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Laukikanyayakośa
 
convince an ignorant fool, even truth infuriates them.
One should not advise the fool, as it may result in
adverse reaction only.
 
531. मलिनदर्पणन्यायः
 
Ex. प्रायेणोत्तम मध्यमाघमगुणाः संसर्जतो जायते ।
 
532. मल्लग्रामन्यायः
 
145
 
A mirror is originally clean but its clarity is obliterated
by dust particles deposited on it. So also, maintains the
maxim that a person is good normally and by nature
but becomes bad in the company of the bad persons.
 
- सा० 100
 
533. महानसशशन्यायः
 
- भतृ नीतिशतक 58.
 
Cf. आम्रवणन्याय, ब्राह्मणग्रामन्यायः
 
The maxim throws light on a common practice. Many
people live in a town but if there are many wrestlers
living in that place, the town is known as a wrestler-
town (Mallagrāma ). Nomenclatures are given by the
large quantitative content.
 
534. महामत्स्यतीरन्यायः
 
The rabbits kept in a kitchen, cannot go anywhere.
The maxim states that people confined to a place, have
no freedom of movement.
 
Ex. महामत्स्य उभे कूले सञ्चरति, पूर्वं चापरं चैव मेवायं
पुरुष एतान् सञ्चरति स्वप्नान्तं बुद्धानां चेति ।
 
- बृहदारण्यक उप. IV. 3.18; सा० 897
 
A big fish moves from one bank of the river to the
other bank but it is not connected with the bank. The