death of enemies, for persons would speak of the previous quarrels of their deceased sires before their surviving children.  Kings extinguish animosities by having recourse to conciliation but, when the opportunity comes, break their foes into pieces like earthen jars full of water dashed upon stone.  If the king does injury to any one, he should never trust him again.  By trusting a person who has been injured, one has to suffer great misery.

“Brahmadatta said, ’No man can obtain the fruition of any object by withholding his trust (from others).  By cherishing fear one is always obliged to live as a dead person.’

“Pujani said, ’He whose feet have become sore, certainly meets with a fall if he seeks to move, move he may howsoever cautiously.  A man who has got sore eyes, by opening them against the wind, finds them exceedingly pained by the wind.  He who, without knowing his own strength, sets foot on a wicked path and persists in walking along it, soon loses his very life as the consequence.  The man who, destitute of exertion, tills his land, disregarding the season of rain, never succeeds in obtaining a harvest.  He who takes every day food that is nutritive, be it bitter or astringent or palatable or sweet, enjoys a long life.  He, on the other hand, who disregards wholesome food and takes that which is injurious without an eye to consequences, soon meets with death.  Destiny and Exertion exist, depending upon each other.  They that are of high souls achieve good and great feats, while eunuchs only pay court to Destiny.  Be it harsh or mild, an act that is beneficial should be done.  The unfortunate man of inaction, however, is always overwhelmed by all sorts of calamity.  Therefore, abandoning everything else, one should put forth his energy.  Indeed, disregarding everything, men should do what is productive of good to themselves.  Knowledge, courage, cleverness, strength, and patience are said to be one’s natural friends.  They that are possessed of wisdom pass their lives in this world with the aid of these five.  Houses, precious metals, land, wife, and friends,—­these are said by the learned to be secondary sources of good.  A man may obtain them everywhere.  A person possessed of wisdom may be delighted everywhere.  Such a man shines everywhere.  He never inspires anybody with fear.  If sought to be frightened, he never yields to fear himself.  The wealth, however little, that is possessed at any time by an intelligent man is certain to increase.  Such a man does every act with cleverness.  In consequence of self-restraint, he succeeds in winning great fame.  Home-keeping men of little understanding have to put up with termagant wives that eat up their flesh like the progeny of a crab eating up their dam.  There are men who through loss of understanding become very cheerless at the prospect of leaving home.  They say unto themselves,—­These are our friends!  This is our country!  Alas, how shall we leave these?—­One should certainly