यानि कानि च मित्राणि कर्तव्यानि शतानि च । पश्य मूषिक-मित्रेण कपोता मुक्त-बन्धनाः ॥
yāni kāni ca mitrāṇi kartavyāni śatāni ca | paśya mūṣika-mitreṇa kapotā mukta-bandhanāḥ ||
Make friends, whoever they may be, even a hundred of them: see, through their friend the mouse the pigeons were freed from their bonds.
जो कोई भी मिलें, मित्र बनाने चाहिए, चाहे सैकड़ों; देखो, चूहे जैसे मित्र के कारण कबूतर बंधन से छूट गए।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Don't judge a friendship by how big or important the other person seems. The person who gets you out of trouble may be someone you would have overlooked.
मित्रता को इस बात से न आँकें कि सामने वाला कितना बड़ा या महत्वपूर्ण दिखता है। जो आपको संकट से निकालेगा, वह शायद वही हो जिसे आप नज़रअंदाज़ कर देते।
The narrator's verse after Citragrīva and his flock fly off freed and Hiraṇyaka returns to his hole.