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VAJJĀLAGGAM to dry, ef = 74. a4t4 = 9144. DNM. VII 33 records ariter and arate in the sense of ani. Cf. Hindi quet, quatt(=966). 99 = 4.
158) ETHITERETE-Cf. st. 276, Fehralta. aga selfrespecting person. The idea in the second half is as follows: A servant need not make an humble request to his master for rewarding his services. His silent, devoted service itself is a request that he makes to his master and that is easily understood by a sympathetic and appreciative master.
159) This gātha expresses the belief that the internal teeth of an elephant are dark in colour. It may be only a poetical convention (aluma). facta 1911 = Etag by transposition of the two words in the compound. #814 is used here in the sense of FIERI (a case of H at farat). Argrafayt: unhelpful in chewing or mastication. Those servants, who are really helpful and hardworking are admitted to the interior of the house by the master, though they may be unattractive in their appearance. But those servants who are not helpful are kept outside, though they may be gaudy and attractive. The figure of speech is gegaat.
150) Cf. W (1881) 812 : TIẾs iz aiffets aaf 9695eti fiqoof OTETT FFS sur 11 Tag HŚ VIII. 2. 174 records 99 in the sense of het, strong, mighty. PLM 52 also records this word in the sense of समर्थ or प्रौढ. The word is to be traced to पक्क> पक्क, with the main are suffix -ripe, matured, full-grown, fully developed. dat is recorded in PLM 69 and and DNM V.1 in the sense of a cow. It is to be derived from dat reddish or tawny--a colour frequently met with in the case of cows. निप्पन्न = निष्पन्न. According to HŚ VII. 2.53 farqa would give rise to factThe form fuqa is used in Hala 691. सेवा सुहं कुणउ we should read सेवं in place of सेवा, as object of कुणउ, the subject being सेवओ (understood). सुहं = सुखम् unhesitatingly. There is no objection or harm in serving under a master, although service is humiliating in itself, provided one gets these three compensating advantages in return. The commentator, however, explains #91 ci şius by aut it.... uta: 1 धेनुवृषभरालकधान्येषु विद्यमानेषु सेवया अलम् |He seems to understand the situation as follows : These three things are extremely desirable and sum up or constitute wordly well-being. What more can one
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