Hitopdesh • Chapter 2 • Shloka 1
अथ प्रासादपृष्ठे सुखोपविष्टानां राजपुत्राणां पुरस्तात् प्रस्तावक्रमेण पण्डितोऽब्रवीत् --
काव्यशास्त्रविनोदेन कालो गच्छति धीमताम् ।
व्यसनेन तु मूर्खाणां निद्रया कलहेन वा ॥
Now as the princes were sitting at ease on the terrace of their palace the Pandit said before them by way of introduction - The wise pass their time in amusement derived from (the study of) poetry and Shastra, while fools pass theirs in vicious pursuits, in sleep or in quarrelling.
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