SUNO KATHA / READ & LISTEN
Free Library: Sanskrit + transliteration + English + Hindi + Gujarati meanings. EN 2703/2703; HI 2703/2703; GU 2703/2703; chapters 6. Meanings are machine-assisted study drafts, not a scholarly edition.
50 passagesअथान्यस्मिन्न् अहनि पापबुद्धिर् धर्मबुद्धिं प्राह-भो मित्र ! वार्धक-भावे किं त्व् आत्म-विचेष्टितं स्मरसि । देशान्तरम् अदृष्ट्वा कां शिष्ट-जनस्य वार्त्तां कथयिष्यसि ? उक्तं च-
On another day Papabuddhi said to Dharmabuddhi: “My friend, when old age comes, what personal conduct will you remember? Without seeing another country, what account of respectable people will you tell?” And it is said:
देशान्तरेषु बहु-विध-भाषा-वेषादि येन न ज्ञातम् । भ्रमता धरणी-पीठे तस्य फलं जन्मनो व्यर्थम् ॥
In foreign lands, the person who has not learned many kinds of languages, clothing, and other such things, while wandering over the surface of the earth, has wasted the fruit of his birth.
तथा च- विद्यां वित्तं शिल्पं तावन् नाप्नोति मानवः सम्यक् । यावद् व्रजति न भूमौ देशाद् देशान्तरं हृष्टः ॥
Likewise: a person does not properly acquire learning, wealth, and skill until he goes joyfully from one country to another on the earth.
अथ तस्य तद्-वचनम् आकर्ण्य प्रहृष्ट-मनास् तेनैव सह गुरु-जनानुज्ञातः शुभेऽहनि देशान्तरं प्रस्थितः । तत्र च धर्मबुद्धि-प्रभावेण भ्रमता पापबुद्धिना प्रभूततरं वित्तम् आसादितम् । ततश् च तौ द्वाव् अपि प्रभूतोपार्जित-द्रव्यौ प्रहृष्टौ स्व-गृहं प्रत्य् औत्सुक्येन प्रस्थितौ । उक्तं च-
Then, having heard that speech of his, Dharmabuddhi, delighted in mind, set out for another country with that very man on an auspicious day, having been permitted by his elders. And there, while Pāpabuddhi was traveling about, through the influence of Dharmabuddhi, very abundant wealth was obtained. Then the two of them both, delighted and possessing abundantly acquired wealth, set out eagerly toward their own home. And it is said:
प्राप्त-विद्यार्थ-शिल्पानां देशान्तर-निवासिनाम् । क्रोश-मात्रो ऽपि भू-भागः शत-योजनवद् भवेत् ॥
For those who have acquired learning, wealth, and skills while residing in another country, even a tract of land only a krośa in extent may become like a hundred yojanas.
Panchatantra · Digital Sanskrit transcription; Suno Katha free Library release
CC BY-SA 4.0 · Free Library: Sanskrit + transliteration + English + Hindi + Gujarati meanings. EN 2703/2703; HI 2703/2703; GU 2703/2703; chapters 6. Meanings are machine-assisted study drafts, not a scholarly edition.
AI-assisted review draft · gpt-5.6-luna · machine-assisted · CC BY-SA 4.0
AI-generated draft from the English meaning · unreviewed · machine-assisted · CC BY-SA 4.0
AI-generated draft · proofreading skipped · gpt-5.6-luna · machine-assisted · CC BY-SA 4.0
AI-assisted review draft · gpt-5.5 · machine-assisted · CC BY-SA 4.0
Machine-assisted meanings are study aids.