The Hitopadesha: A Collection of Fables and Tales in Sanskrit by VishnusarmáPrinted at the Shástra Prakásha Press, 1830 - 529 sivua |
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Sivu 43 - Hospitality is commanded to be exercised, even towards an enemy, when he cometh to thine house. The tree doth not withdraw its shade, even from the woodcutter...
Sivu 83 - Where have they, who are running here and there in search of riches, such happiness as those placid spirits enjoy, who are gratified at the immortal fountain of happiness ? ' All hath been read, all hath been heard, and all hath been followed by him, who having put hope behind him, dependeth not upon expectation.
Sivu 185 - Let me alone to contrive his downfall. The lion, and the rest who pay him court, are taken by his outward appearance; and they obey him as their king, because they are not aware .that he is nothing but a jackal: do something then by which he may be found out. Let this plan be pursued: assemble all of you in a body about the close of the evening, and set up one general howl in his hearing; and I'll warrant ye, the natural disposition of his species will incline him to join in the cry; for, Whatever...
Sivu 88 - ... like death. Be not therefore anxious for wealth. Were the thirst of gain entirely forsaken, who would be poor; who would be rich? If way were given to it, slavery would stand upon the head. Whatever a man should long for, from that his inclination turneth away. He, whose inclination turneth away from an object, may be said to have obtained it But why so much upon this subject; let us beguile the time together in amusing conversation.
Sivu 45 - I made bold to ask him if he had any cheese in his hut which he would sell me, but he answered without looking up, and in the same low and repulsive voice as before, that they did not make any, and went to milking. It is written, "The stranger who turneth away from a house with disappointed hopes, leaveth there his own offences, and departeth, taking with him all the good actions of the owner.
Sivu 165 - The head elephant, upon hearinc this being greatly alarmed, declared that they had offended through ignorance, and would never go to the fountain again. If this be your resolution, said the ambassador, go this once, and make your submissions before the Deity himself, whom you will see in the fountain, quite agitated with anger; and when you have pacified him, you may depart. —Accordingly, as soon as it was night, the ambassador Vijaya having conducted the chief of the elephants to the fountain,...
Sivu 3 - It is said, Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a former state of existence ; wherefore it behoveth a man vigilantly to exert the powers he is possessed of.
Sivu 285 - The minister now orders the booby to go to the enemy's camp, and to return with what further intelligence he could pick up. I now wish thee, said the peacock king, to inform me how many there are with whom it may be improper to enter into an alliance; and the vulture minister replied, — I am about to tell your highness, repeating the following verses: The young, the old, the long afflicted, and such as have been excommunicated by their tribe; the fearful, and those whose followers are timid; the...
Sivu 31 - But when he saw that they were confined in a net, he stood amazed for a moment, and demanded what it meant. Chitra-greeva replied, — What else, my friend, can it be, but the effect of the evil committed in a prior existence? Seeing thou art endued with great wisdom, what was the use of thy question ? For is it not said, Whatsoever cometh to pass...
Sivu 3 - Fortune attendeth that lion amongst men who exerteth himself. They are weak men who declare fate the sole cause. ' Subdue fate, and exert human strength to the utmost of your power ; and if, when pains have been taken, success attend not, in whom is the blame ? ' As the chariot will not move upon a single wheel ; even so fate succeedeth not without human exertion. ' It is said, fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a former state of existence ; wherefore...