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           Chapter Twelve .......................................... 269

           The blessed gṛhastha; the glories of charity to a qualifi ed brāhmaṇa;
           who is happy in this world; who pollutes even the jackal; the
           exclamation of the  mṛdaṅga’s  beat; who can erase what Lord
           Brahmā has ordained; wicked men become saintly in the company of

           devotees; devotees are holy places personified; as a worm survives in
           poison; a house which is like a funeral pyre; the kinsmen of a sādhu;
           immediately engage yourself in dharma; sources of joy; another’s
           wife as one’s mother; praise of Lord Rāma; who to learn from; who
           is swiftly ruined; the intelligent should be concerned about dharma;
           gradually accumulate knowledge, virtue and wealth; a wicked person
           never changes.


           Chapter Thirteen ........................................ 295
           A life of only a moment is successful; deal only with the present;
           how to please others; the character of great souls; attachment is the
           root of all grief; the fatalist is ruined; subjects follow the king; dead
           though living; nipples on a goat’s neck; the hearts of base men burn;
           the mind alone is responsible for bondage or liberation; shed bodily

           identification; learn contentment; good or bad deeds follow us; he
           whose actions are disorganized; how the student acquires knowledge;
           the wise act after due circumspection; guru should be worshipped; a
           sādhu will never swerve from the spiritual path; three gems upon this
           earth.

           Chapter Fourteen ....................................... 313

           Fruits of the tree of sins; the body can never be regained; overcome
           the enemy; what spreads according to one’s nature; the state of
           mind at the burning  ghāṭa;  intelligence before sinning and during
           repentance; do not feel proud; he who lives in our mind is near; speak
           pleasingly if in need of a favor; association from a proper distance;
           be cautious with six causes of death; he who is virtuous is living; the


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