[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) › 2.49 # Hitopadesha 2.49 Hitopadeśa 2.49 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.49) karaṭako brūte- udīrito 'rthaḥ paśunāpi gṛhyate hayāś ca nāgāś ca vahanti coditāḥ | anuktam apy ūhati paṇḍito janaḥ pareṅgita-jñāna-phalā hi buddhayaḥ // > 'How do you know it?' asked the other. > — Edwin Arnold 1861, The Book of Good Counsels - [Previous: 2.48.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.48.p3) - [Next: 2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.50) - [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.p17) — Edwin Arnold 1861, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa~en-mt.2.49) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Textus simplicior](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.sukasaptati*simplicior.11.7) — Sanskrit - [Rājanītiśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.2.56) — Cāṇakya, Sanskrit - [Tantrākhyāyika (Kashmirian recension) (ed. Johannes Hertel)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*tantrakhyayika*hertel1915.1.16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.49) · Pramāṇa