Verse 20·VR 3.29.20

सर्वथा तु लघुत्वम् ते कत्थनेन विदर्शितम् | सुवर्ण प्रतिरूपेण तप्तेन इव कुश अग्निना || ३-२९-२०

kulam vyapadishan viiraH samare ko abhidhaasyati |mR^ityu kaale hi saMpraapte svayam aprastave stavam || 3-29-19

Translation

"Howsoever your ignominy is well shown by your self-praise, like the manifestation of gold on the tip of grass-blade burnt by fire, where the fire on grass-blade is no fire, and the bulb of fire appearing at the tip of grass-blade as a bulb of gold, is no gold. [3-29-20]

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