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यो मूर्खं लौल्य-सम्पन्नं राज-द्वारिकम् आचरेत् ।
मिथ्या-वादं विशेषेण तस्य कार्यं न सिध्यति ॥ ८८ ॥

yo mūrkhaṃ laulya-sampannaṃ rāja-dvārikam ācaret |
mithyā-vādaṃ viśeṣeṇa tasya kāryaṃ na sidhyati ||3.88 ||

He who sends as a messenger to a king’s court one who is foolish, avaricious and one who speaks untruth, will fail in his objective.

उद्यतेष्व् अपि शस्त्रेषु बन्धु-वर्ग-वधेष्व् अपि ।
पुरुषाण्य् अपि जल्पन्वध्या दूता न भूभुजा ॥ ८९ ॥

udyateṣv api śastreṣu bandhu-varga-vadheṣv api |
puruṣāṇy api jalpanto vadhyā dūtā na bhūbhujā || 3.89 ||

Even when weapons are raised and relatives are killed , a messenger should not be killed by a king, even if he speaks unpalatable words. ( Rabbit messenger to the elephant king )

The crow continued with further narratives as to why the owl should not be made the  king. 

शशकपिञ्जलकथा- The story of rabbit and the sparrow 

Once there lived a sparrow in the hollow of a tree. It went out for seeking food and didn't return for some time. In the mean time a rabbit came and occupied the hollow in the tree. A few days later the sparrow returned and claimed the place. Unable to solve the issue the two of them went for justice to a cat acting like a saint. Needless to say both lost their lives.

क्षुद्रम् अलसं कापुरुषं व्यसनिनम् अकृतज्ञं जीवित-कामः ।
पृष्ठ-प्रलपन-शीलं स्वामित्वे नाभियोजयेत् ॥ ९० ॥

kṣudram alasaṃ kāpuruṣaṃ vyasaninam akṛtajñaṃ jīvita-kāmaḥ |
pṛṣṭha-pralapana-śīlaṃ svāmitve nābhiyojayet || 3.90 ||

Those who want to have a peaceful life, should not elect as leader a mean, lazy, cowardly, vicious, ungrateful and unwise speaker.

क्षुद्रम् अर्थपतिं प्राप्य न्यायान्वेषण-तत्-परौ ।
उभाव् अपि क्षयं प्राप्तौ पुरा शशक-पिञ्जलौ ॥ ९१ ॥

kṣudram arthapatiṃ prāpya nyāyānveṣaṇa-tat-parau |
ubhāv api kṣayaṃ prāptau purā śaśaka-piñjalau || 3.91 ||

Having approached a worthless leader for mediation, both the rabbit and the sparrow Kapinjala lost their lives.

न तादृग् जायते सौख्यम् अपि स्वर्गे शरीरिणाम् ।
दारिद्र्येऽपि हि यादृक् स्यात् स्व-देशे स्व-पुरे गृहे ॥ ९२ ॥

na tādṛg jāyate saukhyam api svarge śarīriṇām |
dāridrye'pi hi yādṛk syāt sva-deśe sva-pure gṛhe || 3.92 ||

Even if one has to live in utter poverty, the joy he gets when staying in his own home and city is far higher than the pleasure he will get by living in heaven.

वापी-कूप-तडागानां देवालय-कुजन्मनाम् ।
उत्सर्गात् परतः स्वाम्यम् अपि कर्तुं न शक्यते ॥ ९३ ॥

vāpī-kūpa-taḍāgānāṃ devālaya-kujanmanām |
utsargāt parataḥ svāmyam api kartuṃ na śakyate || 3.93 ||

One cannot claim possession rights over a pond, a well, a tank, a temple and tree after they have been abandoned once.

प्रत्यक्षं यस्य यद् भुक्तं क्षेत्राद्यं दश वत्सरान् ।
तत्र भुक्तिः प्रमाणं स्याद् न साक्षी नाक्षराणि वा ॥ ९४ ॥

pratyakṣaṃ yasya yad bhuktaṃ kṣetrādyaṃ daśa vatsarān |
tatra bhuktiḥ pramāṇaṃ syād na sākṣī nākṣarāṇi vā || 3.94 ||

Enjoyment itself is proof of ownership, if a person spends ten years in cases like land in one’s presence; neither a witness nor documentary proof is needed.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH