6 6 अ #त ग&ग -त ) प ट लप-.- = 6 न मध2य& नगरम त. सव8-9भ- 3 ग-ण-स&य-<त स-दश8न न म #2 0 #1 #3 अस 2P imp III/1 नरप@त अ स त
There is a city on the bank of Ganga having the name Pataliputra. There was a king Sudarsana by name, endowed with all the qualities of a ruler.
1/+ त#य भAपB चDव र प-. अभवन यत B प-. अन@धगत-श E 3 6 उGम ग8-वHIय च तत स मह प@त उ@KL- चI 6
Of this king there were four sons. Since these sons were those by whom sastra was not understood, and were having deviating behaviour, therefore the king was one with an agitated mind.
कS 8U pres I/1 Mक कर म इ@त प-न प-न अ चGतयत एक एव ग-ण- 0 स&य-<त प-. वर& न च मAख8-शतम अ@प 6 3
Again and again he thought, What do I do? A single son endowed with good qualities is better than even a hundred of fools.
एक चGT अGधक र& ह Gत न त- 6 हन 2P pres III/1 त र -गण अ@प ऋ@ष भ उ<त& त- न @ह स-Wत#य Mसह#य म-X 9@वश Gत मHग इ@त
One moon destroys the darkness, but not even multitudes of stars. By the rsis it is said, Animals do not enter in the mouth of a lion fallen asleep.
3/1!न क रण'न (क चद मय कत01यम इ3त 3व च56य!न न7प3तन प 9डत-सभ सप3द क= caus. PPP 1/1 क 3रत 6 0
Due to that reason something is to be done by me. Thus having thought an assembly of pandits was immediately caused to be made by the king.
त>य? सभ य? सम गत य? नABर 0 0 6/1 अवदत भ भ प 9डत मम पFG श I'षF म5द दर पF>तक 3न न अ3धगLछ 5त न पठ 5त
The assembly gathered, the king spoke. O! Oh pandits! My sons are indifferent with respect to sastras. They neither understand nor read books.
अपरO च! अलस भव 5त! QवलO 1यसRन 3नSय कलTन च क लO गम caus. III/+ गमय 5त उVतO च यथ क च 3 6 क Xन-सOसगYत क Xन-ZF(त लभ! 3 = तथ एव म\खY अ3प गFण-सम 5वत- 3/1 3 #1 #2 जन-सOय _न गFण न लभ5! #3
Moreover they are lazy. They pass time only by vices, sleep, and quarrel. And it is said: just as glass gains the lustre of gold by contact with gold, thus alone even fools gain good qualities by contact with people endowed with good qualities.
0 (क अ>य? सभ य? क `द प 9डत मम पFG न 3वZ? न (त च उपbcFO समथ0
Is any pandit in this assembly able to teach my sons knowledge and conduct?
अ #मन अ'त) क +द सकल- 6 7 न 0त-श 3-क 0वद मह -प 9डत #1 सभ य= उ?थ य नAपBत अ भव C 3 #3 कDत-अEज ल अGयभ षत = = #2
In this interim, a certain great pandit, skilled in all the sastras of conduct, having arisen in the assembly, having greeted the king, by whom anjali was made, spoke.
1/1 6 Iव अहJ ष9म स-अGय'त) 6 6 न 0त-श 3-उपIKन तव पLM ण= #1 #2 2/1 6/1 पLनजO'म कतLP समथO त#य तद वचनJ RL?व स भSप0त सJतLT- चU तJ प 9डतJ अवदत 6
O king! I am able to make the rebirth of your sons by the teaching of sastra of conduct in the interval of six months. Having heard these words of his, having a pleased mind, the king told the pandit.
3/1 इदJ मय RLतम क ट अ0प पLXप- 3 सJग त गLण-सम 'वत न= जन न= 2/1 3 शर अ र ह0त प ष ण अ0प 3/+ मह [ \0त ]त Iव?वJ ग^छ0त
This is heard by me. Even a worm mounts the head of people endowed with good qualities by association with a flower. Even a stone, established by great (people) goes to godliness.
इ0त उ`?व aन नAप0तन पLM त#b 0वXणLशमO-न मधdय य प 9डत य समeपत भS म-पतf 6 6 = = 0वXणLशमO-मह -प 9डaन इदJ #2 #1 #पT -कD PPP 1/1 #पT कDतम
Thus having spoken, the sons were entrusted by the king to that pandit, having the name Vishnu Sharma. This was explained to the king by the great pandit Vishnu Sharma.
यथ नव-भ जन-लg सJ#क र 6 = #1 भ जन-पचन#य प+ त न अ'यथ भव0त तथ न 0त कhम )Gय: एव = 6 2 or 7 मन हर-कथ -jkण उप0दT #1 #2 #थBत ग^छ0त इ0त #2 0
Just as an impression attached to an unbaked pot, after the baking of the pot does not become otherwise, thus conduct taught to boys alone, with the shape of captivating stories, goes to a permanent condition.
तत aन मह -प 9डaन 0हत- उपIश#य 0व0वध कथ agय = 3 = अन0धगत-श 3-पLMdGय #1 #2 क0थत
Thereafter by the great pandit the varied stories of the Hitopadesha were narrated to the sons by whom shastra had not been learned.
English to Sanskrit
यद वषOक ल भ रतवषl अ रभa अ क शस तम भSतmर nघm सpपSणq भव0त इम न nघ न दATr एव च तक : समL?प?य aषl अनLषsज'a इn खग 0ह जल0ब'v भर उपज व 'त इ0त वद 'त जन
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