Hitopdesh • Chapter 5 • Shloka 135
राजाह -- भवन्तो
महान्तः पण्डिताश्च । तद् अत्रास्माकं यथाकार्यमुपदिश्यताम् ।
मन्त्री ब्रूते -- आः किमेवमुच्यते ।
आधिव्याधिपरीतापादद्य श्वो वा विनाशिने ।
को हि नाम शरीराय धर्मापेतं समाचरेत् ॥
The king said - Your Honour is profoundly learned. You should therefore tell us what is best to be done. The minister replied - Ah, why do you ask me this? Who will act unrighteous for the sake of the body which, owing to mental or bodily affliction, must fall today or tomorrow (i.e., at any moment)?
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