Hitopdesh • Chapter 3 • Shloka 41
तथा हि । स्वल्पस्नायुवसावशेषमलिनं निर्मांसमप्यस्थिकं
श्वा लब्ध्वा परितोषमेति न तु तत्तस्य क्षुधाशान्तये ।
सिंहो जम्बुकमङ्कमागतमपि त्यक्त्वा निहन्ति द्विपं
सर्वः कृच्छ्रगतोऽपि वाञ्छति जनः सत्त्वानुरूपं फलम् ॥
So also, a dog, having obtained a piece of even a fleshless bone soiled with the remnant of a few sinews and marrow, is quite delighted. It does not, however, satisfy his hunger; while the lion, having discarded a jackal though come to his lap, kills an elephant. Every man, although reduced to straits, desires a reward befitting his valour (or worth).
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