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50 passagesएवं निश्चित्य स स्थलित-गतिं मन्दं गत्वा सिंहाश्रयं पश्यन्न् अपठत्-अहो, साध्व् इदम् उच्यते-
Having determined this, he went slowly with a faltering gait, saw the lion’s abode, and read: “Ah, well said; this is rightly spoken:”
अन्तर्-लीन-भुजङ्गमं गृहम् इवान्तःस्थोग्र-सिंहं वनं ग्राहाकीर्णम् इवाभिराम-कमल-च्छाया-सनाथं सरः । कालेनार्य-जनापवाद-पिशुनैः क्षुद्रैर् अनार्यैः श्रितं दुःखेन प्रविगाह्यते स-चकितं राज्ञां मनः सामयम् ॥
The afflicted mind of kings—resorted to in time by petty, ignoble tale-bearers who slander noble people—is entered only with difficulty and with alarm, like a house with a serpent hidden inside, a forest with a fierce lion within, or a lake infested with crocodiles and attended by the shade of lovely lotuses.
एवं पठन् दमनकोक्ताकारं पिङ्गलकं दृष्ट्वा प्रचकितः संवृत-शरीरो दूरतरं प्रणाम-कृतिं विनाप्य् उपविष्टः । पिङ्गलको ऽपि तथाविधं तं विलोक्य दमनक-वाक्यं श्रद्दधानः कोपात् तस्योपरि पपात ।
While reciting in this way, having seen Piṅgalaka in the form described by Damanaka, he became frightened, drew his body inward, and sat at a much greater distance even without performing the act of bowing. Piṅgalaka too, seeing him in such a condition and believing Damanaka’s words, fell upon him in anger.
अथ सञ्जीवकः खर-नख-विकर्तित-पृष्ठः शृङ्गाभ्यां तद्-उदरम् उल्लिख्य कथम् अपि तस्माद् अपेतः शृङ्गाभ्यां हन्तुम् इच्छन् युद्धायावस्थितः । अथ द्वाव् अपि तौ पुष्पित-पलाश-प्रतिमौ परस्पर-वध-काङ्क्षिणौ दृष्ट्वा करटको दमनकम् आह-भो मूढ-मते ! अनयोर् विरोधं वितन्वता त्वया साधु न कृतम् । न च त्वं नीति-तत्त्वं वेत्सि । नीतिविद्भिर् उक्तं च-
Then Sañjīvaka, his back torn by sharp claws, scratched that belly with his horns and somehow got away from him. Wishing to kill him with his horns, he stood ready for battle. Then, seeing the two of them, both like blossoming palāśa flowers and each desiring the other’s death, Karaṭaka said to Damanaka: “O foolish-minded one! You did not do well by creating hostility between these two. Nor do you know the essence of political conduct. It is said by those versed in political conduct—”
कार्याण्य् उत्तम-दण्ड-साहस-फलान्य् आयास-साध्यानि ये प्रीत्या संशमयन्ति नीति-कुशलाः साम्नैव ते मन्त्रिणः । निःसाराल्प-फलानि ये त्व् अविधिना वाञ्छन्ति दण्डोद्यमैस् तेषां दुर्नय-चेष्टितैर् नरपतेर् आरोप्यते श्रीस् तुलाम् ॥
Those skilled in statecraft who, through conciliation alone and with goodwill, settle matters whose results involve the highest punishment and violent assault, though they are attainable only with effort—those are ministers. But when people improperly seek insignificant, fruitless results through exertions of punishment, the king's prosperity is placed on the scales by their acts of bad policy.
Panchatantra
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