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UTTARADHYAYANA.
'I had done actions derived from truth and purity, and now I enjoy their effect; is this also true in your case, Kitra ?' (9)
“Every good deed will bear its fruit to men; there is no escape from the effect of one's actions. Through riches and the highest pleasures my soul has got the reward for its virtues. (10)
"Know, Sambhûta, that you have got the reward of your virtues in the shape of great wealth and prosperity ; but know, O king, that is just so with Kitra; he also obtained prosperity and splendour. (11)
“A song of deep meaning condensed in words has been repeated in the midst of a crowd of men, (having heard) which monks of piety and virtues exert themselves in this (religion): I have become a Sramana.” (12)
Renowned are my beautiful palaces Ukka, Udaya, Madhu, Karka, and Brahman : this house, full of treasures and containing the finest products of the Pañkâlas, 0 Kitra?, regard it as your own! (13)
“Surround yourself with women who dance, and sing, and make music; enjoy these pleasures, O monk; I deem renunciation a hard thing.' (14)
As the virtuous Kitra, for old friendship's sake, loved the king who was attached to sensual pleasures, and as he had at heart his welfare, he spoke to him the following words: (15)
"All singing is but prattle, all dancing is but
1 The commentator constructs Kitra with dhanappa bhūya : full of manifold treasures; but Prof. Leumann is probably right in taking it as a vocative.
