Bhartṛhari K068

Ryder

            
            THE FORTUNATE FOOL
            
            God to the fool a way has shown,
            
            A way unfailing, all his own,
            
              To hide his lack of sense;
            
            For each, however great a fool,
            
            Among the wise may wear the jewel
            
              Called Silence.

Tawney

            
            When the Creator made the dolt,
            
            He left him not without his bolt;
            
            That fool shows best the wise among
            
            Who strokes his beard and holds his tongue.

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            XXXIII 
            
            The god hath wove for ignorance a cloak
            
            That he who will may wear;
            
            And mantled thus amid the wisest folk
            
            Fools may unchallenged fare: —
            
            Be silent ! over all that words afford,
            
            Silence hath its reward.

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स्वायत्तमेकान्तगुणं विधात्रा

विनिर्मित छादनमज्ञतायाः ।

विशेषतः सर्वविदां समाजे

विभूषणं मौनमपण्डितानाम् ॥ ७ ॥

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VII . ( @ ) ° यत्त ; ° यन्त ° Bo . मुणम् .; हितम् . Be . Bo . K. D. P.R.

N. ( b ) . ° ज्ञ . ° ; ° ज्ञा ° B. ° क्ष ° . K. Over छाद , साध is written in G.

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St. VII.-T. The commentary is somewhat obseure . It .

says एकान्तगुणरहस्यं तदेव मौनम् . एकान्त means certain , invariable .

Comp . Raghuvans'a II . 57. For the use of TT comp . Magha

XVI . , 42. On TT Ramarshi adds Âfaât Acenidata which is not

quite correct . - Âkhyánukí .

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स्वायत्त मेकान्तहितं विधात्रा विनिर्मितं छादनमज्ञतायाः ।

विशेषतः सर्वविदां समाजे विभूषणं मौनमपण्डितानाम् ॥ ६८ ॥

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68_¬ ) Fg W1–3.4 ( orig . as in text ) ' गुणं ; Tie.v. ॰ कृतं ( for हितं ) . — 4 ) Est It

भूषणम् ; X8 छादयम् ( for छादनम् ) . J10 अभिज्ञतायाः ( for अज्ञ ) . Praganda c ) C सर्गविदां ;

Jit सर्वमिदं ( for ' विदां ) . – ) W ( orig . ) भौमम् ( for मौनम् ) .

BIS . 7352 ( 3340 ) Bhartr . cd Bohl . and lith ed . 11. 2. 7. Haeb . 91. lith , ed .

I. 6. Galan 9. Satakāv 91 ; SRE . p . 86. 3 ; SBH . 2382 ; SRK . p . 79. 2 ( Bh . ) ;

SSD . 2 f 132b ; SKG fbb .