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Six evils, Gahapati, result from persons frequenting 

 places of public diversion. They are constantly enquiring 

 Where is there an exhibition of dancing ? Where is there 

 singing ? | Where is there instrumental music ? Where reci- 

 tion? Where sleight of hand? Where theatrical exhibitions. 



Six evils,^Grahapati, attend an addiction to gambling : 

 The winner is the object of hatred ; the loser is miserable ; 

 property is dissipated ; his word is not credited in courts of 

 law ; his friends and relatives are estranged from him ; and 

 he is not regarded as eligible for matrimonial alliances ; for 

 , a gamester cannot maintain a wife and family with respect- 

 ability. 



Six evils, Gahapati, result from associating with profli- 

 gate companions : Every gambler, every libertine, every 

 hard drinker, every rogue, every cheat, every burglar, 

 claims him as a friend. 



Six evils, Gahapati, are connected with indolence i he 

 says, It is very cold, and he does not work ; it is very hot, 

 and he does not work ; it is very late, and he does not work ; 

 it is very early, and he does not work ; he says, I am very 

 hungry, and he does not work ; I have eaten too much, and 

 he does not work. He thus lives neglectful of his occupa- 

 tions; he neither acquires fresh property, nor preserves 

 that which he had in his possession. Thus spake Bag aw a. 

 The excellent one having declared this, the teacher further 

 said : 



Some friends are only drinking companions ; others are 

 friends so long as it suits their convenience, and others for 

 the sake of gain. 



Lying in bed after the sun has arisen ; adulterous inter- 

 course with women ; an irritable disposition ; injustice to 

 others ; consorting with profligate companions, or being 

 greedy of enjoyment, are six things which lead a man to 

 ruin. 



By gaming, by profligacy, by debauching the wife dear 

 to the husband as his life, by debasing pursuits, and by 

 neglecting the study of wisdom, the honor of a man is ob- 

 scured, as the moon is obscured during the period of dark- 

 ness. 



He whose friends are sinful^whose associates are profli- 

 gate, and whose instructors are unholy, will be ruined in 

 this world and in that which is to come. 



Gaming, whoredom, drinking, singing and dancing, sleep- 

 ing by day and wandering about by night, and an insatiate 

 thirst for pleasure, are six things which ruin a man. 



