Hitopdesh • Chapter 2 • Shloka 136
वरं शून्या शाला न च खलु वरं दुष्टवृषभो
वरं वेश्या पत्नी न पुनरविनीता कुलवधूः ।
वरं वासोऽरण्ये न पुनरविवेकाधिपपुरे
वरं प्राणत्यागो न पुनरधमानामुपगमः ॥
Better to have an empty cow-pen than a naughty ox; better to have a courtesan for wife than an immodest (ill-trained) woman of family; better a residence in a forest than in the city of a thoughtless king; better is the abandonment of life than approaching the base (with a request).
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