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Contents

Chapter Nine ............................................ 202

Abandon the objects of sense desire; base men who gossip about the
secrets of others; no one has advised Lord Brahmā; the best medicine;
one who predicts eclipses must be a vidvān; the seven who should
be awakened; the seven who should not be awakened; dvijas who
are like serpents without poison; those who can neither control nor
protect; the show of terror; what to discuss over the day; how to be
blessed with Indra’s opulence; what becomes useful through exertion;
how to overcome poverty.

Chapter Ten ............................................. 216

Who is destitute; perform only deeds that are carefully considered;
some value enjoyment and others knowledge; what slips past the
observation of a poet; fate makes a beggar a king; who is whose enemy;
beasts in the form of men; bamboo will never become sandalwood;
a mirror to a blind man; there is no way to reform an evil man; the
consequences of offenses; living among relatives when reduced to
poverty; the brāhmaṇa is like a tree; who is at home in all the three

worlds; birds fly off in the morning; one who possesses intelligence is
strong; why be concerned for one’s maintenance; Sanskrit and other
languages; gradations of nutrition; diseases are nourished by sorrow.

Chapter Eleven .......................................... 244

Inbred qualities; one who abandons his community; elephants are
controlled by an aṅkuśa; in Kali-yuga, Lord Hari and the Gaṅgā
abandon the earth; those engrossed in family affairs cannot acquire
knowledge; a neem tree will never become sweet; mental impurities
cannot be washed away; an elephant pearl and a guñjā berry; eating
meals in silence; students should renounce eight fl aws; a vipra who
is called a ṛṣi; a brāhmaṇa who is called a dvija; a brāhmaṇa who is
actually a vaiśya; a brāhmaṇa who is actually a śūdra; a brāhmaṇa who
is actually a cat; a brāhmaṇa who is actually a mleccha; a brāhmaṇa
who is actually a cāṇḍāla; the fame of charitable personalities.

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