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50 passagesकस्मिंश्चित् कूपे गङ्गदत्तो नाम मण्डूक-राजः प्रतिवसति स्म । स कदाचिद् दायादैर् उद्वेजितो ऽरघट्ट-घटीम् आरुह्य निष्क्रान्तः । अथ तेन चिन्तितम्-यत् कथं तेसां दायादानां मया प्रत्यपकारः कर्तव्यः । उक्तं च-
In a certain well lived a frog-king named Gaṅgadatta. One day, harassed by his kinsmen, he climbed up the pot of a water-wheel and came out. Then he thought, “How should I repay those kinsmen?” It is said:
आपदि येनापकृतं येन च हसितं दशासु विषमासु । अपकृत्य तयोर् उभयोः पुनर् अपि जातं नरं मन्ये ॥
By whom wrong was done in calamity, and by whom one was laughed at in difficult conditions—having retaliated against both of those two, I consider [the avenger] a man born anew.
एवं चिन्तयन् बिले प्रविशन्तं कृष्णसर्पम् अपश्यत् । तं दृष्ट्वा भूयो ऽप्य् अचिन्तयत्-यद् एनं तत्र कूपे नीत्वा सकल-दायादानाम् उच्छेदं करोमि । उक्तं च-
Thinking in this way, he saw a black snake entering a hole. Having seen it, he again thought: “If I lead this one there into the well, I will bring about the extermination of all the kinsmen.” And it is said:
शत्रुभिर् योजयेच् छत्रुं बलिना बलवत्तरम् । स्व-कार्याय यतो न स्यात् काचित् पीडात्र तत्-क्षये ॥
One should set an enemy against enemies, a stronger one against a strong one, for one’s own purpose, so that there would not be any trouble here when that one is destroyed.
तथा च- शत्रुम् उन्मूलयेत् प्राज्ञस् तीक्ष्णं तीक्ष्णेन शत्रुणा । व्यथा-करं सुखार्थाय कण्टकेनैव कण्टकम् ॥
Likewise, a wise person should uproot an enemy: a sharp enemy with a sharp enemy, using a pain-causing thorn for the sake of comfort, indeed a thorn with a thorn.
Panchatantra
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