Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 184
Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 184
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agādhenāpi kiṃ tena toyena lavaṇāmbudheḥ /
janumātraṃ varaṃ vāri tṛṣṇācchedakaraṃ nṛṇām //
What is the use of that abundant water of the salty ocean?
Better is water just sufficient for birth that quenches the thirst of men.
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