Hitopdesh • Chapter 3 • Shloka 138
यदि संजीवकव्यसनार्दितो विज्ञापितोऽपि
स्वामी न निवर्तते तदीदृशे भृत्ये न दोषः । तथा च ।
नृपः कामासक्तो गणयति न कार्ये न च हितं
यथेष्टं स्वच्छन्दः प्रविचरति मत्तो गज इव ।
ततो मानध्मातः स पतति यदा शोकगहने
तदा भृत्ये दोषान्क्षिपति न निजं वेत्त्यविनयम् ॥
If Your Highness who stands in imminent danger from Samjivaka, does not turn back after being warned (lit. informed), then the blame does not lie with a servant like me. A king who is addicted to carnal pleasures does not mind the business he has to attend to or his good but led by his free will. He acts as he likes like a mad elephant; but when, puffed up with pride, he falls into the abyss of sorrow, he casts the blame on his servants, but does not take into account his own misconduct.
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