3^2 AN' INDIAN GRANT OF LAND 



Nevertheless, neglecl isjkowii to the felicity of de- 

 parted anceflors. Oh ! how aftonifhing are the efforts 

 of men ! 



And thus. — Youth is publickly-fwallowed-up-by-the- 

 giantefs Old-Age-admitted-into-its-inner-manfion j and 

 thebodily-frame-is-equally-obnoxious-to-the-affault-of- 

 death-of-age-and-the-mifery-bom-with-man-of-fepara- 

 tion-between-united-friends-like-falling-from -heaven- 

 into-the-lower-regions. Riches and life are two things 

 more-moveable than-a-drop of-water-trembling-on-the- 

 ieaf-of-a-lotos-fhaken-by-the-wind : and the world is 

 like-the-firft delicate-foliage-of-a-plantain-tree. Con- 

 fidering this in fecret with a firm difpaffionate under- 

 ftanding, and alfo the fruit of liberal donations men- 

 tioned by the wife, I called to mind thefe 



STANZAS. 



1. In the Sdtya, Tretd and Dwdper Ages, great 

 piety was celebrated : but in this Caliyuga, the Muni's 

 have nothing to commend but liberality. 



2. Not fo productive of fruit is learning, not fo pro- 

 ductive is pietv, as liberality, fay the Muni's, in this 

 Call Age. And thus was it faid by the Divine Vydja. 



3. Gold was the firft offspring of Fire ; the Earth is 

 the daughter of Vi/Iinu, and kine are the children of the 

 Sun : the three worlds, there/ore, are affuredly given 

 by Him, who makes a gift of gold, earth, and cattle. 



4. Our deceafed fathers clap their hands, our grand- 

 fathers exult -, faying, " A donor of land is born in our 

 " family ; he will redeem us." 



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