OF BHARTRHARI'S NITI SATAKAM.
BY PROF. C. H. TAWNEY, M.A., CALCUTTA.
(Con; p. 4.)
On Wealth* Down, to the lowest pit with rank, and gifts that all admire ; Hurl virtue headlong from the steep, hnrn pedigrees with fire; On valour let the holt descend : for wealth alone we pray, Without which noble qualities are vil • &fl mouldy bay- With mind and senses unimpaired, In act and voice the same, He moves among us like a ghost, Wealth's warmth has left his frame-. The man of means is eloquent. Brave, handsome, noble, wise ; All qualities with gold are sent, And vanish when itfli The king by evil counsel falls, By wOtkUinesS the saint.. Brahmans by want of sacred lore, Bad friend3 good manners taint i Indulgence spoils a son, and he Upon his race brings shame, Continual absence poisons love, Neglect cool* friendship's (lame ; , Carelessness ruins husbandry. Wrong Gaps A nation's health, Wine chases modesty, nntln -ilt And largess squander wealth. Three courses open lie to wealth, to give, enjoy, or lose ; Who shrinkoth from the former two, perforce the third doth choose. Less in size the polished jewel, but its rays far brighter gleam, Who regrets the dwindling sandbanks when boon autumn swells the stream ? (ilorious we hold the victor, I s life-blood gild the plain, Such the generous soul's undoing, that which seemeth loss is gain. • These stanzas have no heading in the Bombay edition, hot th^y refer principally U> wealth utq I almam. On p. Salter iHi Huh tlif following un aranghe-: — Water w£D terra to pul iasi the in-at, A sharp houk guides the elephant, the ox and ass w Lo ! the same man who longs for a handful of meal As a treasure of infinite worth, When his hunger is sated, esteems not a straw All the riches and glories of earth; Hence this moral we draw— in this transient world Nothing's trifling or great in itself, 'Tis the mind that | its own hues on t he- mass. Now 'tis gold, now 'tis counted but pelf. King, if thou wish the earth to yield to thee the milk of wealth, s offspring, let thy care he for thy pie's health, For if bhon watch to do them good with seldom- Bleeping eyes, Thy realms with golden fruits shall bloom like is of Paradise. Grasping and bountiful, cruel and kind, Savage and mercit nl and blind, ,i"nl and treacherous, policy's art Cluingeth its shape as an actress her part. Fame. he power to give and spend, •.iimays, help a friend. These blej rings rto b oonrtier's lot; its bis toil who gains them c Fate writes upon thy brow at birth the limits of tlr. In barren wilds, on Meru 1 B peak, 'tis m i Then cringe tbon not to wealthy men, but Ik ihv looks be free, A pitcher from a pool is filled, as well as from sea. Well spake the c/titlakf to the cloud, " By thee alone we live, This all men know, then why require Our prayers before thou give ?" Disease wo cure with doctor's stuff, the serpent's bito with charms — ■ Ai_r-.iin.-t t h*.- fool, the worst of ilia, nature provide* do arum. t A bird that tires upon rain-drops.
