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VAJJĀLAGGAM
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31*4) He who gives his reply in Sanskrit when Prakrit poetry is being recited-well, he smashes and destroys a bed (car-pet) of flowers by dashing a rock on it.
31*5) Poetry devoid of (flawless) metre, Sanskrit speech (speaking in Sanskrit) devoid of scrupulous observance of grammatical rules and pride (vanity) devoid of beauty of formnone of these three looks nice (charming).
34*6) Is that ever styled as poetry? Even if that (such socalled poetry) is composed, one (only) deceives himself thereby, since it does not move from one hand (person) to another, like the one and only son in a family.
31*7) Prakrit poetry and love perish if they are squeezedi (pressed or pursued) too hard (roughly). They lose their beauty if they are subjected to tooth-cuts (dental bites). Both of them are (therefore) said (3) to be soft (gentle, sensitive).
4. The Section on the Good
48*1) A righteous man-a veritable ocean of politeness and/ generosity is agitated (upset) in his mind, but does not speak bitter words; he does not play up the faults of others, (but) reveals their virtues (noble qualities); he does not get angry with even those who have got wild with him.
48*2) A righteous man, who grieves for (commiserates with) every afficted creature (that he comes across), does not experience so much happiness as he experiences sorrow.
48*3) Surely righteous men, while conniving at (neglecting) their own interests, are devoted to the furtherance of the interestsof others. The moon brightens up (whitens the earth, but does not wipe out the dark spot (on her orb).
48*4) May righteous men full of fortitude, who are given to speaking the truth, to carrying out whatever they have undertaken (or promised to do) and to discharging (successfully) their onerous responsibilities, and who always have a happy (cheerful) ook, live long (in this world).
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