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स्वायत्तमेकान्तगुणं विधात्रा विनिर्मितं छादनमज्ञतायाः ।विशेषतः सर्वविदां समाजे विभूषणं मौनमपण्डितानाम् ॥६॥svāyattamekāntaguṇaṃ vidhātrā vinirmitaṃ chādanamajñatāyāḥ |viśeṣataḥ sarvavidāṃ samāje vibhūṣaṇaṃ maunamapaṇḍitānām ||6||
Translation
(IT IS BETTER THAT A FOOL DOES NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH AND REVEAL HIS IGNORANCE IN A SCHOLARS' MEET!)
A shield to mask one’s ignorance has been created by Lord Brahmaa which is under the control of the fool himself! Especially in a gathering of great scholars, silence alone adorns those fools who do not know anything! ॥ 6 ॥