Hitopdesh • Chapter 4 • Shloka 55
तदाहूयतां सारसः । तथानुष्ठिते सत्यागतं सारसमालोक्य
राजोवाच -- भोः सारस त्वं सत्वरं दुर्गमनुसंधेहि ।
सारसः प्रणम्योवाच -- देव दुर्गं तावदिदमेव चिरात्
सुनिरूपितमास्ते महत्सरः ।
किंत्वत्र मध्यवर्तिद्वीपे द्रव्यसङ्ग्रहः कार्यताम् । यतः ।
धान्यानां संग्रहो राजन्नुत्तमः सर्वसंग्रहात् ।
निक्षिप्तं हि मुखे रत्नं न कुर्यात्प्राणधारणम् ॥
Let Sarasa (crane) be called then. That being done, when Sarasa came the king looked at him and said - Sarasa, quickly attend to the fitting up of a fortress. Sarasa replied after bowing - As for a fortress, Sire, I have long well marked this large lake as such; only let a stock of provisions be ordered to be laid up in the island which is in its centre. For, the store of grains, O king, is the best of all stores; because a jewel put into the mouth cannot support life.
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