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"I will tell thee," replied Golden-skin:— > — Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels ### [1.55.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.1.55.p2) hiraṇyakaḥ kathayati- > Hiraṇyaka tells: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.55.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.1.55.p3) kathā 2 > Story 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.55.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.1.55.p4) asti magadha-deśe campakavatī nāma araṇyānī | tasyāṃ cirāt mahatā snehena mṛga-kākau nivasataḥ | sa ca mṛgaḥ svecchayā bhrāmyan hṛṣṭa-puṣṭāṅgaḥ kenacit śṛgālenāvalokitaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā śṛgālo 'cintayat-āḥ ! katham etan-māṃsaṃ sulalitaṃ bhakṣayāmi ? bhavatu, viśvāsaṃ tāvad utpādayāmi ity ālocya upasṛtyābravīt-mitra ! kuśalaṃ te ? > In the country of Magadha, there is a great forest named Campakavatī. In it, a deer and a crow lived together for a long time in great affection. That deer, wandering about at his own will, sleek and plump of limb, was spotted by a certain jackal. Seeing him, the jackal thought: "Ah, how can I eat this delicious meat? Well, first I will inspire confidence." Thinking thus, he approached and said: "Friend, is all well with you?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > "Far away in Behar there is a forest called Champak-Grove,\[1\] and in it had long lived in much affection a Deer and a Crow. The Deer, roaming unrestrained, happy and fat of carcase, was one day descried by a Jackal. 'Ho! ho!' thought the Jackal on observing him, 'if I could but get this soft meat for a meal! It might be—if I can only win his confidence,' Thus reflecting he approached, and saluted him. > — Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels > 'Health be to thee, friend Deer!' > — Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels ### [1.55.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.1.55.p5) mṛgeṇoktam-kas tvam ? > The deer said: "Who are you?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 'Who art thou?' said the Deer. > — Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels ### [1.55.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.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 | > He says: "I am a jackal named Kṣudrabuddhi. I live here in the forest alone, without kin, like a dead man. Now, having obtained you as a friend, I have entered the world of the living once more with kin. Henceforth I must by all means be your follower." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > '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.' > — Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels ### [1.55.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.1.55.p7) mṛgeṇoktam-evam astu | > The deer said: "So be it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 'Very well,' said the Deer; and then, as the glorious King of Day, whose diadem is the light, had withdrawn himself, the two went together to the residence of the Deer. In that same spot, on a branch of Champak, dwelt the Crow Sharp-sense, an old friend of the Deer. Seeing them approach together, the Crow said, > — Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels ### [1.55.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.1.55.p8) tataḥ paścād astaṃ gate savitari bhagavati marīci-mālini tau mṛgasya vāsa-bhūmiṃ gatau | tatra campaka-vṛkṣa-śākhāyāṃ subuddhi-nāmā kāko mṛgasya cira-mitraṃ nivasati | tau dṛṣṭvā kāko 'vadat-sakhe citrāṅga ! ko 'yaṃ dvitīyaḥ ? mṛgo brūte-mitra ! akasmād āgantunā saha maitrī na yuktā | tan na bhadram ācaritam | tathā coktam- > Then afterward, when the blessed sun, crowned with rays, had set, the two went to the deer's dwelling place. There, on a branch of a campaka tree, lived the deer's longtime friend, a crow named Subuddhi. Seeing the two, the crow said: "Friend Citrāṅga, who is this second one?" The deer says: "Friend, it is not fitting to make friends with a stranger who comes without cause. Therefore, what was done was not good. And so it is said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 'Who is this number two, friend Deer?' > — Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels > 'It is a Jackal,' answered the Deer, 'that desires our acquaintance.' > — Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels > 'You should not become friendly to a stranger without reason,' said Sharp-sense. 'Don't you know?' > — Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels ## Translations (2) - [The Book of Good Counsels](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa~en-arnold.0.4.2.p43) — Edwin Arnold 1861, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa~en-mt.1.55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.1.55) · Pramāṇa