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# Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 142

Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 142

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.142)

akṣarāṇi vicitrāṇi yena jānanti mānavāḥ /  
balīvardasamāste tu khuraśṛṅgavivarjitāḥ //

> Men who do not know the various letters  
> are just like oxen, only devoid of hooves and horns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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