[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) › 2.48 # Hitopadesha 2.48 Hitopadeśa 2.48 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.48) yāty adho 'dhaḥ vrajaty uccair naraḥ svair eva karmabhiḥ | kūpasya khanitā yadvat prākārasyeva kārakaḥ // > 'A man goes lower and lower, or rises high, solely by his own deeds, > just like a digger of a well, or like the builder of a wall.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.48.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.48.p1) tad bhadram | svayatnāyatto hy ātmā sarvasya | > 'Therefore it is good. For everyone's self depends on one's own effort.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.48.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.48.p2) karaṭako brūte-atha bhavān kiṃ bravīti ? > Karaṭaka said: 'Now what are you saying?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 'Very good,' observed Karataka; 'but what is all this talk about?' > — Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels ### [2.48.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.48.p3) sa āha-ayaṃ tāvat svāmī piṅgalakaḥ kuto 'pi kāraṇāt sa-cakitaḥ parivṛtyopaviṣṭaḥ | > He said: 'This master of ours, Piṅgalaka, for some reason or other, has turned around and sat down in alarm.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 'Why! don't you see our Royal Master there, and how he came home without drinking? I know he has been horribly frightened,' said Damanaka. > — 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.p15) — Edwin Arnold 1861, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa~en-mt.2.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.48) · Pramāṇa