Sanskrit · 1.p00222
पिङ्गलक आह- अपि सत्यम् ।
English · Meaning
Piṅgalaka said: “Is it really true?”
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50 passagesपिङ्गलक आह- अपि सत्यम् ।
Piṅgalaka said: “Is it really true?”
दमनक आह- किं स्वामि-पादानाम् अग्रेऽसत्यं विज्ञाप्यते । उक्तं च-
Damanaka said: “What? Is falsehood reported before the master’s feet? And it has been said:”
अपि स्वल्पम् असत्यं यः पुरो वदति भूभुजाम् । देवानां च विनश्यते स द्रुतं सुमहान् अपि ॥
“Whoever speaks even a little falsehood before kings and gods perishes swiftly, even if he is very great.”
तथा च- सर्व-देव-मयो राजा मनुना सम्प्रकीर्तितः । तस्मात् तं देववत् पश्येन् न व्यलीकेन कर्हिचित् ॥
And likewise: “Manu has proclaimed the king to be composed of all the gods; therefore one should regard him as a god, never with falsehood or deceit.”
सर्व-देवमयस्यापि विशेषो नृपतेर् अयम् । शुभाशुभ-फलं सद्यो नृपाद् देवाद् भवान्तरे ॥
Although the king is composed of all the gods, this is the distinction of the king: good and evil results come immediately from a king, but from a god in another existence.
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