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the fatigue he incurs in travelling a good road', and they fall asleep. Wander on, therefore-wander on." So said the Brahman; and Rohita spent another year in the woods.
At the end of the third year the prince resumed his journey homewards. He was met as before by Indra in a human form, who said to him, “The prosperity of a man who sits down inactive sits also still. It rises np when he rises, it slumbers when he sleeps, and moves when he moves. Wander on, thereforepersist-wander on;" and Rohita remained a fourth year in the forests.
At the end of the fourth year, Rohita was again stopped by Indra, who said, “The sleeper is the Kali age; the awaker is the Dwapara; the riser is the Tretá, but the mover is the Krita age*. Wander on, therefore--wander on;" and Rohita tarried a fifth year in the woods.
At the close of the fifth year he was returning home, but as before Indra encountered him, and said, “The wanderer finds honey--the wanderer finds the sweet fig-tree. Behold the glory of the Sun, who, ever-moving, never reposes. Wander on, therefore —wander on.” So Rohita returned for the sixth year to the forests.
Whilst wandering thus in the woods he encountered the Rishi Ajígartta, the son of Suyavasa, who was
gh. The commentary says, “in going to tírthas," &c. * [Weber's Ind. Stud. I, 286.]
