A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s8.41

v3.c35.s8.41

We find a number of aphorisms in the Sattasaī. In one of these aphorisms it has appropriately been said that a miser utilizes his wealth to the same extent as a wanderer his own shadow. Other sayings describe the evils of the world. Thus it is said that it is no wonder that noble people are so rare in the world : the earth does not have so many geese as there are cranes. Another stanza (704) praises the deaf and the blind [Km. 7. 95]: *dhaṇṇā bahirā andhā te ccia jīanti māṇuse loe* । *ṇa suṇanti pisuṇavaaṇaṁ khalāṇã ṛddhiṁ ṇa pekkhanti* ॥