| YouTube Channel

अव्यापारेषुव्यापारोन्यायः (avyApAreSuvyApAronyAyaH)

 
लौकिकन्यायः
English
Example : अव्यापारेषु व्यापार यो नरः कर्तुमिच्छति। तत्र निर्धनं याति कीलोत्पाटीव वानरः। --हितोपदेश 2.30
The maxim refers to a person who does something of which he has no knowledge. He does those unnecessary things and ultimately is put to trouble. There is a famous story of a monkey which used to observe a carpenter working under the tree. When the carpenter left the place, this monkey began to imitate the woodcutter and unknowingly, by mistake, pulled out the piece of wood which was kept in the slit. Unluckily its testicles got stuck into the slit and it died. This is the result of doing things of which we are ignorant.