Hitopadesha 1.158
Hitopadeśa 1.158
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- Sanskrit
1.158
jalam agnir viṣaṃ śastaṃ kṣud vyādhiḥ patanaṃ gireḥ |
nimittaṃ kiñcid āsādya dehī prāṇair vimucyate //
Water, fire, poison, a blade, hunger, disease, or falling from a mountain— / having met with some cause or other, an embodied being is released from breath.
1.158.p1
atha tayoḥ pādāsphālanena ekaḥ sarpo 'pi mṛtaḥ | atrāntare dīrgharāvo nāma jambukaḥ paribhramanāhārārthā tān mṛtān mṛga-vyādha-sarpa-śūkarān apaśyat | ālokyācintayac ca-aho bhāgyam ! adya mahad bhojyaṃ me samupasthitam |
Now, by the trampling of their feet, a serpent was also killed. Meanwhile, a jackal named Dīrgharāva, wandering in search of food, saw those dead ones—the deer, the hunter, the serpent, and the boar. Seeing them, he thought: “Ah, what fortune! Today a great feast has presented itself to me.
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- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit