Kakah Krishnah Pikah Krishnah — Complete Lyrics
काकः कृष्णः पिकः कृष्णः
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
काकः कृष्णः पिकः कृष्णः को भेदः पिककाकयोः।
वसन्तकाले सम्प्राप्ते काकः काकः पिकः पिकः॥
kākaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pikaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ ko bhedaḥ pika-kākayoḥ।
vasanta-kāle samprāpte kākaḥ kākaḥ pikaḥ pikaḥ॥
The crow is black, the cuckoo is black — what difference is there between cuckoo and crow? But when spring arrives, the crow is shown to be a crow and the cuckoo a cuckoo. Outwardly the good and the worthless may look alike, but in time, by their voice and conduct, their true nature is revealed.
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