person.  Dugdhasya=
of the milk's .     Kaa = what ?      Vaartaaa = talk about.
Takram = buttermilk.    Shakrasya = of the Arjuna tree.
(Arjuna tree (botanical name Tarminalia arjuna) is a a native
of India. Its extract traditionally prepared as a concoction resembling
milk is used in iindigenous medicine doe treatment of various
diseases).

i.e.      O  ignorant and silly person !   the name of ghee is unheard
of by you and  you might not have seen the curd  even in your dreams.
So, it is futile to talk to you about the milk, when  even the buttermilk
made out of the extract of Arjuna tree is difficult for you to get ?

(The above Subhashita exposes the miseries of poor and downtrodden
persons in the society in an exaggerated manner by saying that even
the extracts of trees and plants is unavailable for them what to say of
milk and its products. This situation is still prevalent in  the society.)