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Miscellaneous obligations—purificatory, ceremonial and moral - Verse 44

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 3 · Verse 12.44

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Sanskrit Original

प्रियम उक्तं हितं नैतद इति मत्वा न तद वदेत श्रेयस तत्र हितं वाक्यं यद्य अप्य अत्यन्तम अप्रियम ।।

priyam uktaṃ hitaṃ naitad iti matvā na tad vadet śreyas tatra hitaṃ vākyaṃ yady apy atyantam apriyam ||

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One should not speak what is unpleasing, even if it is beneficial. The beneficial speech is that which is pleasing, even if it is extremely unpleasing.