Indian Antiquary Vol 31

SR No.: 032523
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 556
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[OCTOBER, 1902.
61. By Cupid, the green-bowed god, are all men in the world suddenly deluded, who then in this respect is noble? who is abject?
62. There is no living between earth and sky for the pain of the wounds inflicted by Cupid. How can a man live who deserts the wife of his home?
63. Those who give their word, and break it, are lost to all shame: he who disregards distress is vile : and croel is he who, after contracting friendship, grieves his friend.
64. He is a fool, who, listening to his factious wife, quits his brothers and separates himself from them. Can a man swim in the Godavari by holding on to a dog's tail?
65. If he joins himself to the vile, and associates with him, he will be ruined, whoever he be. It is like drinking milk under & palm-tree.
66. Rice dressed without ghee is, I protest to thee, mere grass; a dinner without herbs is only fit for dogs.
67. When women and men are heated by fulness of meal, they say that they are tormented by Cupid. But when they have no food to eat, what becomes of that god's power?
68. We admire all women without discrimination, whoever thoy be; we melt as gum would do in the flame of destruction: this strong cupidity plunges as in unspeakable troubles.
69. The base wretch who forms criminal connections, equally unstable and infamous, and plays fast and loose with others, shall, like a young ass, suddenly be destroyed.
70. He who isills many men, and slays the poor, and plunders the villages to fill his belly, go where he will, Yama will find and destroy him.
71. We take a skin and form it into an elegant pappet; we make it play, and then throw it away. But who can see Him who thus plays with us as puppets ?
72. A stone in the shoe, a gadfly in the ear, a mote in the eye, a thorn in the foot, and a quarrel in a family, however small in themselves, are unspeakably tormenting.
73. Can an ass comprehend the fragrance of perfumes P does a dog know good from bad ? can the light fool understand the holy separation of him who serves God ?
74. The recluseness of a dog! the meditations of a crane! the chanting of an ass! the bathing of a frog! Ah, why will ye not try to know your own hearts !
75. Better is the humble washerman than the empty student; better is the house-dog than the inanimate household goddess; and better thar. all demi-gods is the Lord of the Universe.
76. He that is hungry forgets every religious tio; all parity of heart disappears in the dark; and pregnancy destroys all former plumpness of body.
77. Marriage contracts, given and received with friendship, shall not lead to decrees, but shall flourish, spreading as a lotus plant does over the water, blossoming, budding, and bearing abundant fruit.
78. During life he restrains not his lusts; but when death approaches he turns recluse : unless thou subdue thy heart, how shalt thou attain release ?
79. What poet or what god is there free from darts of love P This is mere desire, not love of wisdom. Poets and demi-gods are all mere libertines.
80. When a man has feasted and sits at his case, should be see a woman he is touched with love, the vigour given by food fills the body with cupidity.