[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) › 2.29 # Hitopadesha 2.29 Hitopadeśa 2.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.29) anyac ca- kutaḥ sevā-vihīnānāṃ cāmaroddhūta-sampadaḥ | uddaṇḍa-dhavala-cchatraṃ vāji-vāraṇa-vāhinī // > Moreover: > Whence, for those devoid of service, could come the splendors fanned by chowries, / the white umbrella on an upright staff, and the army of horses and elephants? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.29.p1) karaṭako brūte-tathāpi kim anenāsmākaṃ vyāpāreṇa | yato 'vyāpāreṣu vyāpāraḥ sarvathā pariharaṇīyaḥ | paśya- > Karaṭaka says: 'Even so, what concern of ours is this matter? For interference in what is not one's affair is strictly to be avoided. Look: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 'I care not,' replied Karataka; 'we have nothing to do with it, and matters that don't concern us are best left alone. You know the story of the Monkey, don't you?'— > — 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.p13) — Edwin Arnold 1861, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa~en-mt.2.29) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.3.26.276) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.1790) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.29) · Pramāṇa