Hitopdesh • Chapter 2 • Shloka 102
तद्भवतु भवतोभिमतमेव । इत्युक्त्वा हिरण्यको मैत्र्यं विधाय
भोजनविशेषैर्वायसं संतोष्य विवरं प्रविष्टः । वायसोऽपि
स्वस्थानं गतः । ततः प्रभृति तयोरन्योऽन्याहारप्रदानेन
कुशलप्रश्नैर्विश्रम्भालापैश्च कालोऽतिवर्तते ।
एकदा लघुपतनको हिरण्यकमाह -- सखे
कष्टतरलभ्याहारमिदं स्थानम् । तत् परित्यज्य स्थानान्तरं
गन्तुमिच्छामि ।
हिरण्यको ब्रूते -- मित्र क्व गन्तव्यम् । तथा चोक्तम् ।
चलत्येकेन पादेन तिष्ठत्येकेन बुद्धिमान् ।
माऽसमीक्ष्य परं स्थानं पूर्वमायतनं त्यजेत् ॥
Therefore, let your wish be done. Having said so, Hiranyaka formed friendship with the crow, pleased him with choice eatables and entered his hole. The crow, too, repaired to his residence. Henceforward the two passed their time in making presents of food to each other, in inquiries after good health and in confidential discourses. Once Laghupatanaka said to Hiranyaka - Friend, it is very hard to get food in this place. I wish, therefore, to go to some other place. Hiranyaka said - Where can we go to? For it is said - A talented man walks with one foot and stops with the other. One should not leave one's old abode without examining carefully the new one.
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