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राज्य-लोभाद् अहङ्काराद् इच्छतः स्वामिनः पदम् ।
प्रायश्चित्तं तु तस्यैकं जीवोत्सर्गो न चापरम् ॥ १८१ ॥
rājya-lobhād ahaṅkārād icchataḥ svāminaḥ padam |
prāyaścittaṃ tu tasyaikaṃ jīvotsargo na cāparam || 2.181 ||
One who covets king’s post through lust or pride there is only one expiation for him , namely the forfeiture of his life; there is no other.
प्रायश्चित्तं तु तस्यैकं जीवोत्सर्गो न चापरम् ॥ १८१ ॥
rājya-lobhād ahaṅkārād icchataḥ svāminaḥ padam |
prāyaścittaṃ tu tasyaikaṃ jīvotsargo na cāparam || 2.181 ||
One who covets king’s post through lust or pride there is only one expiation for him , namely the forfeiture of his life; there is no other.
राजा घृणी ब्राह्मणः सर्व-भक्षी
स्त्री चावज्ञा दुष्प्रकृतिः सहायः ।
प्रेष्यः प्रतीपो ऽधिकृतः प्रमादी
rājā ghṛṇī brāhmaṇaḥ sarva-bhakṣī
strī cāvajñā duṣprakṛtiḥ sahāyaḥ |
preṣyaḥ pratīpo 'dhikṛtaḥ pramādī
tyājyā ime yaś ca kṛtaṃ na vetti || 2.182 ||
A merciful king, a brahmin who eats everything, a disobedient wife, an ill-natured friend, a careless officer, and one who is ungrateful- these should be abandoned.
स्त्री चावज्ञा दुष्प्रकृतिः सहायः ।
प्रेष्यः प्रतीपो ऽधिकृतः प्रमादी
rājā ghṛṇī brāhmaṇaḥ sarva-bhakṣī
strī cāvajñā duṣprakṛtiḥ sahāyaḥ |
preṣyaḥ pratīpo 'dhikṛtaḥ pramādī
tyājyā ime yaś ca kṛtaṃ na vetti || 2.182 ||
A merciful king, a brahmin who eats everything, a disobedient wife, an ill-natured friend, a careless officer, and one who is ungrateful- these should be abandoned.
सत्यानृता च परुषा प्रिय-वादिनी च
नित्य-व्यया प्रचुर-रत्न-धनागमा च
satyānṛtā ca paruṣā priya-vādinī ca
hiṃsrā dayālur api cārtha-parā vadānyā |
nitya-vyayā pracura-ratna-dhanāgamā ca
vārāṅganeva nṛpa-nītir aneka-rūpā || 2.183 ||
The ways of kings are, like a courtesan, is manifold; sometimes honest, sometimes dishonest; at times stern, at others a sweet-talker; equally cruel and compassionate; one day greedy, the next day generous; adept at gambling away and acquiring hoards of jewels and wealth.
नित्य-व्यया प्रचुर-रत्न-धनागमा च
satyānṛtā ca paruṣā priya-vādinī ca
hiṃsrā dayālur api cārtha-parā vadānyā |
nitya-vyayā pracura-ratna-dhanāgamā ca
vārāṅganeva nṛpa-nītir aneka-rūpā || 2.183 ||
The ways of kings are, like a courtesan, is manifold; sometimes honest, sometimes dishonest; at times stern, at others a sweet-talker; equally cruel and compassionate; one day greedy, the next day generous; adept at gambling away and acquiring hoards of jewels and wealth.
सुहृद्-भेदस् तावद् भवतु भवतां शत्रु-निलये
खलः कालाकृष्टः प्रलयम् उपसर्पत्व् अहर्-अहः ।
जनो नित्यं भूयात् सकल-सुख-सम्पत्ति-वसतिः
कथारम्भे रम्भ्ये सततम् इह बालो ऽपि रमताम् ॥ १८४ ॥
suhṛd-bhedas tāvad bhavatu bhavatāṃ śatru-nilaye
khalaḥ kālākṛṣṭaḥ pralayam upasarpatv ahar-ahaḥ |
jano nityaṃ bhūyāt sakala-sukha-sampatti-vasatiḥ
kathārambhe rambhye satatam iha bālo 'pi ramatām || 2.184 ||
May the separation of friends be found only in your enemies’ houses; let villains, drawn by fate, meet with destruction day by day; may the people be ever the abode of happiness and prosperity; let young boys sport in the garden of fables.
Here ends the second book of the Hitopadesa called ‘separation of friends’.
खलः कालाकृष्टः प्रलयम् उपसर्पत्व् अहर्-अहः ।
जनो नित्यं भूयात् सकल-सुख-सम्पत्ति-वसतिः
कथारम्भे रम्भ्ये सततम् इह बालो ऽपि रमताम् ॥ १८४ ॥
suhṛd-bhedas tāvad bhavatu bhavatāṃ śatru-nilaye
khalaḥ kālākṛṣṭaḥ pralayam upasarpatv ahar-ahaḥ |
jano nityaṃ bhūyāt sakala-sukha-sampatti-vasatiḥ
kathārambhe rambhye satatam iha bālo 'pi ramatām || 2.184 ||
May the separation of friends be found only in your enemies’ houses; let villains, drawn by fate, meet with destruction day by day; may the people be ever the abode of happiness and prosperity; let young boys sport in the garden of fables.
Here ends the second book of the Hitopadesa called ‘separation of friends’.
SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH
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