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THE DVAIASHARAYA.
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What though we climb to Meru's peak, soar
bird-like through the sky, Grow rich by trade, or till the ground, or art
and science ply, Or vanquish all our earthly foes, we yield to
Fate's decree, W atc'er she nills can ne'er take place, whate'er
she wills must be. Whoe'er of merit hath a plenteous store,
Will savage woods a glorious city find, With gold and gems abounding every
shore, All regions blissful and all people kind,
Some r rses of an opposite tendency.* What is the use of living with the wise ? As well be friends with those that truth de
spise. Who loses time suffers no loss at all, Who justly deals shall find his profit small, Count him no hero who his sense subdues, A virtuous wife's no blessing one should
choose, Kuowledge is not a jewel men retain, And sovereign sway's a burden on the brain.
Once in a way the earth is blessed With one who breaks no bitter jest, But kindly speaks and all commends, Faithful to kinsmen, wife, and friends. Though scorned the war of constant soul Preserves unchanged his self-control, In vain men trample on the fire,
For upward still its flames aspire. That hero whose obdurate breat is stoeled
'Gainst sidelong shafts of love and anger's fire,
Nor devious drawn with cords of vain desire, Might stand against three worlds in open field. Whoe'er with gentle nature charms The world, all hurtfal things disarms, Finds flames as mountain streamlets cool, And Ocean calm as summer pool, The lion as the roe-deer meek, Mount Meru but a tiny peak, A cobra but a wreath of Howers, And poison-draughts like nectar-showers. Great-hearted men wonld sooner part with lifo
Than honour, as their mother ever dear,
To which in evil days they still ad here, Nor wage with self-respect unholy strife.
THE DVAIASHARAYA.
Continued from p. 236.) The Thirteenth Sargs.
| in this terrible jangal at this season P" Ho After this Bår bårt presented gold, jewels, answered, “There is a city in Patal named &c.--many presents, to the Raja to secure his Bhogavatîpuri, where dwells tho Naga favour. He began to serve Jayasinha, as all Raja Ratnach uda, whose son Kanaka. the Kshatriyas served him, and molested no one | chuda I am. I come hither because of a in the country, and without waiting Jayasiñha's quarrel with a Naga Kuivara, named Daman, commands he devoted himself to the protection with whom I was studying." of the sacrifices, so that Jayasiñha was greatly Then Jayasiñha gave assistance to this Kapleased with him.
nakachuda. The Näga then granted a boon One night the Raja went out privately to see to the Raja--"You shall conquer the whole the state of the city. He heard the wise prais- world." He then returned with his wifo to ing the Raja, and the Thags abusing him. He Patal, and the king went back to the city. went on to the house of a fisherman, and
The Fourteenth Sarga. wandering thence he reached the banks of the King Jayasinha went out in the morning to Sarasvati. He found himself next in a great make salutation to the Deva and the Guru. He jangal, where, at night, the owls were killing exercised his horse and went out on an elephant the crows. In this jangal Jay liha saw a to take the air, but being wakeful he did not pair--a man and woman. The ha asked the sleep, so no one knew that he wandered about man, "Who are you? Who is the woman at night. The Raja by this practice of wanderwith you? And why are you wandering about ing about at night subdued to himself the • This is only applicable to the first stanza.
date 1 Samvat 1966, belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society + Styled Varpark, the lord of Ujjain, ina copper-plate -300 Ras Mala, vol. I. p. 00.
