Indian Antiquary Vol 02

SR No.: 032494
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jas Burgess
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 428
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 20 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[DECEMBER, 1873.
evil deeds, and, like the reed, never lose their clouds creep, a fort exceeding strong, shining hollowness. 2. Though the frog dwells always resplendent with the gems stored up in it, of in the beauteous and wide pool it never divests what benefit is it? The house of him who has itself of its slime ; and though those who have no beloved and excellent wife is to the view a no sound knowledge learn faultless and illus- dreadful forest. 2. Though they be guarded (as it trious sciences, yet they have not ability to were) with naked swords, with unrelaxing vigiunderstand them. 3. O good lord of the heaped- lance, should there be the smallest possible relaxa. up mountain land! while it is indecorous to extol tion of that vigilance, the period will be short the good qualities of persons before their faces, indeed before they begin to act ignominiously. what are those wretches' tongues made of, who, And long indeed will that period last during standing in the presence of those persons, de- which softly speaking females will not desire to clare their faults, for the purpose of destroying return to proper conduct. 3. The woman who their reputation ? 4. O beauteous and fair ma- bold in opposition threatens blows is as death. tron! women of high birth will not set off their She who resorts not to her kitchen betimes in the beauty by ornaments as slave-girls. Courtesans morning is an incurable disease, and she who who thus pride themselves on their dress will gives grudgingly the food she has prepared is pass away (fruitlessly) or despised by all, just a household devil. Women of these three like the sudden swelling of a river, which soon kinds are a destroying weapon to their huspasses off altogether. 5. Those inean persons bands. 4. Though he is advised to eschew are of the nature of the chisel, which without marriage, he eschews it not; though the sound being struck will not even penetrate a tender of the dead-drum pierces his ear he heeds it leaf, though resting upon it; they will give not. Moreover the wise say that the delusion nothing to the kind-hearted, but will give any. which leads him to think that matrimony is thing to those who employ force, if they meet indeed a pleasant state is & crime worthy to them. 6. The mountaineer thinks of his moun- | be punished by stoning. 5. The highest grade tains, the husbandman of his productive lands, i of virtue is living in persevering austerities. the wise think of the special benefits they have | The middle grade of virtue is living in mirreceived from others, and the fool thinks only! riage with wives who are dear to us. The of the abuse he has received. 7. For one good lowest grade of all is, thinking that money turn they have received from another the i does not come in fast enough, covetously to wise will endure a hundred evils afterwards
follow after and abide with those persons who inflicted. But if they have received a bundred know us not. 6. The chiefest of the learned good turns and have suffered only one evil are those who spend their time in learning turn, fools will consider the hundred good turns many sciences. The next in rank are those who as evil. 8. The base in prosperity will not do give to the worthy the goods acquired by merit these things which those who are of high birth in a former birth, and thus pass their time. The will do even in adversity. Though one place lowest of all are those who cannot sleep for rings of gold) upon the tusks of a hog, O envy, arising from the feeling that they have thon who hast eyes like a lance! it will never not fared luxuriously or obtained sufficient become a warlike elephant. 9. Many persons wealth. 7. As the fruitful shoot of the redfade away like the lotus-leaf (having been ob- I grained rice becomes afterwards itself red rice liged to alter their tone of spoech) after they and flourishes, O lord of the city (Indra) sarexultingly boasted of their intention to others, rounded by fruitful fields which are covered by saying, To-day we will grow rich; yea, this red rice! in the same manner the learning ot very day we will grow rich; after a time we the father becomes the learning of the son. will grow rich. 10. The serdei-plant, though 8. The wealthy and the excellent perish, while growing in water and green in colour, has no the sons of concubines and the base wax great, moisture in it. So the world has in it persons the lower place becoming the upper place. Thus who are as aseless as the great stony rocks, the world subsists, the lower part becoming the though they abound in great wealth.
upper part of an umbrella. 9. O good lord of CHAPTER 37.-Miscellanies.
the victorious mountain-land where the falling 1. Though it be a building on which the streams sweep along gems! it were better that