Words Well Worth 19: Sing Sweet Like Birds

Words of praise, sweet to ear, All the world likes to hear, Sing your words thence like birds, No miser, use sweet words, Be of speech never poor. __________________________________________________ The transliteration of the subhāśhita is given below: priya vākya pradānena sarve tuśhyanti jantavah | tasmāt tat eva vaktavyam vachane kā daridratā || priya-vākya: words of praise, pleasing words palatable; pradānena: by giving, offering; sarve: all, everyone; tuśhyanti: feel satisfied, feel happy; jantavah:living beings, all life alive; tasmāt: therefore; tat eva: that (words of praise)only; vaktavyam: should be uttered/spoken; vachane: in words; kā: why, what use; daridratā: poverty, miserliness? Topic: words, sweet talk