Motto
The Motto of Kerala University is "Karmaṇi Vyajyate Prajña" (Sanskrit: कर्मणि व्यज्यते प्रज्ञा). It is taken from the Panchatantra. The complete stanza follows:
मन्त्रिणां भिन्नसंधाने भिषजां सांनिपातिके ।
कर्मणि व्यज्यते प्रज्ञा स्वस्थे को वा न पण्डितः ॥
-(पञ्चतन्त्रम्, प्रथमम् तन्त्रम् - मित्रभेदः, कथा २ - शृगाल दुंदुभि कथा, पञ्च_१.१३८)
- (Panchatantra, First tantra - The loss of friends, Story - 2, The Jackal and the Drum)
This stanza also appears in the third story-collection called Vigraha of Hitopadeśaṃ (Sanskrit: हितोपदेशम्). Hitopadesham, a collection of Sanskrit fables in prose and verse written in the 12 century C.E., is an independent treatment of the Panchatantra.
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