Verse common to रामायण and महाभारत

[Arvind_Kolhatkar]

Dear Group,

I notice that the following almost identical verses occur in both
रामायण and महाभारत. Are there other instances of such common verses?
In रामायण the verse occurs in two places.

सुलभाः पुरुषा राजन् सततं प्रियवादिनः।
अप्रियस्य च पथ्यस्य वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः॥
- अरण्यकाण्ड, युद्धकाण्ड.

पुरुषा बहवो राजन् सततं प्रियवादिनः।
अप्रियस्य च पथ्यस्य वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः॥
- उद्योगपर्व, विदुरनीति.

Arvind Kolhatkar, Toronto, April 08, 2011.

[hnbhat B.R.]

According to C V Vaidya, the portion of Viduraniti, stands alonge without any relation to preceding and and following portion of the text and is considered to be a later compilation and interpolated into the text. This portion is common to many other subhashita-s found elsewhere. 

The story of Ramayana itself is narrated briefly in Mahabharata, in some occasion, against the belief that Ramayana was composed in Anushtup by the first of poets. I have not checked the location.

2011/4/9 Arvind_Kolhatkar <kolhat...@gmail.com>

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