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OCTOBER, 1902.) SOME MILE STONES IN TELUGU LITERATURE.
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81. In this world riches form the chief object; on wealth does the due performance of every duty depend; virtue is the origin of every blessing; and final beatitude depends on the conduct of our own hearts.
82. Conduct thyself so as to beware of three sins: disobedience to thy mother, rebellion against thy father, and despising thy elder brother.
83. Why should a man grieve because he lacks the wealth which he sees heaped up in the house of others ? In his former birth he died without attempting to perform any charitable act, and now reaps the fruit of that life.
84. The alms that are bestowed without being asked shall unsought return to you; whatever we give, being asked, so much shall return on our asking: and he who bestows nothing shall receive nothing.
85. If an unlucky fool should even find the philosopher's stone, it would never remain in his hands but vanish; it would melt away like the hailstones that come with rain.
86. He who values himself on his wealth and bestows none on others, revelling on riches, shall in the end perish and never see good.
87. When a woman has by her virtues acquired lasting celebrity, and men remember her excellence, how can we too highly esteem her devotion to her husband ?
88. Wisdom is the teacher : the human heart is absolate ignorance; but when we fall into a giddy state of fluctuation between these two principles - until that giddiness is dissipated neither of these can be distinguished.
89. No man in the world considers truly who he is; alas, he cannot know his whole nature ! How shall man learn to know himself
90. If they see a man of property, women will lay their vests for his feet to walk on; but if they meet one who has lost his possessions, they hold him no better than a walking corpse.
91. If eaten out of due time, even food turns to poison; if we even see it with the eye, we loathe it; whatever you eat with disgust is fatal as venom.
92. Through anger we suffer degradation : wrath leads to grief ; repress anger and all thy wishes shall be attained.
93. Poverty makes a man's relations his foes; by poverty we fail of attaining heaven; and through want we lose credit with the lender.
94. When a man has attained power and dominion, if he does not saccour the poor and ruined, of what profit is his influence or existence ?
95. Young men trample on the conduct they formerly practised, and adopt new manners. They bid their mother begone, they afflict her, and give their wealth to strange women.
96. To sport with fire or with a light man, with your neighbour's wife, or with a fallen wretch-all tend to death.
97. Till his lusts are quelled, no man can be freed from earthly ties: until he is thus freed, he is no hermit; unless thou become an ascetic, thy lasts shall not be estroyed !
98. When even a lion is emaciated even a starved dog can torment him; when we are powerless all our undertakings are vain.
99. Let us forget every sinful connection ; let us forget every contention, and the faults of others - but never let us forget the good done to us.
100. If, ignorant of his own powers, and those of his opponent, a man blusters and indulges in wrath, he is like a bear performing the torch dance, in which he will, of course, be burnt,
