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moreover with his body he tries to help others according to his ability. Great moral teachers advise us to keep away a man, though he may be a scholar if he is a wicked man. दुर्जनः परिहर्तव्यो
विद्यायालङकृतोपि सन् । मणिना भूषितः सर्पः
ferat F 9997: ? Durjanah pariharthavyo
vidya yalankritopi san Manina bhooshithah sarpaha
kimasau na bhayankaraha (We should keep away a man who is wicked though he may have the ornament of scholarship. Is not a snake dreadful, though it is decorated with a gem ?).
If a snake bites a man, only that man dies but if a wicked man bites a man (that is harms a man) he kills others also. The meaning of this is that a wicked man gets even innocent people punished by making false accusations against them. Harsh and cruel words flow from the mouth of a wicked man but a true gentleman does not pollute his tongue by uttering such words,
A great scholar once said, “ You hurl a hundred abuses against me, it will not make me angry.” Hearing this, the great man, Madanmohan Malavia replied, “Dear Pundit! Before testing your anger I would be
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