Hitopadesha 1.97
Hitopadeśa 1.97
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.97
anyac ca-
śucitvam tyāgitā śauryaṃ sāmānyaṃ sukha-duḥkhayoḥ |
dākṣiṇyaṃ cānuraktiś ca satyatā ca suhṛd-guṇāḥ //
And then, too,
1.97.p1
etair guṇair upeto bhavad=anyo mayā kaḥ suhṛt prāptavyaḥ ? ity ādi tad-vacanam ākarṇya hiraṇyako bahiḥ niḥsṛtyāha-āpyāyito 'haṃ bhavatām etena vacanāmṛtena | tathā coktam-
"Good sir," said the King of the Mice, "your conversation is as pleasing as pearl necklets or oil of sandal-wood[8] in hot weather. Be it as you will"—and thereon King Golden-skin made a treaty with the Crow, and after gratifying him with the best of his store reëntered his hole. The Crow returned to his accustomed perch:—and thenceforward the time passed in mutual presents of food, in polite inquiries, and the most unrestrained talk. One day Light o' Leap thus accosted Golden-skin:—
Translations (2)
- The Book of Good Counsels — Edwin Arnold 1861, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation