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
