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Panchatantra

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Panchatantra

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Panchatantra

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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Aparīkṣita-kāraka5.p02545–5.p02549
Aparīkṣita-kāraka5.p02545

Sanskrit · 5.p02545

साह-आर्यपुत्र ! का मतिर् नापितानाम् ? तन् न कार्यं तद् वचः । उक्तं च-

English · Meaning

She said: “Noble sir! What judgment can be expected from barbers? Therefore that advice should not be acted upon.” And it has been said:

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Aparīkṣita-kāraka5.64

Sanskrit · 5.64

चारणैर् वन्दिभिर् नीचैर् नापितैर् बालकैर् अपि । न मन्त्रं मैत्मान् कुर्यात् सार्धं भिक्षुभिर् एव च ॥

English · Meaning

One should not make counsel with cāraṇas, panegyrists, low persons, barbers, or even children, nor indeed together with monks. The transmitted word “maitmān” is uncertain here; if it is meant for “matimān,” the sense is “a prudent man should not make counsel.”

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Aparīkṣita-kāraka5.p02547

Sanskrit · 5.p02547

अपरं महती क्लेश-परम्परैषा राज्य-स्थितिः सन्धि-विग्रह-यानासन-संश्रय-द्वैधीभावादिभिः कदाचित् पुरुषस्य सुखं न प्रयच्छतीति । यतः-

English · Meaning

Furthermore, this state of kingship is a great succession of troubles; through treaties, hostilities, marches, halts, seeking protection, and the like, it sometimes does not give a person happiness, because—

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Aparīkṣita-kāraka5.65

Sanskrit · 5.65

यदैव राज्ये क्रियतेऽभिषेकस् तदैव याति व्यसनेषु बुद्धिः । घटा नृपाणाम् अभिषेक-काले सहाम्भसैवापदम् उद्गिरन्ति ॥

English · Meaning

Whenever a king is consecrated in the kingdom, at that very time his understanding turns toward calamities. The water jars of kings, at the time of consecration, pour forth disaster together with the water.

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Aparīkṣita-kāraka5.p02549

Sanskrit · 5.p02549

तथा च-

English · Meaning

And likewise:

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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

Panchatantra

Panchatantra · Digital Sanskrit transcription; Suno Katha free Library release

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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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