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29. Asraddheyam na vaktavyan pratyaksam yadi drsyate /
tathā vānara-sangītam tathā tarati sa silā // 4.1193, p. 481.
This is quoted to emphasize that one should not talk about impossible matters to elders, even though one might have seen them with their own eyes. This verse has been preserved in the Subhāṣita-ratna-bhāņdāgāra (p. 162, no. 416) with some variations, namely, 'Asambhavyam'at the beginning of the first quarter,'api for'yadi' in the second quarter, and silā tarati pāniyam'and'gitam gāyati vānarah' with the exchange of the third and the fourth quarters.
30. Jivantyām api yady upaiti dayito manye kalankas tadā
tasmin snigdha-jane viyogini katham prāṇān nidadhyām aham / Mrtyus-cen na hi tat-samāgama-sukham tasyāpi mrtyur-dhruvam kastam tad-viraho vikalpa-bahulam dolāyate me manah //
4.1211, p. 483.
This is quoted by way of a reflection by Anangasenā when her companions try to lure her to a life of a free-lancer.
31. Hasati hasati svaminy-uccai rudaty-atiroditi
krta-parikaraṁ svedodvāri pradhāvati dhāvati / Guna-samuditam dosopetam pranindati nindati dhana-lava-parikrītam jantum pranrtyati nrtyati //
4.1275, p. 488. This is quoted to condemn those who have made their selves subservient to their masters for the sake of a few bucks.
32. Ārādhya bhūpatim-avāpya tato dhanāni
bhoksyāmahe kila vayam satataṁ sukhāni / Ity āśayā bata vimohita-mānasānām kālah prayāti maranāvadhir-eva pumsām // 4.1277, p. 488.
This is quoted in connection with the reflection of a son who finds his father suffering even after serving a king for a long time. This verse occurs in the Subhasitāvali (3258) of Vallabhadeva, with some variations, namely, 'bhuñjāmahe' for 'bhoksyāmahe' and 'vayam iha' for 'kila vayam' in the second quarter, and 'jagama' for 'prayāti' in the last one. 33. Kartuṁ na prakațāṁ sphuran-nava-nava-praudhārtha-drstim mayā
no tattvāni nivestum atra bhagavat-siddhānta-siddhāni vā /
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