Library·Narayana: Hitopadesa·2·2.9

Narayana: Hitopadesa 2.9

Hit 2.9

यतो ऽलब्धम् इच्छतो ऽर्थ-योगाद् अर्थस्य प्राप्तिर् एव । लब्धस्याप्य् अरक्षितस्य निधेर् अपि स्वयं विनाशः । अपि च, अवर्धमानश् चार्थः काले स्वल्प-व्ययो ऽप्य् अञ्जनवत् क्षयम् एति । नौपभुज्यमानश् च निष्प्रयोजन एव सः । तथा चोक्तम्- धनेन किं यो न ददाति नाश्नुते बलेन किं यश् च रिपून् न बाधते । श्रुतेन किं यो न च धर्मम् आचरेत् किम् आत्मना यो न जितेन्द्रियो भवेत्

yato 'labdham icchato 'rtha-yogād arthasya prāptir eva | labdhasyāpy arakṣitasya nidher api svayaṃ vināśaḥ | api ca, avardhamānaś cārthaḥ kāle svalpa-vyayo 'py añjanavat kṣayam eti | naupabhujyamānaś ca niṣprayojana eva saḥ | tathā coktam- dhanena kiṃ yo na dadāti nāśnute balena kiṃ yaś ca ripūn na bādhate | śrutena kiṃ yo na ca dharmam ācaret kim ātmanā yo na jitendriyo bhavet

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

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Cite as: Narayana: Hitopadesa 2.9, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/Hit/2.9), after GRETIL, Narayana: Hitopadesa (version 1.1) Input by Jan Brzezinski Revised by Ulrich Stiehl Missing parts:….

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