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45 told me that the she-elephant was blind in the left eye. With the foot
prints of the elephant there were numerous other foot prints of men 4 and women and foot prints of horses. This indicated that the person 4 5 riding the elephant belonged to the royal family. A little further there
were clear signs of the elephant squatting down and a lady getting
down and going to a nearby clump of bushes to relieve herself. Some 45 strands of silk and a few long hair indicated that the lady was 15 married and extremely rich. Therefore I thought that she must be the \i queen. After urinating she got up leaving an imprint of her right Si palm on sand. This difficulty in getting up indicated that she was
pregnant. Observing her foot prints carefully I gathered that she was
favouring the left leg. Thus I knew that the delivery time was very u near. Other signs indicated that she will give birth to a male child."
The teacher looked at him with pride and contentment. The student continued—“When the pitcher slipped and broke 4 immediately after the old lady asked her question, I deduced that like 5 5 the sand made pitcher returned to its origin, the son has also i 5 returned to his mother." On hearing all this the teacher praised the
Modest. To the immodest he advised_“You do not follow my instructions, neither do you ponder over what you are taught and
remove your doubts. That is the reason you cannot acquire right and 4 perfect knowledge. I have been giving you the same lessons and at 5 the same time. But as you are not humble and modest your
knowledge is incomplete. This is not due to any partiality on my part.
It is the fault of your own attitude that is wanting in modesty and 55 sincerity.” The immodest got ashamed of his behaviour and started 5 his studies earnestly and humbly.
(See Illustration 18) 2. Economics-In the same way the right and perfect knowledge of economics is acquired only if one is humble.
3. Writing-The right and perfect skill of writing is also acquired 5 only if one is humble.
4. Mathematics-The right and perfect knowledge of 4 mathematics and all other subjects is also acquired only if one is humble.
5. The Well-A water diviner very humbly studied with his 45 teacher. He learned every lesson attentively and followed all श्री नन्दीसूत्र
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