Hitopdesh • Chapter 3 • Shloka 57
करटको ब्रूते -- कदाचित्त्वामनवसरप्रवेशादवगम्यते स्वामी ।
सोब्रवीत् -- अस्त्वेवम् ।
तथाप्यनुजीविना स्वामिसांनिध्यमवश्यं करणीयम् । यतः ।
दोषभीतेरनारम्भस्तत्कापुरुषलक्षणम् ।
कैरजीर्णभयाद्भ्रातर्भोजनं परिहीयते ॥
Karataka observed - Perhaps the lord might disregard you for your entrance (into his presence) at an inopportune time. He replied - Let it be so. Still a servant must necessarily be in the presence of his master. For, Not beginning a thing through fear of fault (or, of an ill consequence) is the sign of a coward; who, brother, leaves off taking food for fear of indigestion?
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