मुक्ताफलैः किं मृगपक्षिणां च मिष्टान्नपानं किमु गर्धभानाम् |
अन्धस्य दीपो बधिरस्य गीतं मूर्खस्य किं धर्मकथाप्रसङ्गः ||
- सुभाषित रत्नाकर (स्फुट)
भावार्थ - मृग (जानवरों) और पक्षियों के लिये मूल्यवान मोती किस काम
के, तथा गर्धभों (गधों ) के लिये सुस्वादु भोजन का क्या कोई महत्व है ?
इसी प्रकार एक अन्धे व्यक्ति के लिये जलता हुआ दिया, एक बहरे व्यक्ति
के लिये मधुर गीत का गायन, तथा एक मूर्ख व्यक्ति के लिये धर्मशास्त्रों
की चर्चा करना व्यर्थ है |
Muktaaphailaih kim Mrugapakshinaam cha mishtaannapaanam
kimu gardhabhaa.
Andhasya deepo badhirasya geetam moorkhasya kim dharma-
-kathaa-prasangah.
Muktaaphalaih = pearls. Kim = what ? Mruga= antelopes.
Pakshinaam = birds. Cha = and. Mishtaanna =luscious food.
Paanam = consuming. Kimu = of what ? Gardhabhaanaam =
donkeys. Andhasy = a blind man's. Deepo = a lighted lamp.
Badhirasya = a deaf person's Geetam = song. Moorkhasya=
a foolish person's Dharma-kathaa-prasangah =religious discourses.
i.e. Of what use are pearls for the animals and birds, and luscious
food for donkeys ? Similarly, a lighted lamp for a blind person,
a beautiful song for a deaf person and a religious discourse for a
foolish person are also of no use to them.
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