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July 2024

बालादपि सुभाषितं ग्राह्यम् ।

(Bālādapī Subhāṣitaṃ Grāhyam)

By C. N. Vaze, Chartered Accountant
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This line is often used as a proverb. Literally it means "Good ideas or good thoughts should be accepted even from a child". We might have experienced that many times, innocent children unknowingly express a great thought which would even prove to be a solution to one’s problem.

The complete shloka

विषादप्यमृतं ग्राह्यं बालादपि सुभाषितम्।

अमित्रादपि सद्वृत्तं अमेध्यादपि काञ्चनम्॥

This is adopted from Manusmriti - 2.239

It means that if you receive any good thought or idea, accept it without any hesitation, irrespective of the source or medium through which it has come.

Thus, if you find that some drops of nectar (Amrit) are there in the poison take it out of the poison; if a child speaks something good or useful, consider it; if there are good qualities seen on the enemy's side, adopt them in your own interest; and if some gold is seen fallen in a dirt or mud, don't hesitate to pick it up!

This advice is very valuable. One should not underestimate the source or medium; nor should one have any prejudice about the source or medium.

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