[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) › 2.45 # Hitopadesha 2.45 Hitopadeśa 2.45 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.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? > — Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels ### [2.45.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.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.' > — Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels ### [2.45.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.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— > — 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.0.5.3.p11) — Edwin Arnold 1861, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa~en-mt.2.45) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Tantrākhyāyika (Kashmirian recension) (ed. Johannes Hertel)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*tantrakhyayika*hertel1915.1.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.45) · Pramāṇa