[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) › 2.27 # Hitopadesha 2.27 Hitopadeśa 2.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.27) viśeṣataś ca- praṇamaty unnati-hetor jīvita-hetor vimuñcati prāṇān | duḥkhīyati sukha-hetoḥ ko mūḍhaḥ sevakād anyaḥ // > And especially: > He bows down for the sake of elevation; for the sake of life, he gives up his breaths; / he undergoes misery for the sake of pleasure: who is a fool other than a servant? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.27.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.27.p1) damanako brūte-mitra sarvathā manasāpi naitat kartavyam, yataḥ- > Damanaka says: 'Friend, this must never be thought even in one's mind. For: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 'Nay, friend! never think thus,' said Damanaka— > — 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.0.5.1.p12) — Edwin Arnold 1861, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa~en-mt.2.27) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.2.78.14) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.4217) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.27) · Pramāṇa