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Hitopadesha (Sanskrit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit>
:हितà¥à¤ªà¤¦à¥à¤¶ HitopadeÅa) is a collection of
Sanskrit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit> fables
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable> in prose and verse written in the
12 century C.E. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_century_C.E.> It is an
independent treatment of the Panchatantra
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchatantra> .[1]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitopadesha#cite_note-0> It is meant as
an exposition on statecraft (including the conduct of war and peace and
the development of allies) but was produced in a format easily
digestible for young princes.
ghRtakumbhasamaa naarii, taptaan.gaarasamaH pumaan.tasmaad ghRtaM ca
vahniM ca naikatra sthaapayed budhaH.
ghRta-kumbha-samaa naarii, tapta-an.gaara-samaH pumaan.tasmaat; ghRtam;
ca vahnim; ca na; ekatra sthaapayet; budhaH.
A woman is like a jar of butter, a man islike hot charcoal; a wise man
should neverkeep butter and fire in the same place.
A woman (naarii) is like (samaa: same [as]) a jar of butter
(ghRta-kumbha), a man (pumaan) is like (samaH) hot charcoal
(tapta-an.gara); [tasmaat: that's why(?)] a wise man (budhaH) should
never keep (na...sthaapayet) butter (ghRtam) and (ca) fire (vahnim) in
the same place (ekatra).
Translated by Judit Törzsök (~ tir-sirk; prolly a Hungarian family
name).
