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50 passagesअतिलोभो न कर्तव्यः कर्तव्यस् तु प्रमाणतः । अतिलोभज-दोषेण जम्बुको निधनं गतः ॥
Excessive greed should not be practiced; rather, what is to be done should be done according to proper measure. Because of the fault born of excessive greed, the jackal met his death.
ब्राह्मण आह-किम् एतत् ?
The Brahmin said, “What is this?”
सा प्राह-
She said—
कथा २ लोभाविष्ट-चक्र-धर-कथा
Story 2: The story of the wheel-bearer overcome by greed.
कस्मिंश्चिद् अधिष्ठाने चत्वारो ब्राह्मण-पुत्राः परस्परं मित्रतां गता वसन्ति स्म । ते चापि दारिद्र्योपहताः परस्परं मन्त्रं चक्रुः-अहो धिग् इयं दरिद्रता ! उक्तं च-
In some settlement lived four Brahmin sons who had entered into friendship with one another. They too, afflicted by poverty, took counsel together: “Alas, shame upon this poverty!” It is said—
Panchatantra
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