OF THE ANCIENT HINDUS. 293 



254. Na hi sauryat param kincit trisu lokesu vidyate 

 surah sarvam palayati sure sarvam pratisthitam. 183 



255. Caranam acara annam adaihstra daihstrinam api 

 apanayah panimatam annam surasya katarah. 184 



256. Dvavimau purusau loke suryamandalabhedinau 510 

 parivrat yogayuktasca rane cabhimukho hatah. 185 



257. Atmanam gopayet sakto vadhenapyatatayinah, 

 suvidyabrahmanaguroryuddhe srutinidarsanat. 



258. Atatayitvam apanno brahmanah sudravat smrtah 

 natatayivadhe doso hanturbhavati kascana. 186 , 515 



254. In the three worlds there is nothing known better than 



heroism, the hero protects all, in a hero all is fixed. 



255. The food of moving beings is the immoveable, of those 



who have fangs those that have no fangs, of those 

 who have hands those who have no hands ; the food 

 of the hero is the coward. 



256. These two persons in the world have penetrated to the 



sphere of the sun, the devotee who is immersed in 

 deep meditation, and he who is killed, whilst turned to 

 the battle. 



257. A strong man may according to the order of the Veda "When a 



protect himself in the battle by slaying a preceptor, ^^™ an " 

 who is a learned Brahman, if he attempts his life. allowed. 



258. A Brahman who has committed a murder is regarded as a 



Sudra ; for the murder of an assassin no fault whatever 

 is to be found with the person who kills him. 



183 See Mahabharata, ibidem, XCIX, 18. 



" 4 See Mahabharata, ibidem, XCIX, 15. 



Caranam acara hyannam adaihstra daihstrinam api 

 apah pipasatam annam annam Surasya katarah. 



185 See Paragarasmrti, IV, 32. 



186 Compare Mann, VIII, 351a. 



