Library·Narayana: Hitopadesa·3·3.121

Narayana: Hitopadesa 3.121

Hit 3.121

ततो मयाप्य् आलोचितम्-प्रज्ञा-हीनो ऽयं राजा । न चेत् कथं नीति-शास्त्र-कथा-कौमुदीं वाग्-उल्काभिस् तिमिरयति । यतः- यस्य नास्ति स्वयं प्रज्ञा शास्त्रं तस्य करोति किम् ? लोचनाभ्यां विहीनस्य दर्पणः किं करिष्यति

tato mayāpy ālocitam-prajñā-hīno 'yaṃ rājā | na cet kathaṃ nīti-śāstra-kathā-kaumudīṃ vāg-ulkābhis timirayati | yataḥ- yasya nāsti svayaṃ prajñā śāstraṃ tasya karoti kim ? locanābhyāṃ vihīnasya darpaṇaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati

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 3.121, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/Hit/3.121), after GRETIL, Narayana: Hitopadesa (version 1.1) Input by Jan Brzezinski Revised by Ulrich Stiehl Missing parts:….

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