Friend! gracious word!—the heart to tell is ill able Whence came to men this jewel of a syllable.
Golden-skin, the mouse-king (Hitopadesha)
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Book of Good Counsels, “The Winning of Friends”; translated from Sanskrit by Sir Edwin Arnold, in Hindu Literature (1900); Complete couplet voiced by Golden-skin when tortoise Slow-toes is captured. Full surrounding rescue episode read: mouse, crow and deer cooperate to free their friend. Origin
- The Book of Good Counsels, “The Winning of Friends”; translated from Sanskrit by Sir Edwin Arnold, in Hindu Literature (1900)
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