Subhashita – 17.04.2018

निर्माय खलजिह्वाग्रं सर्वप्राणहरं नृणाम् |
चकार किं वृथा शस्त्रविषवह्नीन् प्रजापतिः ||
nirmaaya khalajihvaagram sarvapraaNaharam nruNaam
chakaar kim vruthaa shastraviShavahneen prajaapatih
Poet is wondering here that after creating the (poisonous) tongue of the wicked person, which robs one of one’s everything including one’s life; why did the Creator brought into being the weapons, poison and fire? (Purport is that the wicked person’s tongue is worse than all these)