Verse 14

Śataka
Nīti Śatakaनीतिशतकम्
Chapter
Way of the Learnedविद्वत्पद्धतिः
Chhanda
Vasantatilakāवसन्ततिलका

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अम्भोजिनीवनविहारविलासमेव हंसस्य हन्ति नितरां कुपितो विधाता ।न तु अस्य दुग्धजलभेदविधौ प्रसिद्धां वैदग्ध्यकीर्तिमपहर्तुमसौ समर्थः ॥१४॥

ambhojinīvanavihāravilāsameva haṃsasya hanti nitarāṃ kupito vidhātā |na tu asya dugdhajalabhedavidhau prasiddhāṃ vaidagdhyakīrtimapahartumasau samarthaḥ ||14||

Translation

Even the Creator of the world, even if extremely angry, can only stop the swan from sporting among the clusters of the lotus plants! Even he cannot take away its well-known famed talent of separating the milk and the water! ॥ 14 ॥