Hitopdesh • Chapter 4 • Shloka 2
राजपुत्रा ऊचुः -- कथमेतत् । विष्णुशर्मा कथयति --
अस्ति कर्पूरद्वीपे पद्मकेलिनामधेयं सरः । तत्र हिरण्यगर्भो नाम
राजहंसः प्रतिवसति । स च सर्वैर्जलचर्पक्षिभिर्मिलित्वा
पक्षिराज्येऽभिषिक्तः । यतः ।
यदि न स्यान्नरपतिः सम्यङ्नेता ततः प्रजा ।
अकर्णधारा जलधौ विप्लवेतेह नौरिव ॥
The princes asked - How was that? Vishnusharma related as follows - There is, in Karpuradvipa, a lake, known as Padmakeli. In it dwelt a royal swan, Hiranyagarbha by name. He was installed their king by all the aquatic birds having assembled together. For, if there be no king to guide the subjects properly, they would sink (in misery) in this world, like a boat without a helmsman in the sea.
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