Panchatantra · Sanskrit Story
The Four Friends
चत्वारः मित्राणि
पञ्चतन्त्र — मित्रलाभ (Book I, c. 300 BCE) · Beginner Sanskrit
Moral · नीतिः
एकेन कार्यं न सिध्यति — मित्रैः सर्वं सिध्यति।
ekena kāryaṃ na sidhyati — mitraiḥ sarvaṃ sidhyati.
“One alone cannot succeed — with friends, everything succeeds”
Four Unlikely Friends
वने एकः सरोवरः आसीत्। तत्र काकः, मूषकः, मृगः, कूर्मः च वसन्ति। ते प्रतिदिनं मिलन्ति। मित्रता एव जीवनस्य धनम् अस्ति।
In a forest there was a lake. There lived a crow, a mouse, a deer, and a tortoise. They met every day. Friendship itself is the wealth of life.
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