1878 .] 
from the Burmese Paraphrase. 
come goodly ; so the teacher beateth not the scholar to make him misera¬ 
ble, but that he may increase in knowledge and wisdom he beateth him. 
39. If any bind the flower of the periwinkle tree in the leaf of the 
butea tree, then to him it is not the flower of the periwinkle tree only that 
hath a sweet smell, for the leaf of the butea tree likewise smelleth sweetly : 
therefore it behoveth to follow both the wise man and them that cleave to 
him. Here endeth the book concerning them that are wise. 
Chapter II. 
1. Be ye companions with the righteous and keep ye company with 
the upright : the upright man knowing the law of the just becometh excel¬ 
lent and is not wicked. 
2. Forsake the company of the wicked, but cleave unto the righteous 
for he is worthy of companionship. Work righteousness day and night, 
remembering alway that all things change continually.* 
3. The fruit of the water fig tree when it is ripe without is red, but 
within it is altogether full of flies : as it is with these so is it with the 
heart of the wicked. 
4. The fruit of the jacaf tree when it is ripe without seemeth cover¬ 
ed with thorns, but within it is full of sweetness : as it is with these even 
so is it with the heart of the righteous. 
5. In the world the sandal-wood though it be deadj loseth not the 
sweet smell; neither loseth the elephant his comeliness in the e} r es of men 
on the place of battle ; nor the sugar-cane his sweetness in the mill: even 
so he that is wise and good forsaketh not the law though he become poor 
and wretched. 
6. That which is called a lion though he be an-hungered eateth not 
of any green thing ; that which is called a lion though he become lean 
eateth not of the flesh of the elephant : for being noble he keepeth the law 
of the noble.§ So he that is born noble though he become poor doeth not 
that which is not noble. 
7. In the world the sandal-wood || is sweet, and sweeter than the 
sandal-wood is the moon ; but sweeter than sandal-wood and moon is the 
righteous word of a righteous man. 
8. Let not the words of the righteous transgress even for a moment, 
saying, Behold ! the sun that hath rays innumerable riseth in the West: 
Myinmo^[ boweth his head : or the fires of hell are cold, or the lily flow- 
ereth on the mountain-top. 
* Or that the state of life changeth continually. 
f Or jack-fruit tree. 
I Or dried up. 
§ Or guardeth his nobility. 
|| Or almug tree. 
H Or Mount Myin-mo or Mount Meru. 
