अप्रतिबुद्धे श्रोतरि वक्तुर्वाक्यं प्रयाति वैफल्यम्
नयनविहीने भर्तरि लावण्यमिवेह खञ्जनाक्षीणाम् ॥ १० ॥ सुभषितरत्नभाण्डागारम् १७०.७४२
apratibuddhe śrotari vakturvākyaṃ prayāti vaiphalyam
nayanavihīne bhartari lāvaṇyamiveha khañjanākṣīṇām ॥ 10 ॥ subhaṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāram 170.742
Even the most nice and beneficial words delivered to a person who is disinterested or lacks sense or intelligence simply go waste. It is just like the nubile beauty of beautiful ladies who are wedded to husbands who lack eyesight.