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# Hitopadesha 1.14

Hitopadeśa 1.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.1.14)

anyac ca-  
mātṛvat para-dāreṣu para-dravyeṣu loṣṭravat |  
ātmavat sarva-bhūteṣu yaḥ paśyati sa paṇḍitaḥ //

> And again: / He who regards another's wife as a mother, another's property as a clod of earth, / and all living beings as himself—he is a wise man.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.14.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.1.14.p1)

tvaṃ ca atīva-durgataḥ | tena tat tubhyaṃ dātuṃ sa-yatno 'ham | tathā coktam-

> And you are in extreme distress; therefore, I am striving to give it to you. And so it is said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa~en-mt.1.14) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.12) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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