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,92ANDHRA KARNATA JAINISM. them that the evalue of their influence over their pupils can be safely judged.
The following is a summary of such views : (á) “ He is an intefiigent prince whose mind is disciplined by education. Long-standing happiness does not fall to a person who, like the lion, always rests his claim for respect solely on his prowess. He that is not cultivated by the sastras, becomes, like an unarmed hero, a target for all, his capabilities netwithstanding. In the realisation of what transcends the naked eye, the sastra is like a third eye. A person in possession of sight is as good as a blind man if he has not made himself arquainted with the sastras (sciences). It is better for a kingdom to be in anarchy rather than to be under «an ignorant and pig-headed person. A king's son, though high born, like an unpolished diamond does not deserve leadership or sovereignty, if' uncultivated.............. The qualities that make a prince intelligent and capable are discipleship, hearing, comprehension, memory, criticism, imagination, inference and the appreciation of the nature and tendency of things."
“A king who does not cultivate the company of the highly educated is sure to be ruined like the uncontrolled elephant let loose. Though he is not well learned, he acquires a good deal of knowledge by the association with learned persons of character. Pupils generally follow the character of their gurus. Hence he
