Laukika-nyāya-kośa /214

Laua group of crows may be sitting high up on the top of
the mountain. Can there be any comparison between a
crow and a swan? Similarly, the maxim suggests that
there are many wickikanyāyakośa
 
a group of crows may ed persons in the world and the
good are very few. But the numbe sitting high up on the top of
the mountainr here is not at all
important. Can there be any comparison between a
crow and a swan? Similarly, the maxim suggests that
there are many wicked persons in the world and the
good are very few. But the number here is not at all
important.

 
756. <headword>हंसक्षीरन्यायः
 
203
 
</headword>
 
The maxim indicates the nature of the good men who

accept and appreciate good qualities of men and ignore

or give up their faults, by giving the example of a swan

which separates water from the milk from their mixture

and drinks only the milk leaving the water content

behind.
 

 
757. <headword>हंसबकन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
If a swan enters a flock of cranes, its real worth is not

recognised as both are white in colour. When the cranes

come to know that he has come all the way from

Mānasa lake, they ask him to describe it. The Mānas

lake is full of crystal clear wateir, golden and precious

jewels was the description given by the swan but when

the cranes came to know that there are no frogs in the

lake, they laugh at the swan and form a very adverse

opinion about the lake. The maxim suggests that

similarity of colour cannot be a criteriaon of greatness.

The cranes have no idea about the precious jewels-their
-their
lustre, value and greatness--so they do not think

anything better than the frogs.

- -सा० 75
 

 
758. <headword>हस्तामलकन्यायः
 
</headword>
 
ब्राह्मणः साक्षादुपलब्ध्यर्थ मुपासनार्थं च हृदयाकाशः स्थानमुच्यते

शालग्राम इव विष्योः । तस्मिन् हि तद् ब्रह्मोणास्यमानं मनोमय

त्वादिधर्मविशिष्टं साक्षादुपलभ्यते पाणाविवामलकम् ।
 

- -शांकरभाष्य, तैत्तिरीयोपनिषद् 6, उपोद्घात