विश्वगुणादर्श - विदैवज्ञं ग्रामं

विदैवज्ञं ग्रामं विबुधविधुरां भूपतिसभां
    मुखं श्रुत्या जीनं मनुजपतिशून्यं च विषयम् ।
अनाचारन् दारानपहरिकथं काव्यमपि च
    प्रवक्तृत्वापेतं गुरुमपि सुबुद्धिः परिहरेत् ॥

- विश्वगुणादर्श

vidaivajnam grAmam vibudha vidhurAM bhUpati sabhAm
    mukham shrutyA hInam manujapatishUnyam cha viShayam ।
anAcArAn dArAn apaharikatham kAvyamapi cha
    pravaktRutvApetam gurumapi subuddhiH pariharet ॥

- vishvaguNAdarsha

A wise man will avoid these: a village without a person who understands God (to approach when troubled), a kings court that does not have wise advisors, face of someone who has not studied scriptures, a kingdom that does not have any king, a wife who does not follow Dharma and a poem that is not a story of God (in someway or other) and a teacher who does not teach well.

- Vishvagunadarsha

विश्वगुणादर्श - पद्य गद्य

पद्यं यद्यपि विद्यते बहु सतां हृद्यं विगद्यं न तत्
    गद्यं च प्रतिपद्यते न विजहत्पद्यं बुधास्वाद्यताम् ।
आदत्ते हि तयोः प्रयोग उभयोरामोदभूमोदयं
    संगः कस्य हि न स्वदेत मनसे माध्वीकमृद्वीकयोः ॥

- विश्वगुणादर्श

padyam yadyapi vodyate bahu satAm hRudyam vigadyam na tat
    gadyaM cha pratipadyate na vijahat padyam budhA asvAdyatAm ।
Adatte hi tayoH prayoga ubhayoH amoda bhUmodayam
    sangaH kasya hi na svadeta manase mAdhvika mRudvIkayoH ॥

- vishvaguNAdarsha

There are many poems. But most people will not enjoy works that have only poems without any prose (vyAkhyAna?). Similarly scholars do not like a lot of prose without any poems in between. It is more pleasurable only when both of them are used together. Who will not like a dish that has mixed both honey and sweet grapes?

- Vishvagunadarsha