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October 2024

मौनं सर्वार्थसाधनम्

By C. N. Vaze, Chartered Accountant

Reading Time 2 mins

This saying is often used as a proverb. मौनं Mauna means silence, keeping mum. The shloka is from Panchatantra (4.46). The full text is as follows:

आत्मनोमुखदोषेणबध्यन्तेशुकसारिका:!

बकास्तत्र न बध्यन्तेमौनंसर्वार्थसाधनम्!!

Literal meaning

आत्मनोमुखदोषेण: Due to their own fault of ‘talking’

बध्यन्तेशुकसारिका: Parrots and mynas get trapped

बकास्तत्र न बध्यन्ते: Egrets do not get trapped (since they don’t talk like parrots)

मौनंसर्वार्थसाधनम्: By remaining silent, one can achieve everything.

There was a story in Panchatantra of a monkey who wanted to cross a river. One crocod

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