Hitopadesha 1.55.p6

1.55.p6

sa brūte-kṣudra-buddhi-nāmā jambuko 'ham | atrāraṇye bandhu-hīno mṛtavat ekākī nivasāmi | idānīṃ tvāṃ mitram āsādya punaḥ sa-bandhur jīva-lokaṃ praviṣṭo 'smi | adhunā tavānucareṇa mayā sarvathā bhavitavyam iti |

'I'm Small-wit, the Jackal,' replied the other. 'I live in the wood here, as the dead do, without a friend; but now that I have met with such a friend as thou, I feel as if I were beginning life again with plenty of relations. Consider me your faithful servant.'