Hitopdesh • Chapter 2 • Shloka 167
अन्यच्च । न स्वल्पमप्यध्यवसायभीरोः करोति विज्ञानविधिर्गुणं हि ।
अन्धस्य किं हस्ततलस्थितोऽपि प्रकाशयत्यर्थमिह प्रदीपः ॥
Moreover, the knowledge of theory does not do the least good to one who shrinks from a determined exertion (or perseverance), does a lamp, in this world, reveal a thing to a blind man although it be placed on the palm of his hand?
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