Hitopdesh • Chapter 5 • Shloka 95
कौण्डिन्यो ब्रूते -- एवमेव । ततोऽहं तेन शोकाकुलेन
ब्राह्मणेन शप्तः यदद्यारभ्य मण्डूकानां वाहनं भविष्यस् इति ।
कपिलो ब्रूते -- संप्रत्युपदेशासहिष्णुर्भवान् ।
शोकाविष्टं ते हृदयम् । तथापि कार्यं शृणु ।
सङ्गः सर्वात्मना त्याज्यः स चेत्त्यक्तुं न शक्यते ।
स सद्भिः सह कर्तव्यः सतां सङ्गो हि भेषजम् ॥
Kaundinya said - Just so. Then the Brahmana, afflicted with sorrow, cursed me, saying - 'From to-day you shall be the carrier of serpents.' Kapila said - Now you are incapable of listening to advice. Your heart is heavy with grief. Still, hear what is fit to be done. Association (with other persons) should be given up by all means; if it cannot be given up it should be made with the good; for the company of the good is a medicine (for the disease of attachment to worldly things).
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