What is the source of this Sanskrit verse?

This subhashitam is from Mahasubhashita Sangraha.

What are the key themes of this verse?

The key themes of this subhashitam are: practicality, humour.

अकारणं व्याकरणं तन्त्रीशब्दोऽप्यकारणम् । अकारणं त्रयो वेदास्तण्डुलास्तत्र कारणम् ॥

अकारणम्not the cause / irrelevant

व्याकरणम्grammar

तन्त्रीशब्दःsound of the lute / stringed instrument

अपिeven / also

अकारणम्not the cause / irrelevant

त्रयःthree

वेदाःthe Vedas

तण्डुलाःrice

तत्रthere / in that situation

कारणम्the real cause / what matters

Grammar matters not, the sound of the lute matters not, the three Vedas matter not; rice alone is what truly matters to a hungry person.

practicalityhumour

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