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the wise! I am of matured virtue: consider this, O Gamkri! 



9. Makha-dewa Jatakan, 



These grey hairs which from age have grown on my head, 

 are the messengers of the gods: this is the time for my reli- 

 gious seclusion from the world. 



10. Sukha-wihari Jatakan. 



Certainly, O King, he who disregards sensual enjoyments, who 

 neither has to protect others, nor to be protected by them, re- 

 poses in tranquil enjoyment. 



End of the section named Apannaka. 



11. Lakhana Jatakan. 



Prosperity attends the virtuous man who is prudent in counsel. 

 See Lakhana coming followed by the multitude of his relatives 

 whom he has carefully preserved ; and then look at this Kalo, 

 who has lost the whole of his relatives. 



12. Nigrodha-miga Jatakan. 



Attend upon Nigrodha but approach not Sakha. Death with 

 Nigrodha is better than life with Sakha. 



13. Kandina Jatakan. 



Disgraced is he who fiercely shoots with barbed arrows : dis- 

 graced is the country where a woman reigns ; but especially dis- 

 graced are they who subject themselves to female sway. 



14. Wata-miga Jatakan. 



Whether at home or abroad nothing is more evil than in- 

 dulgence in luxurious diet. By pleasing his palate Sanjaya 

 has subjected the deer, fleet as the winds, and trained him to 

 live in the house. 



15. Karadiya Jatakan. 



The spiral horned deer having seven times neglected the ad* 

 vice of the eight-hoofed Karadiya, she will no longer endeavor 

 to instruct him„ 



16. Tipallatta-miga Jatakan. 



The eight-hoofed deer, lying in three positions, acquainted 

 with mmy devices, drinking only at midnight, and putting one 



