Hitopdesh • Chapter 1 • Shloka 10
अस्ति भागीरथीतीरे पाटलिपुत्रनामधेयं नगरम् । तत्र सर्वस्वामिगुणोपेतः सुदर्शनो
नाम नरपतिरासीत् । स भूपतिरेकदा केनापि पाठ्यमानं श्लोकद्वयं शुश्राव --
अनेकसंशयोच्छेदि परोक्षार्थस्य दर्शकम् ।
सर्वस्य लोचनं शास्त्रं यस्य नास्त्यन्ध एव सः ॥
On the bank of the Bhagirathi there is a city named Pataliputra. In it there was a king, Sudarshana by name, endowed with all princely qualities. That king once heard a couple of Slokas (stanzas) chanted by some one; (viz.) He who does not possess (a knowledge of) Sastra, the universal eye, which totally removes various doubts and discusses things hidden from view, is surely blind.
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