Hitopades

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SEPARATION OF FRIENDS. Afterwards the Princes said: Sir, the Acquisition of Friends has been heard thus far by us, now we are desirous to hear the Separation of Friends. Vishnusar- man replied: Let the Separation of Friends be heard, of which this (is) the first verse: ? 1. The great and increasing...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SEPARATION OF FRIENDS. Afterwards the Princes said: Sir, the Acquisition of Friends has been heard thus far by us, now we are desirous to hear the Separation of Friends. Vishnusar- man replied: Let the Separation of Friends be heard, of which this (is) the first verse: ? 1. The great and increasing friendship of a lion and a bull, in a wood, was destroyed by an envious and very greedy jackal. The Princes said: How (was) that ? Vishnuarman relates (as follows): On the southern road there is a city named Golden; (and) there a very wealthy merchant, named Prospering, dwells. Although his wealth was ample, (yet) seeing others (his) relatives extremely opulent, (his) opinion was that a further increase of wealth should be effected. For: ? 2. Whose greatness is not enhanced (by) looking lower and lower P Of a truth all are becoming poor (by) looking higher and higher. Moreover: ? 3. A man of whom there is abundant wealth is honoured, even the murderer of a Brahman; although equal in race to the Moon, (if) penniless he is despised. Again: ? 4. The non-persevering, the lazy, the fatalist, and one destitute of courage, Prosperity does not desire to embrace; just, indeed, as a young woman (does not desire to embrace) an old husband. Moreover: ? 5. Laziness, uxuriousness, sickness, tenderness for one's native place, contentment, (and) timidity, (are) the six obstacles to greatness. For: ? 6. He who is content with even very little wealth, ?Providence, I think, having done what was to have been done, t does not increase that (wealth) for him. Moreover: ? 7. May no woman whatever give birth to such a son as this?unenergetic, cheerless, non-courageous, the delight of his enemies. Thus truly has it been said: ? 8. One should desire to gain (...