सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार - उत्तम - अधम

उत्तमोऽप्यधमस्य स्याद्याज्ञानम्रकरः क्वचित् ।
कौस्तुभादीनि रत्नानि ययाचे हरिरंभुधिम् ॥

- सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार

uttamaH api adhamasya syAt yAjnA namrakaraH kvachit ।
kausthubhAdIni ratnAni yayAche hariH ambhudhim ॥

- subhAShitaratnabhANDAgAra

Sometimes even the virtuous people will have spread their hands asking for favours from lowly persons. Didn't Lord Vishnu have to ask the Lord of Seas for gems like Kaustubha?

- Subhashitaratnabhandagara