bhāṣāsu mukhyā

bhāṣāsu mukhyā madhurā divyā gīrvāṇabhāratī |

tasyāṃ hi kāvyam madhuraṃ tasmādapi subhāṣitam ||

Amongst languages, language of gods (girvANbharati – Sanskrit) is sweet, in that poetry is beautiful and still in that, the subhAshitas.