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50 passagesयो न रक्षति वित्रस्तान् पीड्यमानान् परैः सदा । जन्तून् पार्थिव-रूपेण स कृतान्तो न संशयः ॥
Whoever does not protect frightened beings, continually afflicted by others, in the form of a king, is Death itself—there is no doubt.
यदि न स्यान् नरपतिः सम्यङ् नेताः ततः प्रजाः । अकर्णधारा जलधौ विप्लवेतेह नौर् इव ॥
If there were no king as a proper leader, then the subjects here would be tossed about in the ocean, like a ship without a helmsman.
षड् इमान् पुरुषो जह्याद् भिन्नां नावम् इवार्णवे । अप्रवक्तारम् आचार्यम् अनधीयानम् ऋत्विजम् ॥
A man should abandon these six as he would a broken boat in the ocean: a teacher who does not instruct, a ritual priest who does not study,
अरक्षितारं राजानं भार्यां चापिर्य-वादिनीम् । ग्राम-कामं च गोपालं वन-कामं च नापितम् ॥ (युग्मम्)
an unprotecting king, a wife who speaks unpleasantly, a cowherd who desires the village, and a barber who desires the forest.
तत्, सञ्चित्यान्यः कश्चिद् राजा विहङ्गमानां क्रियताम् इति । अथ तैर् भद्राकारम् उलूकम् अवलोक्य सर्वैर् अभिहितम्-यद् एष उलूको राजास्माकं भविष्यति, तद् आनीयन्तां नृपाभिषेक-सम्बन्धिनः सम्भाराः इति ।
Therefore, after deliberating, [they resolved], “Let some other king of the birds be appointed.” Then, when they had looked at an owl of auspicious appearance, it was said by all of them: “Since this owl will be our king, therefore let the requisites connected with the royal consecration be brought.”
Panchatantra
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