Panchatantra · Sanskrit Story
The Cat as Judge
न्यायाधीशः विडालः
पञ्चतन्त्र — Pañcatantra, Kakolūkīya · Beginner Sanskrit
Moral · नीतिः
स्वार्थी न्यायाधीशः न भवेत्।
svārthī nyāyādhīśaḥ na bhavet.
“A self-interested person should not be a judge.”
The Empty Burrow
एकस्मिन् वने एकः शशः आसीत्। तस्य नाम शीघ्रगः। सः प्रतिदिनं आहारार्थं दूरं गच्छति स्म। एकदा सः बहु दूरम् अगच्छत् — बहु विलम्बेन अगच्छत्। तस्य अनुपस्थितौ एकः कपिञ्जलः — शकुनिः — बिले प्राविशत्। सः बिले सुखेन अनिद्रत्।
In a certain forest there was a rabbit. His name was Shighraga. He would go far away every day to find food. One day he went very far — he came back very late. During his absence, a partridge — a bird — entered his burrow. The partridge slept happily in the burrow.
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