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<headword>अन्धकवर्तकीय न्यायः
 
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संसारसागरमिमं भ्रमता नितान्तं
 

जीवेन मानवभवः समवापि दैवात् ।

तत्रापि यद् भुवनमान्यकुले प्रसूतिः

सत्सङ्गतिश्च तदिहान्धकवर्तकीयम् ॥
 
Laukikanyāyakośa
 

--सा० 655
 

 
A blind man was clapping his hand aimlessly,

Incidentally a bird called Vartika (a kind of quail) got

caught up in his hands. Fortunately, without any effort

or without any idea he got the bird. This is a rare

happening. Similarly in our life also, many things

happen due to our good luck or by coincidence.
 

 
37. <headword>अन्धकूपन्यायः
 
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Once a blind man was asked to go straight. But he

connived at this advice and ultimately fell in a ditch.

This maxim suggests that he who does not abide by

wholesome advice, is sure to face peril.
 

- -सा० 493
 

 
38. <headword>अन्धगजन्यायः
 
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Some blind nmen were sitting together. A man with his

elephant came there. He asked the blind persons to

describe the animal. Some blindmen touched his pillar-

like feet, some his winnowing basket-like ears, some

his long tusk and some his little tail at the back, and

began to describe the elephant accordingly. As all of

them could not see the animal, they could not give a

complete, integrated picture of the elephant. The maxim

throws light on the people who have partial knowledge

of certiaain thing and think that the entire thing exists

like that.
 

- -सा० 76