Hitopdesh • Chapter 4 • Shloka 60
अतोऽहं ब्रवीमि -- आत्मपक्षं परित्यज्य इत्यादि ।
राजाह -- यद्येवं तथापि
दृश्यतां तावदयं दूराद् आगतः । तत्संग्रहे विचारः कार्यः ।
चक्रो ब्रूते -- देव प्रणिधिः
प्रहितो दुर्ग्श्च सज्जीकृतः । अतः शुकोऽप्यालोक्य प्रस्थाप्यताम् । किं तु
नन्दं जघान चाणक्यस्तीक्ष्णदूतप्रयोगतः ।
तच्छूरान्तरितं दूतं पश्येद्धीरसमन्वितः ॥
I say, therefore - That fool who having left off his own side etc. The king - Although this is the case, still he must be seen as he has come from a distance. We shall consider the question of his being retained here. The minister - Please Your Highness, the emissary has been sent and the castle put in readiness. Let the parrot, therefore, be granted an interview and dismissed. But Chanakya killed Nanda through the agency of a sharp spy. One should, therefore, see an emissary, accompanied by wise men and with brave men intervening.
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