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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[OCTOBER, 1912,
20. Speech may be corrected so as to be without irregularity; a stone may be carved into a 'fine form; but the mind can never be altered, no, not in the best of men.
21. The mind cannot see God as long as it is in this life ; but convert thy body into a temple, and restrain thyself, give up all worldly thoughts, and see Him with thy internal eye.
22. If we love Him, He will love us ; it we love not Him, never will He love us : all our display, all our hypocrisy, will be of no avail.
23. When the sons of the earth see the holy saint, they revile him, but cannot understand him. Can the hand discern ambrosia from other tastes ?
24. If in the time of her husband a woman labours, she shall enjoy comfort in the time of her sons; all, however great, participate in wealth and poverty. The strength of strong Bons is the greatest of all.
25. With such eyes as these how can we view the deity ? l'he eyes that see him are different, the vision is diverse. Must not we look to him with an internal eye ?
26. He beaps up wealth, and gives none in charity: he consumes it not himself, but hides it! Will not the bee that stores up honey yield it by force to the traveller?
27. Water mingled with milk bears the appearance of milk; and thus becomes acceptable in sacred rites : thus, by intercourse with the pure and excellent, shall even the foolish attain perfection,
28. A stone ball may be broken; the very hills may be reduced to dust, but the heart of the cruel man can be melted by nothing.
29. Talking is one thing, and the temper of mind is another : the qualities of the body tend one way, and our intention another! How shall we attain salvation 1 and what path is this we are pursuing ?
30. However many days he lives, however long he is learning, and however he is distinguished, in a few days he dies, and is turned to earth, with all his skill.
31. If there be one dry tree in a forest, it will produce flame by friction and sweep away all the rest : thus it a base wretch be born in a noble race, he will destroy it all.
32. The wicked wretch considers the wealth in his house as his own for ever, and hides it in the earth! Yet he cannot carry a cowry or a farthing with him when he dies.
33. Theft and whoredom are alike in the world; the adulteregs is full of apprehensions, like the thief who dares not view the beauty of moonlight.
34. Vain desire suffers not to attain our end; it only plunges us in troubles, and drags.us along; it prevents faith from being bora in men.
35. If a mighty prince takes a light man by the hand, his word will be current in the world. If merchants own them, do not even shells act for money?
36. To whom does your body belong, which you nourish 80 carefully ? Whose is your wealth that you should hide it ? To whom does the soul appertain that it should not leave the body?
37. Though he roam to Concan, no dog will turn into a lion; going to Benares will make no pig an elephant ; and no pilgrimage will make a Brahman of one whose nature is different.
38. If anthority be given to a low-minded man, he will chase away all the honorable : cana dog that gnaws shoes taste the sweetness of sugar-cane ?
39. Has the wife opposed her lord's commands ? She is no longer his mate but his fate. To such a wife a dwelling in the wilderness is preferable.
