Hitopdesh • Chapter 2 • Shloka 53
अथ लघुपतनकनामा काकः सर्ववृत्तान्तदर्शी
साश्चर्यमिदमाह -- अहो हिरण्यक श्लाघ्योऽसि । अतोऽहमपि
त्वया सह मैत्रीमिच्छामि ।
अतो मां मैत्र्येणानुग्रहीतुमर्हसि ।
एतच्छ्रुत्वा हिरण्यकोऽपि विवराभ्यन्तराद् आह -- कस्त्वम् ।
स ब्रूते -- लघुपतनकनामा
वायसोऽहम् । हिरण्यको विहस्याह -- का त्वया सह मैत्री । यतः
यद्येन युज्यते लोके बुधस्तत्तेन योजयेत् ।
अहमन्नं भवान्भोक्ता कथं प्रीतिर्भविष्यति ॥
Now the crow Laghupatanaka, the witness of the whole affair, said this in astonishment: Ho, Hiranyaka, you are praiseworthy. I, therefore, desire friendship with you. Kindly then favour me with your friendship. On hearing this, Hiranyaka asked from within his hole - who are you? He said I am a crow, Laghupatanaka by name. Hiranyaka smilingly observed - What friendship can there be with you? For, whatever is fit to be united with another, in this world, the same a wise man should unite with that. I am the food and you the feeder. How can love (friendship) exist between us?
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