Swans, cranes, & peacocks,
elephants & spotted antelope
all fear the lion
(though) in body there’s no comparison.
In the same way, among human beings,
even if one is small
but endowed in discernment,
one is great for that—
not the fool endowed in physique.2
Notes
1. The Commentary notes that misbehaving monks liked to stroke his hands and catch hold of his ears.
Ud 7:5 contains the same story, but with a different verse.
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