Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Subhashita #0001


In an assembly of people whose only motivation is to demotivate and criticize, it is wiser to keep silent and have faith in hari-guru-vaiṣṇavas:

kolāhale kāka-kulasya jāte
virājate kokila-kūjitaṁ kim?
parasparaṁ saṁvadatāṁ khalānāṁ
maunaṁ vidheyaṁ satataṁ sudhībhiḥ

"When a loud commotion of a massive group of crows is going on, there will be no value of a cuckoos sweet voice. Similarly when rascals converse with each other, the saintly souls advise us to keep 'constantly' quiet." (Subhāṣita-ratna-bhāṇḍāgāra, Mauna-guṇāḥ, page 86)

(Originally posted on Facebook on 18-March-2015)

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