Hitopadesha 1.69.p3

1.69.p3

ity ākarṇya sa jambukaḥ sa-kopam āha-mṛgasya prathama-darśana-dine bhavān api ajñāta-kula-śīla eva āsīt | tat kathaṃ bhavatā saha etasya snehānuvṛttir uttarottaraṃ vardhate ? athavā-

"Sir," said the Jackal, with some warmth, "on the first day of your encountering the Deer you also were of unknown family and character: how is it, then, that your friendship with him grows daily greater? True, I am only Small-wit, the Jackal, but what says the saw?—