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LECTURE IX.
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“Now, as this sacred tree Manorama is shaken by the storm, the birds, suffering, destitute of refuge, and miserable, scream aloud.' (10)
On hearing this, the king of gods, pursuing his reasons and arguments, answered the royal Seer Nami thus : (11)
“This is fire and storm, your palace is on fire! Reverend sir, why do you not look after your seraglio ?” (12)
Nami answered (see verse 8): (13)
'Happy are we, happy live we who call nothing our own; when Mithilâ is on fire, nothing is burned that belongs to me. (14)
To a monk who has left his sons and wives, and who has ceased to act, nothing pleasant can occur, nor anything unpleasant. (15)
There is much happiness for the sage, for the houseless monk, who is free from all ties, and knows himself to be single and unconnected (with the rest of the world). (16)
Indra answered (see verse 11): (17)
“Erect a wall, gates, and battlements; dig a moat; construct sata ghnisi: then you will be a Kshattriya.” (18)
Nami answered (see verse 8): (19)
Making Faith his fortress, Penance and Self-control the bolt (of its gate), Patience its strong wall, so that guarded in three ways 3 it is impregnable; making Zeal his bow, its string Carefulness in walking (iriyâ), and its top (where the string is
1 An instrument for defending a town.
? Gakkhasi. The commentator explains this as an imperative, but there is no necessity for it.
3 Tigutta, this is a pun on the three guptis.
