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CONTENTS
VIRTUE
WEALTH
NATURE OF LOVE
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Part I
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VIRTUE
PREFACE
The
The
The
The
praise of God
blessing of Rain
merit of Ascetics
power of virtue
DOMESTIC VIRTUE
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Married Life
The worth of a wife
The wealth of children
Loving-kindness
Hospitality
Sweet words
Gratitude
Equity
Self-control
Good decorum
Against coveting
another's wife
Forgiveness
Avoid envy
Against covetousness
Against slander
Against vain speaking
Fear of sin
Duty to society
Charity
Renown
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ASCETIC VIRTUE
VIRTUE
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Compassion
Abstinence from flesh
Penance
Imposture
The absence of fraud
Veracity
Restraining anger
non-violence
Non-killing
Instability
Renunciation
Truth consciousness
Curbing of desire
Destiny
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1. 'A' leads letters; the Ancient
Ancient Lord
Leads and lords the entire world.
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1. The genial rain ambrosia call:
The world but lasts while rain shall fall.
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1. No merit can be held so high
As theirs who sense and self deny.
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8. Full
Full--worded men by what they say,
Their greatness to the world display.
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1. From virtue weal and wealth outflow;
What greater good can mankind know?
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7. Litter
Litter--bearer and rider say
Without a word, the fortune's way.
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1. The ideal householder is he
Who aids the natural orders there.
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9. Home
Home--life and virtue, are the same;
Which spotless monkhood too can claim.
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1. A good housewife befits the house,
Spending with thrift the mate's resource.
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1. The world no higher bliss bestows
Than children virtuous and wise.
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6. The flute
flute and lute are sweet they say
Deaf to baby's babble's lay!
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1. What bolt can bar true love in fact
The tricking
tricking tears reveal the heart.
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1. Men set up home, toil and earn
To tend the guests and do good turn.
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1. The words of Seers are lovely sweet
Merciful and free from deceit.
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1. Unhelped in turn good help given
Exceeds in worth earth and heaven.
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1. Equity is supreme virtue
It is to give each man his due.
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Even
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Will turn all good results to bad.
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1. Decorum does one dignity
More than life guard its purity.
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1. Who know the wealth and virtue's way
After other's wife do not stray.
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1. As earth bears up with diggers too
To bear revilers is prime virtue.
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1. Deem your heart as virtuous
When your
your nature is not jealous.
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1. Who covets others' honest wealth
That greed ruins his house forthwith.
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1. Though a man from virtue
virtue strays,
To keep from slander brings him praise.
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1. Vain talk before many is worse
Than doing to friends deeds adverse.
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1. Sinners fear not the pride of sin.
The worthy dread the ill within.
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6. From wounding
wounding others let him refrain
Who would from harm himself remain.
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1. Duty demands nothing in turn;
How can the world recompense
recompense rain?
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1. To give the poor is charity
The rest is loan and vanity.
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6. Drive from
from the poor their gnawing pains
If room you seek to store your gains.
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1. They gather fame who freely give
The greatest gain for all that live.
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2. The glory
Is praised
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of the almsalms-giver
aloud as popular.
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5. Fame in
in fall and life in death
Are rare but for the soulful worth.
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1. The wealth of wealth is wealth of grace
Earthly wealth e'en the basest has.
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2. Seek by sound
sound
All faiths mark
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1. What graciousness can one command
who feeds his flesh by flesh gourmand.
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4. If merciless it is to kill,
To kill and eat is disgraceful.
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1. Pains endure;
endure; pain not beings
This is the type of true penance.
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1. Elements five of feigned life
Of a sly hypocrite within laugh.
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7. Berry
Berry--red is his outward view,
Black like its nose his inward hue.
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1. Let him who would reproachless be
From all frauds guard his conscience free.
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1. If "What is truth"? the question be,
It is to speak out evilevil-free.
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1. Anger against the weak is wrong
It is futile against the strong.
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6. Friend
Friend--killer is the fatal rage
It burns the helpful kinshipkinship-barge.
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1. The pure by faith mean pain to none
Though princely wealth by that is won.
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1. What is Virtue?
Virtue? 'Tis not to kill
For killing causes every ill.
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6. Life
Life--eatingeating-Death shall spare the breath
Of him who no life puts to death.
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1. The worst of follies it is told
The fleeting as lasting to hold.
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m what from what a man is free
1. Fro
From that, from that his torments flee.
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That binding breaks all bonds anon.
