merit vetoes minor defects...

व्यालाश्रयापि विफलापि सकण्डकापि 

वक्रापि पङ्किलभवापि दुरासदापि।

गन्धेन बन्धुरिह केतकपुष्पवल्ली

एको गुणः खलु निहन्ति समस्तदोषान्॥९२

नीतिसारे॥॥

vyālāśrayāpi viphalāpi sakaṇḍakāpi 

vakrāpi paṅkilabhavāpi durāsadāpi|

gandhena bandhuriha ketakapuṣpavallī

eko guṇaḥ khalu nihanti samastadoṣān||92

nītisāre||||

व्यालाश्रयापि haunted by poisonous snakes 

विफलापि having no fruits 

सकण्डकापि endowed with very sharp thorns 

वक्रापि gnarled 

पङ्किलभवापि having origin and growing in dirty marshes

दुरासदापि very difficult to reach or collect 

केतकपुष्पवल्ली the plant and the flowers of Ketaka(.Kewdā केवड़ा, Thaazhampoo தாழம்பூ, Kaitha കൈത or Ketaki केतकी)

. गन्धेन by its fragrance 

इह बन्धुः भवति becomes the loved one of every one

एकः गुणः समस्त दोषान् निहन्ति खलु. perhaps one great quality just eclipses all the defects.

The kethaki flowers blloom in plants

Where poisonous snakes have permanent camp

The plant never gives sweet fruits

The leaves have sharp and barbed thorns

The plant is gnarled 

The plant usually grows in dirty marsh area 

The flowers are very difficult to collect

But they are sought after by all as if it were a close relative, just because of its heavenly fragrance..

If one possesses even a single sterling quality, all his other drawbacks and defects would be ignored