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sees the raised ground but does not get to the shore, so do we who long for sensual pleasures, not follow the path of monks. (30)
Time elapses and quickly pass the days ; the pleasures of men are not permanent; they come to a man and leave him just as a bird leaves a tree void of fruit.' (31)
"If you are unable to abandon pleasure, then do noble actions, O king; following the Law, have compassion on all creatures: then you will become a god on entering a new existence. (32)
"If you have no intention of abandoning pleasure, and still long for undertakings and property, my long talk has been to no purpose. I go, king, farewell.” (33)
And Brahmadatta, king of the Pañkâlas, did not act on the counsel of the saint; he enjoyed the highest pleasure, and (afterwards) sank into the deepest hell. (34)
But Kitra the great sage, of excellent conduct and penance, was indifferent to pleasure; after he had practised the highest self-control, he reached the highest place of perfection. (35)
Thus I say.
FOURTEENTH LECTURE.
ISHUKÂRA. Having been gods in a former existence and lived in the same heavenly region, some were born (here below) in the ancient, wealthy, and famous
