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assiduous about it, and keep it in practice; (198) for this is thy chief way for the maintenance of the body and preservation of the soul.'
CHAPTER III. 1. The sage asked the spirit of wisdom (2) thus : 'Is liberality good, or truth", (3) or gratitude 2, or wisdom, (4) or complete mindfulness 3, or contentment?'
5. The spirit of wisdom answered (6) thus : 'As to the soul it is liberality, as to all the world it is truth, (7) unto the sacred beings it is gratitude, as to a man's self - it is wisdom, (8) as to all business it is complete mindfulness, and as to the comfort of the body and the vanquishing of Aharman and the demons contentment is good.'
CHAPTER IV. 1. The sage asked the spirit of wisdom (2) thus : 'Which is a good work that is great and good ?'
3. The spirit of wisdom answered (4) thus : 'The greatest good work is liberality, and the second is truth and next-of-kin marriage 6. 5. The third is
1 K43 has or thy truth.' L19 has or is gratitude good.' 3 L19 has 'or is complete mindfulness good.' - Literally, 'the body of a man.'
• This was the meaning of the term khvêtûk-das when this work was written, but some centuries ago such marriages were discontinued, and the term was then confined to marriages between first cousins, as at present (see Sacred Books of the East, vol. xviii, app. III).
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