Keyura Na Vibhushayanti (Vagbhushanam Bhushanam) — Complete Lyrics
केयूराणि न भूषयन्ति पुरुषम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
केयूराणि न भूषयन्ति पुरुषं हारा न चन्द्रोज्ज्वलाः
न स्नानं न विलेपनं न कुसुमं नालङ्कृता मूर्धजाः।
वाण्येका समलङ्करोति पुरुषं या संस्कृता धार्यते
क्षीयन्ते खलु भूषणानि सततं वाग्भूषणं भूषणम्॥
keyūrāṇi na bhūṣayanti puruṣaṁ hārā na candrojjvalāḥ
na snānaṁ na vilepanaṁ na kusumaṁ nālaṅkṛtā mūrdhajāḥ।
vāṇyekā samalaṅkaroti puruṣaṁ yā saṁskṛtā dhāryate
kṣīyante khalu bhūṣaṇāni satataṁ vāg-bhūṣaṇaṁ bhūṣaṇam॥
Armlets do not adorn a person, nor necklaces gleaming like the moon, nor bathing, nor anointing with fragrant paste, nor flowers, nor elaborately dressed hair. Refined and well-spoken speech alone truly adorns a person; all other ornaments decay and wear away, but the ornament of speech is forever the real ornament. The verse declares that cultivated, gracious language is the one adornment that never fades.
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