Hitopdesh • Chapter 5 • Shloka 100
राजाह -- कथमेतत् ।
दूरदर्शी कथयति --
॥ कथा १२ ॥
अस्त्युज्जयिन्यां माधवो नाम विप्रः । तस्य ब्राह्मणी प्रसूता ।
सा बालापत्यस्य रक्षार्थं ब्राह्मणमवस्थाप्य स्नातुं गता ।
अथ ब्राह्मणाय राज्ञः पार्वणश्राद्धं दातुमाह्वानमागतम् । तच्छ्रुत्वा
ब्राह्मणः सहजदारिद्र्यादचिन्तयत् -- यदि सत्वरं न
गच्छामि तत्रान्यः कश्चिछ्राद्धं ग्रहीष्यति । यतः ।
आदानस्य प्रदानस्य कर्तव्यस्य च कर्मणः ।
क्षिप्रमक्रियमाणस्य कालः पिबति तद्रसम् ॥
The king asked how it was. Duradarsi thus related - There lived in Ujjayini a Brahmana, named Madhava. His wife who had been brought to bed left the Brahmana in charge of her infant child and went out to bathe. In the meantime, the Brahmana received an invitation from the king to receive the presents to be given on the occasion of the Paryana Sraddha. On getting that the Brahmana, being naturally poor, thought to himself - If I do not go quickly some other Brahmana will take the presents. For, if what is to be taken, what is to be given and what is to be done be not quickly attended to, time saps their best essence.
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