माताप्येका पिताप्येका मम च तस्य पक्षिणो ।
अहं मुनिभिरानीतस्स चानीतो गवाशनैः ।
अहं मुनीनां वचनं शृणोमि गवाशनानां स शृणोति वाक्यम् ।
न तस्य दोषो न च मे गुणो वा संसर्गजा दोषगुणा भवन्ति ॥
mātāpy ekā pitāpy ekā mama ca tasya pakṣiṇo |
ahaṁ munibhir ānītas sa cānīto gavāśanaiḥ |
ahaṁ munīnāṁ vacanaṁ śṛṇomi gavāśanānāṁ sa śṛṇoti vākyam |
na tasya doṣo na ca me guṇo vā saṁsargajā doṣa-guṇā bhavanti ||
(Unknown Source)
[A parrot explains why he and his brother speak and act very differently:] “Although the other bird and I have the same mother and the same father, I was taken by sages, and he was taken by cow-eaters [from our parents’ nest when we were young]. I hear the speech of sages, and he hears the statements of cow-eaters. So, there is no fault on his part or any quality on my part. Faults and qualities are produced by association.”