Hitopdesh • Chapter 2 • Shloka 141
ततोऽहं मन्दं मन्दमुपसर्पस्तेन वीणाकर्णेन जर्जरवंशखण्डेन ताडितोऽचिन्तयम् --
लुब्धो ह्यसंतुष्टो नियतमात्मद्रोही भवति । तथा च ।
सर्वाः संपत्तयस्तस्य संतुष्टं यस्य मानसम् ।
उपानद्गूढपादस्य ननु चर्मावृतेव भूः ॥
Then as I moved about gently, I was struck with an old bamboo-stick by that Vinakarna, whereupon I reflected - A covetous man who is (ever) discontented is certainly a traitor to himself. For, all riches are his whose mind is contented. Is not the earth overspread with leather (at it were) to him whose feet are covered with shoes?
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