Hitopdesh • Chapter 4 • Shloka 126
राजाह -- कथमिह समयेऽतिव्ययो
युज्यते । उक्तं च -- आपदर्थे धनं रक्षेत् --
मन्त्री ब्रूते -- श्रीमतां कथमापदः ।
राजाह -- कदाचिच्चलते लक्ष्मीः
मन्त्री ब्रूते -- संचितापि विनश्यति ॥
The king asked - How can an extraordinary expenditure be advisable at this (critical time)? For it is said - One should save money against (pecuniary) difficulties. The minister - How can a monarch have difficulties? The king - Lakshmi sometimes forsakes (a king). The minister - (wealth) even though hoarded vanishes.
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