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1. That error entails ignoble birth
Which deems vain things as things of worth.
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7. One
One--minded
minded sage sees innerinner-truth
He is free from thoughts of rebirth.
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1. Desire to all, always is seed
From which ceaseless births proceed.
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1. Efforts succeed by waxing star
WealthWealth-losing brings waning star.
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2. Loss
Loss--fate makes a dull fool of us
GainGain-fate makes us prosperous, wise!
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- Part II - WEALTH
-Royalty
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Ministers
Power of speech
Purity of action
Powerful acts
Modes of action
The embassy
Walk with kings
Divining the mind
Judging the audience
Courage before councils
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, , - POLITICS
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The country
Fortress
Way of making wealth
The glory of army
Military pride
- ALLIANCE
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Friendship
Testing friendship
Intimacy
Bad friendship
False friendship
Folly
Petty conceit
Hatred
Noble hostility
Apparising enemies
Secret foe
Offend not the great
Being led by women
Wanton women
Not drinking liquor
Gambling
Medicine
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Honour
Greatness
Sublimity
Courtesy
Futile wealth
Sensitiveness to shame
Promoting family welfare
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Farming
Poverty
Asking
Dread of beggary
Meanness
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1. People, troops, wealth, forts, council, friends
Who owns these six is lion of kings.
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3. Alertness, learning
learning bravery
Are adjuncts three of monarchy.
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1. Lore
Live
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1. Like play of chess on squareless board
Vain is imperfect loreless word.
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1. Wealth of wealths is listening's wealth
It is the best of wealths on earth.
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3. Whose ears
ears get lots of wisdomwisdom-food
Equal gods on oblations fed.
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1. Wisdom's weapon wards off all woes
It is a fort defying foes.
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2. Wisdom checks
checks the straying senses
Expels evils, impels goodness.
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1. Plenty is their prosperity
Who're free from wrath pride lust petty.
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1. Weigh their worth and friendship gain
Of men of virtue and mature
mature brain.
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1. The ignoble the noble fear
The mean hold them as kinsmen dear.
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2. With soil
soil changes water's taste
With mates changes the mental state.
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6. Pure
Pure--hearted get good progeny
Pure friendship acts with victory.
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1. Weigh well output the loss and gain
And proper action ascertain.
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1. Judge act and might and foeman's strength
The allies' strength and go at length.
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2. Well
Well--ordered seasoned act is cord
That fortune binds in bon accord.
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1. No action take, no foe despise
Until you have surveyed the place.
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5. In water crocodile
crocodile prevails
In land before others it fails.
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6. Sea
Sea--going ship goes not on shore
Nor on sea the strongstrong-wheeled car.
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1. Pleasure, gold, fear of life VirtueVirtueTest by these four and trust the true.
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1. Employ the wise who will discern
discern
The good and bad and do good turn.
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1. Let fortunes go; yet kinsmen know
The old accustomed love to show.
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1. Test and attest impartially
Consult and act the laws justly.
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1. The unjust tyrant oppressor
Is worse than cruel murderer.
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1. A king enquires and gives sentence
Just to prevent future offence.
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1. Living in the world implies
The bounteous dame of benign eyes.
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1. To own is to own energy
All others own but lethargy.
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1. Quenchless lamp of ancestry goes
When foul idleness encloses.
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8. If sloth invades
invades a noble house
It will become a slave of foes.
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1. Feel not frustrate saying "Tis hard".
Who tries attains striving's reward.
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3. On excellence of industry
Depends magnanimous bounty.
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1. Laugh away troubles; there is
No other way to conquer woes.
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1. He is minister who chooses
Right means, time, mode and rare ventures.
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1. The goodness called
called goodness of speech
Is goodness which nothing can reach.
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1. riendship brings gain; but action pure
Does every good
good thing we desire.
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1. A powerful mind does powerful act
And all the rest are imperfect.
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1. When counsel takes a resolve strong
Weak delay of action is wrong.
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1. Love, noble birth, good courtesy
Pleasing kings mark true embassy.
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1. Move with hostile kings as with fire
Not coming close nor going far.
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1. Who reads the mind by look, untold
Adorns the changeless seasea-girt world.
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1. The pure in thought and eloquence
Adapt their words to audience.
audience.
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6. Tongue
Tongue--slip before the talented wise
Is like slipping from righteous ways.
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1. The pure fail not in power of words
Knowing grand council's moods and modes.
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1. It's country which has souls of worth
Unfailing yields and ample wealth.
