Hitopdesh • Chapter 4 • Shloka 18
अत्रान्तरे शुकेनोक्तम् -- देव
कर्पूरद्वीपादयो लघुद्वीपा जम्बुद्वीपान्तर्गता एव । तत्रापि
देवपादानामेवाधिपत्यम् । ततो राज्ञाप्युक्तम् -- एवमेव । यतः ।
राजा मत्तः शिशुश्चैव प्रमदा धनगर्वितः ।
अप्राप्यमपि वाञ्छन्ति किं पुनर्लभ्यमेव यत् ॥
Just then a parrot observed - please Your Highness, Karpuradvipa and other small countries are included in Jambu Dvipa and therefore the authority of Your Highness extends over them also. To this the king replied that it was so. For, A king, a mad man, a child, a young woman, and one elated with the pride of wealth, desire what is unattainable; how much more so then, what can be certainly obtained?
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