0903001a tato 'nyedyur alaGMkAravatIpArzvasthitaM sakhA THEN, on the next day, when naravāhanadatta was in the company of Alaṅkāravatī,
0903001c naravAhanadattanM tamM marubhUtir vyajijJapat his friend marubhUti said to him :
0903002a pazya pazya varAko 'yanM deva kArpaTikas tava “See, King, this miserable dependent[1] of yours
0903002c carmakhaNDaikavasano jaTAlaH kRzadhUsaraH remains clothed with one garment of leather, with matted hair, thin and dirty,
0903003a siMhadvArAd divArAtraM zIte vApy Atape 'pi vA and the royal gate, day or night, in cold or heat
0903003c na calaty eva tan nAsya kim adyApi prasIdasi he never leaves; so why do you not show him favour at last?
0903004a kAle dattaM varaM hy alpam akAle bahunApi kim For it is better that a little should be given in time, than much when it is too late;
0903004c tad yAvan mriyate naiSa tAvad asya kRpAGM kuru so have mercy on him before he dies.”
0903005a tac chrutvA gomukho 'vAdIt sAdhUktamM marubhUtinA When Gomukha heard this, he said: “marubhūti speaks well,
0903005c kimM punar nAparAdho 'sti tava devAtra kazcana but you, King, are not the least in fault in this matter;
0903006a kSayo yAvan na vRtto hi pApasya paripanthinaH because, until the evil that stands in the way is removed,
0903006c tAvad dAnapravRtto 'pi dAtuM zaknoti na prabhuH a king, even though disposed to give, cannot give;
0903007a parikSINe punaH pApe vAryamANo 'pi yatnataH but when a man’s guilt is effaced a king gives, though strenuously dissuaded from doing so;
0903007c IzvaraH pradadAty eva karmAyattam idaM kila God gives it, it depends on works.
0903008a tathA ca lakSadattasya rAjJaH kArpaTikasya ca And à propos of this
0903008c labdhadattasya devaitAGM kathAm AkhyAmi te zRNu I will tell you, O King, the story of lakSadatta the king, and Labdhadatta the dependent. Listen.
0903009a abhUl lakSapuranM nAma nagaraM vasudhAtale There was on the earth a city named lakṣapura.
0903009c tatrAsIl lakSadattAkhyas tyAginAm agraNIr nRpaH In it there lived a king named lakṣadatta, chief of generous men.
