[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Hitopadesha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa) › 2.20 # Hitopadesha 2.20 Hitopadeśa 2.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.20) sevayā dhanam icchadbhiḥ sevakaiḥ paśya yat kṛtam | svātantryaṃ yac charīrasya mūḍhais tad api hāritam // > Look at what has been done by servants desiring wealth through service: / even the independence of their body has been surrendered by the fools! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.19.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.19.p2) - [Next: 2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.21) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa~en-mt.2.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.2.78.4) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.7169) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit - [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.72.93) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.20) · Pramāṇa