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शक्यो वारयितुं जलेन हुतभुक्छत्रेण सूर्यातपोनागेन्द्रो निशिताङ्कुशेन समदो दण्डेन गोगर्दभौ ।व्याधिर्भेषजसङ्ग्रहैश्च विविधैर्मन्त्रप्रयोगैर्विषंसर्वस्यौषधमस्ति शास्त्रविहितं मूर्खस्य नास्त्यौषधम् ॥१०॥śakyo vārayituṃ jalena hutabhukchatreṇa sūryātaponāgendro niśitāṅkuśena samado daṇḍena gogardabhau |vyādhirbheṣajasaṅgrahaiśca vividhairmantraprayogairviṣaṃsarvasyauṣadhamasti śāstravihitaṃ mūrkhasya nāstyauṣadham ||10||
Translation
(ALAS! FOOLISHNESS IS INCURABLE!)
Fire can be put out by water. Hot sun can be warded off by a winnowing basket even. A rogue elephant chief can be subdued by attacking it with a goad. A cow or a donkey can be controlled by a stick. Illness can be cured by various medicines. Poison can be removed by special treatments and magical chants. There is a treatment as prescribed by the scriptures for everything in this world. But there is no medicine to cure a foolish man! ॥ 10 ॥