[neeti-05]
व्यालं बालमृणालतन्तुभिरसौ रोद्धुं समुज्जृम्भतेछेत्तुं वज्रमणिं शिरीषकुसुमप्रान्तेन सन्नह्यति ।माधुर्यं मधुबिन्दुना रचयितुं क्षाराम्बुधेरीहतेमूर्खान् यः प्रतिनेतुमिच्छति बलात्सूक्तैः सुधास्यन्दिभिः ॥५॥vyālaṃ bālamṛṇālatantubhirasau roddhuṃ samujjṛmbhatechettuṃ vajramaṇiṃ śirīṣakusumaprāntena sannahyati |mādhuryaṃ madhubindunā racayituṃ kṣārāmbudherīhatemūrkhān yaḥ pratinetumicchati balātsūktaiḥ sudhāsyandibhiḥ ||5||
Translation
(DO NOT EVER EXPECT A FOOL TO APPRECIATE THIS WORK, WHICH ABOUNDS IN GOOD-SAYINGS!)
If one desires to forcibly attract the idiots with ‘Good-sayings’ oozing nectar, he is trying to bring under control a mad rogue elephant with the tender stems of a lotus; he is trying to break the diamond with a petal of the soft Shireesha flower; he is trying to sweeten the salt ocean with a drop of honey! ॥ 5 ॥