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यदा किञ्चिज्ज्ञोऽहं गज इव मदान्धः समभवंतदा सर्वज्ञोऽस्मीत्यभवदवलिप्तं मम मनः ।यदा किञ्चित्किञ्चिद्बुधजनसकाशादवगतंतदा मूर्खोऽस्मीति ज्वर इव मदो मे व्यपगतः ॥७॥yadā kiñcijjño'haṃ gaja iva madāndhaḥ samabhavaṃtadā sarvajño'smītyabhavadavaliptaṃ mama manaḥ |yadā kiñcitkiñcidbudhajanasakāśādavagataṃtadā mūrkho'smīti jvara iva mado me vyapagataḥ ||7||
Translation
(COMPANY OF THE WISE IS THE CURE FOR THE ARROGANT FOOL!)
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! ॥ 7 ॥