Hitopadesha 1.162

1.162

kiṃ ca-
yad dadāsi viśiṣṭebhyo yac cāśnāsi dine dine |
tat te vittam ahaṃ manye śeṣaṃ kasyāpi rakṣasi //

Moreover: / What you give to the distinguished and what you eat day by day, / that, I think, is your wealth; the rest you are guarding for someone else.

1.162.p1

yātu, kim idānīm atikrāntopavarṇanena | yataḥ-

Let it be! What is the use of describing what is past now? For:

The secret of success, indeed, is a free, contented, and yet enterprising mind. How say the books thereon?—