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# A History of Sanskrit Literature c8.65

A History of Sanskrit Literature c8.65

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### [c8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c8.65)

\*Where clever men their words with wisdom utter,\*  
\*And sift them as with flail the corn is winnowed,\*  
\*There friends may recognise each other’s friendship:\*  
\*A goodly stamp is on their speech imprinted.\*  
  
\*Whoever his congenial friend abandons,\*  
\*In that man’s speech there is not any blessing.\*  
\*For what he hears he hears without advantage:\*  
\*He has no knowledge of the path of virtue.\*  
  
\*When Brahman friends unite to offer worship,\*  
\*In hymns by the heart’s impulse swiftly fashioned,\*  
\*Then not a few are left behind in wisdom,\*  
\*While others win their way as gifted Brahmans.\*  
  
\*The one sits putting forth rich bloom of verses,\*  
\*Another sings a song in skilful numbers,\*  
\*A third as teacher states the laws of being,\*  
\*A fourth metes out the sacrifice’s measure.\*

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