स्वायत्तमेकान्तगुणं विधात्रा विनिर्मितं छादनमज्ञतायाः ।

विशेषतः सर्वविदां समाजे विभूषणं मौनमपण्डितानाम् ॥

svAyattamekAntaguNaM vidhAtrA vinirmitaM ChAdanamaj~natAyAH I

visheShataH sarvavidAM samAje vibhUShaNaM maunamapaNDitAnAm II

There is one quality that the Almighty has created which is a cover to one's ignorance. It is the quality of maintaining silence by the laymen in the assembly of scholars.