Hitopdesh • Chapter 4 • Shloka 21
राजाह -- ततः शुक एव व्रजतु ।
शुक त्वमेवानेन सह गत्वास्मदभिलषितं ब्रूहि ।
शुको ब्रूते -- यथाज्ञापयति देवः । किंत्वयं
दुर्जनो बकः । तदनेन सह न गच्छामि । तथा चोक्तम् --
खलः करोति दुर्वृत्तं नूनं फलति साधुषु ।
दशाननो हरेत्सीतां बन्धनं स्यान् महोदधेः ॥
The king - Let the parrot go then. Parrot, you yourself then go with him and declare our will. The Parrot - As Your Majesty commands. But this crane is a villain; I will not go with him. For, it is said - A wicked man commits an evil deed, while its consequences are sure to be suffered by the good. Ravana carried away Sita, while the great ocean suffered confinement (had a bridge built over it).
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