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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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