कृपणं तु मनो राजन्पेलवेऽपि निमज्जति ।कार्ये गोष्पदतोयेऽपि जीर्णाङ्गो मशको यथा
In plain words
But a mean mind, O king, sinks even in trivial matters -- even in the water of a cow's hoof-print, as a feeble, worn-out mosquito drowns.
कृपणं तु मनो राजन्पेलवेऽपि निमज्जति ।कार्ये गोष्पदतोयेऽपि जीर्णाङ्गो मशको यथा
But a mean mind, O king, sinks even in trivial matters -- even in the water of a cow's hoof-print, as a feeble, worn-out mosquito drowns.