ANCIENT INSCRIPTIONS. I37 



In the 2d part of No. I. 



cc Having firft broken the (tone (that clofes thy 

 <c cave) come here fecretly, old man, that thou mayeft 

 <c obtain the object of thy delire. Thy fufferings vex 

 <c me fore." 



In the 3d part of No. I. 



c< O, mod: unfortunate, the wicked is come." 



In the 4th part of No. I. 



Yudisktira and his followers being exhaufted with 

 their fufferings, made overtures of peace through 

 Vidura and Vya'sa. They had at firft fome hope of 

 fuccefs, when fuddenly an end was put to the negocia- 

 tion, and affairs took another turn. This piece of 

 intelligence they conveyed to Yudishtira in the fol- 

 lowing manner: 



4th. " Another word." 



This expreilion, is an adverbial form, is ftill in ufe 

 to exprefs the fame thing. 



No. III. 



Cf O, worthy man, O, Hara-bara," {Hara-bara, the 

 name of Mahade'va, twice exprefTed, is an exclama- 

 tion ufed by people in great diftrefs,) £f afcend into thy 

 < c cave — Hence fend letters — But into thy cave go fe- 

 " cretlv." 



No. IV. 



<c Thou wilt foon perceive that they are leagued to- 

 gether, and that their bellies (appetites)^are the 

 only rule of their conduct. Decline their friend- 

 (hip — See the door of yon cave — Break it open, 

 (and conceal thyfelf therein.") 



No. V. 



" Go into the town immediately — But do not mix 



" with them — Keep thyfelf feparate as the lotos (from 



4 "the 



Ct 





