Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 176

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agastitulyāśca ghṛtābdhiśoṣaṇe dambholitulyā vaṭakādribhedane /
śākāvalīkānanavahnirūpās ta eva bhaṭṭā itare bhaṭāśca //

They are equal to Agastya in drying up an ocean of ghee, equal to the thunderbolt in breaking mountain-like vadas,
and of the nature of fire to the forest-like rows of vegetables: they alone are pandits; all others are mere soldiers!