aDruva a. 1 Uncertain, doubtful. 2 Unsteady, moving, not fixed or permanent; svAMge'Druve P. III. 4. 54 ; separable (which can be severed or detached without fatal or disastrous effects) ( yena vinA na jIvanaM so 'DruvaH Sk. ) — vaM An uncertainty; yo DruvARi parityajya aDruvARi nizevate . DruvARi tasya naSyaMti aDruvaM nazwameva ca ; cf. the English phrase ‘A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.’