Hitopadesha 1.102.p1

Hitopadeśa 1.102.p1

Language: Sanskrit

1.102.p1

tad bhavatu bhavataḥ abhimatam eva ity uktvā hiraṇyako maitryaṃ vidhāya bhojana-viśeṣair vāyasaṃ santoṣya vivaraṃ praviṣṭaḥ | vāyaso 'pi sva-sthānaṃ gataḥ tataḥ-prabhṛti tayoḥ anyo 'nyāhāra-pradānena kuśala-praśnaiḥ viśrambhālāpaiś ca kiyat-kālo 'tivartane | ekadā laghu-patanako hiraṇyakam āha-sakhe ! vāyasasya kaṣṭataralabhyāhāram idaṃ sthānam | tad etat parityajya sthānāntaraṃ gantum icchāmi |

"This is a poor place, your Majesty, for a Crow to get a living in. I should like to leave it and go elsewhere."
Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels

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The Book of Good Counsels — Edwin Arnold 1861, English
English (machine translation) — English, machine translation