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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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Mitra-bheda1.p00222–1.132
Mitra-bheda1.p00222

Sanskrit · 1.p00222

पिङ्गलक आह- अपि सत्यम् ।

English · Meaning

Piṅgalaka said: “Is it really true?”

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Mitra-bheda1.p00223

Sanskrit · 1.p00223

दमनक आह- किं स्वामि-पादानाम् अग्रेऽसत्यं विज्ञाप्यते । उक्तं च-

English · Meaning

Damanaka said: “What? Is falsehood reported before the master’s feet? And it has been said:”

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Mitra-bheda1.130

Sanskrit · 1.130

अपि स्वल्पम् असत्यं यः पुरो वदति भूभुजाम् । देवानां च विनश्यते स द्रुतं सुमहान् अपि ॥

English · Meaning

“Whoever speaks even a little falsehood before kings and gods perishes swiftly, even if he is very great.”

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Mitra-bheda1.131

Sanskrit · 1.131

तथा च- सर्व-देव-मयो राजा मनुना सम्प्रकीर्तितः । तस्मात् तं देववत् पश्येन् न व्यलीकेन कर्हिचित् ॥

English · Meaning

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.”

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Mitra-bheda1.132

Sanskrit · 1.132

सर्व-देवमयस्यापि विशेषो नृपतेर् अयम् । शुभाशुभ-फलं सद्यो नृपाद् देवाद् भवान्तरे ॥

English · Meaning

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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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

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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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