Hitopdesh • Chapter 2 • Shloka 161
अथ तयोः पादास्फालनेन एकः सर्पोऽपि मृतः । अथानन्तरं दीर्घरावो नाम जम्बुकः
परिभ्रमन्नाहारार्थी तान्मृतान्मृगव्याधसर्पशूकरानपश्यत् । अचिन्तयच्च --
अहो अद्य महद्भोज्यं मे समुपस्थितम् । अथवा ।
अचिन्तितानि दुःखानि यथैवायान्ति देहिनाम् ।
सुखान्यपि तथा मन्ये दैवमत्रातिरिच्यते ॥
Now by the trampling of their feet a serpent too was killed. After this a jackal, Dirgharava, by name, who was wandering in quest of prey, found the deer, the hunter, the serpent and the boar, dead there; upon which he said to himself - Oh, here have I come across a good feast. Or rather, just as unthought-of misfortunes befall men, so do blessings also. I think, therefore, that fate has an upper hand in these things.
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