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3. I wandered and wandered throughout the wide world, and every 
where heard of thy fame and greatness. 
4. I have considered, myself, and have learnt from others concerning 
thy virtues and thy honour. Thy virtues cannot be even described by me. 
5. At first every one speaketh of a man’s gentleness. But not till 
the end will the fruit be known. 
6. The words of a great man never change, even as the natural 
affection of the moon and the deer. 
7. Bidyapati saith, hear, 0 good woman, this quality is not to be 
found in any excepting Madhab. 
8. I say this in presence of Bay S'ibai Sih, Bup Narayan, and his 
queen Lakhima Dai. 
(42.) 
1. A great man even when angered with one he loves, doth not give 
up his love for him. 
2. The crow and the cuckoo are of the same kin. The beetle and 
the bee resemble each other. 
3. Gold and turmeric are (alike in colour), but yet how different. I 
distinguish the good from the bad by their qualities, and not by their ap¬ 
pearance. 
4. Though a jewel be covered with mud, still its qualities are not 
destroyed. 
5. Bidyapati saith, take it for granted, that a good husband will not 
drive his wife to extremities. 
(43.) 
1. I took him for a fragrant sandal tree, and serving him, thought, 
0 friend, that all my desires would be accomplished. 
2. I had a meeting with my love, and enjoyed his embrace, but in. 
the end I find him out a semal* tree, (without fragrance or fruit). 
3. Though Madhab dwelleth in the same village with me, he hath 
become the slave of the wives of others. 
4. Though I am a damsel endowed with such excellent beauty, I have 
lost all my charms and my pride. 
5 & 6. 0 friend, the fresh lotus flower (of myself), as it lieth in the 
basket made of the (bitter) nim\ branches (of separation), is withered ; and 
yet (my rival) the (scentless) wild rice hath become sweet and blooming. 
7. It hath chanced that my love should come to-day, after spending 
so many days there. 
* Bombax heptaphyllum. 
f Azadirachta Indica. 
