Hitopdesh • Chapter 2 • Shloka 7
॥ कथा १ ॥
अहमेकदा दक्षिणारण्ये चरन्नपश्यम् ।
एको वृद्धव्याघ्रः स्नातः कुशहस्तः सरस्तीरे ब्रूते --
भो भोः पन्थाः इदं सुवर्णकङ्कणं गृह्यताम् ।
ततो लोभाकृष्टेन केनचित् पान्थेनालोचितम् -- भाग्येनैतत् सम्भवति ।
किं त्वस्मिन्नात्मसंदेहे प्रवृत्तिर्न विधेया । यतः ।
अनिष्टादिष्टलाभेऽपि न गतिर्जायते शुभा ।
यत्रास्ते विषसंसर्गोऽमृतं तद् अपि मृत्यवे ॥
Once while roaming in the southern forest, I saw - A certain old tiger, having bathed and taken Kusa grass in his paw, used to address (the passersby sitting) on the margin of a lake (thus) - "Ho, Ho, travellers, take this gold bracelet." Then a certain traveller, attracted by greed, thought to himself - This happens by good luck. But I must not proceed in a matter where there is personal risk. For, although a desired object be obtained from an undesirable source, the result is not good; even nectar (or sweet food), which is contaminated with poison, leads to death.
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