Hitopdesh • Chapter 4 • Shloka 38
राजा विमृश्योवाच -- प्राप्तस्तावन्मयोत्तमः प्रणिधिः ।
मन्त्री ब्रूते -- तदा सङ्ग्रामविजयोऽपि प्राप्तः ।
अत्रान्तरे प्रतीहारः प्रविश्य
प्रणम्योवाच देव -- जम्बुद्वीपादागतो द्वारि शुकस्तिष्ठति ।
राजा चक्रवाकमालोकते । चक्रवाकेनोक्तम् -- कृतावासे तावद्गत्वा भवतु ।
पश्चादानीय द्रष्टव्यः ।
प्रतीहारस्तमावासस्थानं नीत्वा गतः ।
राजाह -- विग्रहस्तावदुपस्थितः ।
चक्रवाको ब्रूते -- देव तथापि सहसा विग्रहो न विधिः । यतः ।
सचिवः किं स मन्त्री वा य आदावेव भूपतिम् ।
युद्धोद्योगं स्वभूत्यागं निर्दिशत्यविचारितम् ॥
The king after reflecting - I have got the best emissary. The minister - Then success in battle too is got. Just then the doorkeeper, having entered, said after bowing - Sire, a parrot who has come from Jambudvipa is waiting at the door. The king looked at Chakravaka. Chakravaka said - let him first go to the residence prepared for him and wait there. We shall send for him afterwards and grant him an interview. The doorkeeper took the parrot to the residence and departed. The king - As for war it is imminent. Chakravaka - Still to go to war all at once is no wise policy. For, is he a servant or a counsellor, who, without due consideration, advises his sovereign at the outset to prepare for war or to quit his land?
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