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50 passagesषट्-कर्णो भिद्यते मन्त्रश् चतुष्कर्णः स्थिरो भवेत् । तस्मात् सर्व-प्रयत्नेन षट्कर्णं वर्जयेत् सुधीः ॥
A secret with six ears is divulged; a secret with four ears should remain secure. Therefore, with every effort, a wise person should avoid a six-eared secret.
अथ पिङ्गलकाभिप्रायज्ञा व्याघ्र-द्वीपि-वृक-पुरःसरा सर्वेऽपि तद्-वचः समाकर्ण्य संसदि तत्-क्षणाद् एव दूरीभूताः । ततश् च दमनक आह- उदक-ग्रहणार्थं प्रवृत्तस्य स्वामिनः किम् इह निवृत्त्यावस्थानम् ।
Then all who knew Piṅgalaka’s intention, led by the tiger, leopard, and wolf, immediately departed from the assembly after hearing his words. Then Damanaka said: “What is the reason for Your Majesty, who had set out to fetch water, standing here after turning back?”
पिङ्गलक आह सविलक्ष-स्मितम्- न किञ्चिद् अपि ।
Piṅgalaka said, with an embarrassed smile: “Nothing at all.”
सो ऽब्रवीत्- देव यद्य् अनाख्येयं तत् तिष्ठतु । उक्तं च-
He said: “Lord, if it is something that should not be disclosed, let it remain [unspoken]. And it has been said—”
दरिषु किञ्चित् स्वजनेषु किञ्चिद् गोप्यं वयस्येषु सुतेषु किञ्चित् । युक्तं न वा युक्तम् इदं विचिन्त्य वदेद् विपश्चिन् महतो ऽनुरोधात् ॥
Something is to be kept hidden in caves or clefts; something among one’s own people; something among friends; something among sons. Having considered whether this is proper or not proper, the discerning person should speak because of great insistence.
Panchatantra
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