Hitopadesha 2.43
Hitopadeśa 2.43
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.43
kiṃ ca-
yaj jīvyate kṣaṇam api prathitaṃ manuṣyair
vijñāna-vikrama-yaśobhir abhajyamānam |
tan nāma jīvitam iha pravadanti taj-jñāḥ
kāko 'pi jīvati cirāya baliṃ ca bhuṅkte //
For assisting friends, and defeating enemies also, the service of kings is desirable. To enter upon it for a mere living makes the thing low indeed. There must be dogs and elephants; but servants need not be like hungry curs, while their masters are noble. What say the books?
Translations (2)
- The Book of Good Counsels — Edwin Arnold 1861, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (2)
- Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Tantrākhyāyika (Kashmirian recension) (ed. Johannes Hertel) — Sanskrit