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Laukikanyâyakośa
 
391 नान्तरीयकन्यायः
 
स्वरितात् संहितार्थामनुदात्तानाम् ।
 
-Bhāṣya on P. I.2.39;
 
619
 
A person fetches paddy. He removes chaff and other
unwanted things and collects rice only for his food.
The maxim exorts people to accept essential things and
reject unessential, unwanted things.
 
392. नारिकेलतृणन्यायः
 
105
 
This maxim is used to illustrate some impossible
incidents. It refers to the following conversation-
One person asked a calf-"Why did you climb the
 
coconut tree"
 
Calf replied-"to eat grass."
 
Both the question and answer are impossible and silly.
393. नारिकेलफलाम्बुन्यायः
 
This maxim is related to a mystery. There is sweet cool
water inside a coconut which has got a hard, strong
tough cover outside. Equally mysterious is the
phenomenon of the world which emerges from the
Brahman. So is the case with the mysterious sojourns
of Laksmī that is wealth or prosperity. Noone knows
how it comes and how many days she remains.
 
394. नाविकन्यायः
 
If the boatsman is present but the boat is not there or if
the boat is there but the boatsman is absent, there is no
use of having either of them. Both the things are
dependent on each other. The maxim suggests that
when two things are dependent on each other, the