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प्राकृत-सूक्तरतमाला।
An iguorant bird is caught by a bait of a few grains of corn offered without affections, the entrapping of the wise, however, is not to be effected by anything other than the manifestation of good faith.
मरण-सम नत्थि भयं दारिद-समो परिभवो नत्थि। पंथ-समा नत्थि जरा खुहा-समा वेअणा नत्थि ॥ १७३ ।। मरणसमं नास्ति भयं दारिद्रयसमः परिभवो नास्ति । पथिसमा नास्ति जरा क्षत्समा वेदना नास्ति ॥ १७३ ।।
There is no terror like death, no humiliation like poverty, no fatigue (lit : decrepitude ) like that of walking on foot, (lit: way-faring), no pain like that of hunger.
लवण-समो नत्थि रसो विनाण-समो बंधवो नत्थि । धम्म-समो नत्थि निही कोह-समो वइरिओ नत्थि ॥ १७४ ।।
लवणसमो नास्ति रसो विज्ञानसमो बान्धवो नास्ति । धर्मसमो नास्ति निधिः क्रोधसमो वैरी नास्ति ॥ १७४ ।।
There is no flavour (lit : taste ) like that of salt, no kinsman like science, no treasure like religion and no enemy like anger.
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