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Panchatantra

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Panchatantra

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.

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Mitra-bheda1.p00022–1.p00026
Mitra-bheda1.p00022

Sanskrit · 1.p00022

मित्र-भेदः

English · Meaning

The separation of friends; the dissension of friends.

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Mitra-bheda1.p00023

Sanskrit · 1.p00023

वर्धमान-वृत्तान्तः

English · Meaning

The account of Vardhamāna.

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Mitra-bheda1.p00024

Sanskrit · 1.p00024

अथातः प्रारभ्यते मित्र-भेदो नाम प्रथमं तन्त्रम् । यस्यायम् आदिमः श्लोकः-

English · Meaning

Now, therefore, the first treatise, called the Separation of Friends, is begun. Its first verse is:

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Mitra-bheda1.1

Sanskrit · 1.1

वर्धमानो महान् स्नेहः सिंह-गो-वृषयोर् वने । पिशुनेनातिलुब्धेन जम्बुकेन विनाशितः ॥

English · Meaning

The great affection that was growing between a lion and a bull in the forest was destroyed by a malicious and exceedingly greedy jackal.

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Mitra-bheda1.p00026

Sanskrit · 1.p00026

तद् यथानुश्रूयते । अस्ति दक्षिणात्ये जनपदे महिलारोप्यं नाम नगरम् । तत्र धर्मोपार्जित-भूरि-विभवो वर्धमानको नाम वणिक्-पुत्रो बभूव । तस्य कदाचिद् रात्रौ शय्यारूढस्य चिन्ता समुत्पन्ना । तत् प्रभूतेऽपि वित्तेऽर्थोपायाश् चिन्तनीयाः कर्तव्याश् चेति । यत उक्तं च-

English · Meaning

Thus, as it is heard: In the southern region there is a city named Mahilāropya. There, there was a merchant’s son named Vardhamānaka, possessing abundant wealth earned righteously. One night, as he lay on his bed, a thought arose in him: “Even when wealth is abundant, the means of acquiring wealth must be considered and undertaken.” For it is also said:

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Contents

6 chapters
  1. Kathā-mukha
  2. Mitra-bheda
  3. Mitra-samprāpti
  4. Kākolūkīya
  5. Labdha-praṇāśa
  6. Aparīkṣita-kāraka

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Panchatantra

Panchatantra

Panchatantra · Digital Sanskrit transcription; Suno Katha free Library release

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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.

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