Chanakya Niti • Chapter 11 • Shloka 3
हस्ती स्थूलतनुः सचांकुशवशः कि हस्तिमात्रेकुंशः ।
दीपे प्रज्वलिते प्रणश्यति तमः किं दीपमात्रं तमः ।।
वज्रेणापि हताः पतन्ति गिरयः किं वज्रमात्रन्नगाः ।
तेजो यस्य विराजते स बलवान्स्थूलेषुकः प्रत्ययः ।।
The elephant has a huge body but is controlled by the ankusha (goad): yet, is the goad as large as the elephant? A lighted candle banishes darkness: is the candle as vast as the darkness. A mountain is broken even by a thunderbolt: is the thunderbolt therefore as big as the mountain? No, he whose power prevails is really mighty; what is there in bulk?
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