Hitopadesha 1.160
Hitopadeśa 1.160
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- Sanskrit
1.160
māsam ekaṃ naro yāti dvau māsau mṛga-śūkarau |
ahir ekaṃ dinaṃ yāti adya bhakṣyo dhanurguṇaḥ //
The man will last for one month; the deer and the boar for two months; / the snake will last for one day; today the bowstring is to be eaten.”
1.160.p1
tataḥ prathama-bubhukṣāyām idaṃ niḥsvādu kodaṇḍa-lagnaṃ snāyu-bandhanaṃ khādāmi, ity uktvā tathākarot | tataś chinne snāyu-bandhane drutam utpatitena dhanuṣā hṛdi nirbhinnaḥ sa dīrgharāvaḥ pañcatvaṃ gataḥ | ato 'haṃ bravīmi kartavyaḥ sañcayo nityam ity ādi | tathā ca-
“Therefore, for my first hunger, I shall eat this tasteless sinew-binding fastened to the bow.” Having said this, he did so. Then, when the sinew-binding was severed, struck in the heart by the bow springing up swiftly, that Dīrgharāva met with death. Therefore I say: “Accumulation should always be made,” and so forth. And likewise:
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