[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Gnomic verse and anthologies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita) › [Anthologies of verse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita) › [Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha) › 116 # Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 116 Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 116 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.116) akekī kiṃ kekī vacasi caturaḥ kinna kuraraḥ śukaḥ kiṃvā mūkaḥ sa ca kalaravaḥ kiṃ kṣataravaḥ / tvayāgaṇyaiḥ puṇyaiḥ pikamadhurimā dhīragarimā yato labdhaḥ stabdhaḥ kimasi ruciraṃ neha suciram // > Has the peacock lost its cry, or is the osprey not skillful in speech? / Is the parrot dumb, and has the dove lost its voice? / Since you have acquired the sweetness of a cuckoo and steady dignity through countless merits, / why do you stand stiff and silent, and not sing delightfully here for a long time? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.115) - [Next: 117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.117) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha~en-mt.116) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.116) · Pramāṇa