Kavyadarsha 1.6
Kāvyādarśa 1.6
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.6
gaur gauḥ kāmadughā samyak prayuktā smaryate budhaiḥ &
duṣprayuktā punār gotvaṃ prayoktuḥ saiva śaṃsati //
Speech, properly employed, is traditionally considered by the wise to be a wish-granting cow; / but improperly employed, that very [speech] declares the bovine nature of the user.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (1)
- Hṛdayaṅgamā — Sanskrit
Other recensions (1)
- Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial — Sanskrit