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154
 
Laufoolhardiness, likie the two cockanyayakośa
 
s which continue to
foolhardiness, like the two cocks which continue to
ight though they bleed profight though they bleed profusely.
 
usely.
 
563. <headword>यूकाभियान्यानाश्रयणन्यायः
 
-सुभाषितम्
 
</headword>
 
Ex. काव्यं शुभे विरचिते खलु नो खलेभ्यः

कश्चिद् गुणो भवति यद्यपि सम्प्रतीह ।

कुर्यां तथापि सुजनार्थमिदं यतः किं

यूकाभयेन परिधान विमोक्षणं स्यात् ॥

--सुभाषितम्
 
Should one discard a blanket because the bed. bugs or

lice in it are likely to bite? Should one not write poems

because many uninterested and wicked people are

unable to appreciate the poems? This maxim is

applicable to a person who wants to give up the benefits,

simply because some loss is likely to occur.
 

 
56.4, . <headword>यूपपशुन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
Once the animal is tied to the sacrificial post, its death

becomes certain. Similarly, when the early signs are

seen, the consequences begin to appear. This is the

purport of the maxim.
 

 
565. <headword> रक्तपटन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
When a sentence has no expectancy (for the import)

and when no other word is necessary for the proper

understanding of the sentence, some expectancy is

deliberately created and a consistency of meaning is

established. Though there is--no expectancy in "There
is no cloth.
is no cloth". But expectancy can be created by the

question "of what type"? is suggested by the word

"red.". There is a cloth can be expanded into there is a

red cloth. The maxim incorporates this device.
 

- -सा० 501
 

 
566. <headword>रज्जुसर्पन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
This maxim is based on the false imposition of serpent