Words Well Worth 26: Empty Pots Prattle More

The worthless often pose, pretend more, Rain-starved clouds ever the louder roar, Gold cannot ever match The sound base-metals fetch, Gold's gold still, and brass baser to core. __________________________________________________ Transliteration of the subhāśhita along with the meanings of Sanskrit words is given as under: nih-sārasya padārthasya prāyeņa āđambarah mahān | na suvarņe dhvanih tādamya ādŗsk kānsye pra-jāyate || nih-sārasya: (of thing)with no substance, worthless; padārthasya: of material/thing; prāyeņa: mostly, generally, often, more often than not; āđambarah: pretensions, show and shine without substance; mahān: of a great deal; na suvarņe: not/never in gold; dhvanih: sound; tādamya: matching, comparable to; ādŗsk: like, alike; kānsye: in base metals, alloys (used in say bells): pra-jāyate: is created, is produced. Topic: gold, sound, bell-metal