Subhashita - 22.07.2026

[Kalpana Muzumdar]

किं करिष्यत्यपात्राणाम् उपदेष्टा सुवागपि ।

तक्ष्णस्तीक्ष्णः कुठारोऽपि दुर्दारुणि विहन्यते ॥

kiṃ kariṣyatyapātrāṇām upadeṣṭā suvāgapi |
takṣṇastīkṣṇaḥ kuṭhāro'pi durdāruṇi vihanyate ||

What can an adviser do with unfit persons, however good in speech he may be ? Though the axe of a carpenter may be sharp, it is ineffective in hard wood.

Best Regards,
Kalpana Muzumdar