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November 2023

अप्रियस्य च सत्यस्य वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभ:!!

By Chandrashekhar N. Vaze, Chartered Accountant
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This Sanskrit line is often quoted as a proverb and is quite often experienced in our day-to-day life. In fact, this saying also aptly applies to our audit profession.

This particular shloka appears in two places in our ancient Indian literature. In Valmiki Ramayana, when Ravana pressurises his maternal uncle Maricha to adopt the guise of a golden deer (suvarna-mriga) and lure Seeta so that Rama would chase him. This would enable Ravana to kidnap Seeta. Maricha was trying to caution him and dissuade him from inviting enmity with Rama. He described to him the valour and superhuman powers of Shri Ram.

Further, in Mahabharata, Mahatma Vidur advises his eldest brother Dhritarashtra (father of Kauravas) about ethical behaviour (Neeti). He utters this shloka in the famous Vidurneeti. The full text of the shloka is:

सुलभा: पुरुषा: राजन् सततं प्रियवादिनः

अप्रियस्य च सत्यस्य वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभ:!!

"O King, it is very easy to get people around you continuously praising you in sweet words; however, it is very difficult or rare to get a person who speaks the truth which may be unplea

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