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केतकीकुसुमन्यायः (ketakIkusumanyAyaH)

 
लौकिकन्यायः
English
भीमकान्तैर्नृपगुणैः बभूवोपजीविनाम्। अधृष्यश्चाभिगम्यश्च यादोरत्नेरिवार्णवः॥ --रघु. I.16.
The ketaki flower attracts everybody by its sweet fragrance. But men are afraid of plucking it, as they are afraid of the thorny sheath. The maxim states that the attractive things are difficult to be obtained because of some danger involved in approaching or obtaining them, as the people attracted by the precious jewels in the ocean take a deep dive but they are afraid of the dangerous poisonous reptiles into it.