144 A brief Notice of the Sabhdshita Eatna Nidhi. [No. 2. 



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from Vyasa, Valmiki, Akshapada, &c, I adore the Sovereign of 

 men, the All-knowing, The exhibition of judicious reflexions upon 

 all sorts of worldly affairs, and upon the conduct of the virtuous 

 (holy or excellent) men, without offending (in all these) against 

 good morals, is called " A Precious Treasure of Elegant Sayings" 



I. Beelection on the Wise. (*r[z?y^[ zj^Ej'q). 



Note. — The word EJ^E] T ^| (critical investigation) is added, in the text, to the 

 subject of each chapter, but, in this extract, it will be left out. — See the Tibetan Text. 



1. Were you to die the next year, acquire science : though in 

 this life you cannot become wise, in your future birth, it will be a 

 recommendatory precious thing, if taken with you. 



2. If you are a talented man, every one gathers round about 

 you, without being called ; a scented flower, though it be at a far dis- 

 tance, is surrounded with a cloud of swarming wasps. 



3. A wise man, though possessed of immense perfections, will 

 learn from others ; and by such continual practice, he will at last 

 arrive at omniscience. 



