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सूचिमुखन्यायः (sUcimukhanyAyaH)

 
लौकिकन्यायः
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उपदेशो हि मूर्खाणां प्रकोपाय शान्तये। --पञ्चतंत्र 1.420
सा० 802
On a winter day, some monkeys were feeling cold. They wanted to warm up their bodies. All of a sudden, they came across some Gunja fruits. Thinking them to be fire particles, they collected them and began to blow air to brighten them into fire. A sparrow which was observing this fruitless effort, tried to convince the monkeys stating that they were Gunja fruits and not the fire sparks. At this the monkeys were enraged and killed the sparrow in the fury. Citing this example, the maxim conveys that giving advice to the foolish is dangerous and ultimately ends in death.