Hitopdesh • Chapter 3 • Shloka 119
करटकः पृच्छति -- कथमेतत् ।
दमनकः कथयति --
॥ कथा ७ ॥
कस्मिंश्चित् तरौ वायसदम्पती निवसतः । तयोश्चापत्यानि
तत्कोटरावस्थितेन कृष्णसर्पेण खादितानि । ततः
पुनर्गर्भवती वायसी वायसमाह -- नाथ त्यज्यतामयं तरुः ।
अत्र यावत्कृष्णसर्पस्तावदावयोः संततीः कदाचिदपि न भविष्यति ।
यतः ।
दुष्टा भार्या शठं मित्रं भृत्यश्चोत्तरदायकः ।
ससर्पे च गृहे वासो मृत्युरेव न संशयः ॥
Karataka asked how it was. Damanaka related - A pair of crows lived in a certain tree. Their young were eaten by a cobra who lived in the hollow of the tree. Thereafter, the female crow, when again breeding said to her mate - My dear, let us abandon this tree. As long as the serpent lives here, our offspring can never live. For, a wicked wife, a cunning friend, an insolent servant, and a residence in a house infested by a cobra, mean undoubtedly death.
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