Hitopdesh • Chapter 1 • Shloka 41
एतच्चिन्तयित्वा स राजा पण्डितसभां कारितवान् । राजोवाच भो भोः पण्डिताः ।
श्रूयतां। अस्ति कश्चिदेवम्भूतो विद्वान्यो मम पुत्राणां नित्यमुन्मार्गगामिनामनधिगतशास्त्राणामिदानीं
नीतिशास्त्रोपदेशेन पुनर्जन्म कारयितुं समर्थः । यतः ।
काचः काञ्चनसंसर्गाद्धत्ते मारकतीं द्युतिं ।
तथा सत्संनिधानेन मूर्खो याति प्रवीणताम् ॥
Having thus meditated the king convened a council of the learned. The King said - O Pandits, listen. Is there such a learned man among you, as is able to make my sons who are always going astray and who are ignorant of the Sastras, undergo a second birth (as it were) by giving them instruction in the science of conduct? For, A piece of glass, by being in contact with gold, possesses the lustre of emerald; similarly, a fool attains proficiency by being in the company of the good.
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