Hitopadesha 2.45
Hitopadeśa 2.45
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.45
aparam api-
ahita-hita-vicāra-śūnya-buddheḥ
śruti-samayair bahubhir bahiṣkṛtasya |
udara-bharaṇa-mātra-kevalecchoḥ
puruṣa-paśoś ca paśoś ca ko viśeṣaḥ //
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?
2.45.p1
karaṭako brūte-āvāṃ tāvad apradhānau | tadāpy āvayoḥ kim anayā vicāraṇayā |
'Well, well!' said Karataka; 'the books are nothing to us, who are not councillors.'
2.45.p2
damanako brūte-kiyatā kālenāmātyāḥ pradhānatām apradhānatāṃ vā labhante, yataḥ-
'But we may come to be,' replied Damanaka; 'men rise, not by chance or nature, but by exertions—
Translations (2)
- The Book of Good Counsels — Edwin Arnold 1861, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation