[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) › 2.43 # Hitopadesha 2.43 Hitopadeśa 2.43 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.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? > — Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels - [Previous: 2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.42) - [Next: 2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.44) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2) ## Translations (2) - [The Book of Good Counsels](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa~en-arnold.0.5.3.p11) — Edwin Arnold 1861, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa~en-mt.2.43) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.115.33) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.2.79.9) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.5023) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnākara (Kṛṣṇanātha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.subhasitaratnakara-krsna.34.9) — Kṛṣṇanātha, Sanskrit - [Rājanītiśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.8.38) — Cāṇakya, Sanskrit - [Tantrākhyāyika (Kashmirian recension) (ed. Johannes Hertel)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*tantrakhyayika*hertel1915.1.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.43) · Pramāṇa