Hitopdesh • Chapter 3 • Shloka 83
दमनको विहस्याह -- मित्र
तूष्णीमास्यताम् । ज्ञातं मया भयकारणम् । बलीवर्दनर्दितं
तत् । वृषभाश्चास्माकमपि भक्ष्याः । किं पुनः सिंहस्य ।
करटको ब्रूते --
यद्येवं तदा स्वामित्रासस्तत्रैव किं नापनीतः ।
दमनको ब्रूते -- यदि स्वामित्रासस्तत्रैव
मुच्यते तदा कथमयं महाप्रसादलाभः स्यात् । अपरं च ।
निरपेक्षो न कर्तव्यो भृत्यैः स्वामी कदाचन ।
निरपेक्षं प्रभुं कृत्वा भृत्यः स्याद्दधिकर्णवत् ॥
Damanaka smiled and said - Friend, rest quiet (easy). I have known the cause of fear. That was the bellowing of a bull. Bulls form even our food, how much so of the lion then? Karataka observed - If so, why was the fear of the lord not removed just there and then? Damanaka replied - Had I relieved the king's fear just there, do you think that we could have received this great favour? Also, the master should never be rendered free from need (of their services) by servants, for having made the master free from need, a servant may fare like Dadhikarna.
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