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1. The fort is vital for offence
Who fear the foes has its defence.
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1. Naught exists that can, save wealth
Make the worthless as men of worth.
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1. The daring wellwell-armed winning force
Is king's treasure and main resource.
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3. Sea
Sea--like ratfoes roar ... What if?
They perish at a cobra's whiff.
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1. Stand not before my chief, O foes!
Many
Many who stood, in stones repose.
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3. Val
Valour
our is fight with fierce courage
Mercy to the fallen is its edge.
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1. Like friendship what's so hard to gain?
That guards one against acts villain?
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1. Than testless friendship nought is worse
For contacts formed will scarcely cease.
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1. That friendship is good amity
Which restrains not one's liberty.
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1. Swallowing love of soulless men
Had better wane than wax anon.
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5. Friends low and mean that give no helphelpLeave them is better than to keep.
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7. Ten
Ten--fold crore you gain from foes
Than from friends who are vain laughers.
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1. The friendship by an enemy shown
Is anvil in time, to strike you down.
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1. This is folly's prominent vein
To favour loss and forego gain.
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1. Want of wisdom is want of wants
Want of aught else the world nev'r counts.
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4. Stupidity is vanity
That cries "We have sagacity"
sagacity"
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1. Hatred is a plague that divides
And rouses illwill on all sides.
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4. Hate
Hate--the woe of woes destroy;
Then joy of joys you can enjoy.
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9. Fortune favours
favours when hate recedes
Hatred exceeding ruin breeds.
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1. Let not one even as a sport
The illill-natured enmity court.
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1. Traitorous kinsmen will make you sad
As water and shade do harm when bad.
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Fear foes
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1. Not to spite the mighty ones
Safest safeguard to living brings.
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1. Who dote on wives lose mighty gain
That lust, dynamic men disdain.
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1. For gold, not love their tongue cajoles
Men are ruined by bangled belles.
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10. Double
Double--minded whores, wine and dice
Are lures of those whom fortune flies.
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1. Foes fear not who for toddy craze
craze
The addicts daily their glory lose.
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drunkard hard"
known abroad.
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1. Avoid gambling, albeit you win
Gulping baitbait-hook what
what does fish gain?
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95.
1. Wind, bile and phlegm three cause disease
So doctors deem it more or less.
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Right--sense and bashfulness adorn
1. Right
By nature only the noblenoble-born.
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97.
1. Though needed for your life in main,
From mean degrading acts refrain.
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3. Be humble
humble in prosperity
In decline uphold dignity.
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4. Like hair
Who fall
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98.
1. A heart of courage lives in light
Devoid of that one's life is night.
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99.
1. All goodness is duty to them
Who are dutiful and sublime.
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100.
1. To the polite free of access
Easily comes courteousness.
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1. Dead is he with wealth in pile
Unenjoyed, it is futile.
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him
others shame.
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103.
1. No greatness is grander like
Saying "I shall work
work without slack".
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104.
1. Farming though hard is foremost trade
Men ply at will but ploughmen lead.
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4. Behold the men whose fields sleep under the shadow of the rich ears of
their harvests: they will see the umbrellas of other princes bow down
before the unmrella of their own sovereign.
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105.
1. What gives more pain than scarcity?
No pain pinches like poverty.
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106.
1. Demand from those who can supply
Default is theirs when they deny.
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107.
1. Not to beg is billions worth
E'en from eyeeye-like friends who give with mirth.
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2. Let World
Worldrld-Maker loiter and rot
If "beg and live" be human fate.
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1. The mean seem men only in form
We have never seen such a sham.
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- ON SECRET OF MARRIAGE
MARRIAGE
Beauty's dart
Signs speak the heart
Embrace bliss
Beauty extolled
Love's excellence
Decorum defied
Public clamour
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Pangs of separation
Wailing of pining love
Wasteful look for
wistful love
Wailing over pallor
Pining alone
Sad memories
Dream visions
Eventide sigh
Limbs languish
Soliloquy
Reserve lost
Mutual yearning
Feeling surmised
Longing for reunion
Chiding the heart
Bouderic
Feigned anger
Sulking charm
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1. Is it an angel? A fair peacock
Or jewelled belle? To my mind a shock!
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1. Her painted eyes, two glances dart
One hurts; the other heals my heart.
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2. He
Herr furtive lightning glance is more
Than enjoyment of sexual lore.
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1. In this bangled beauty dwell
The joys of sight sound touch taste smell.
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1. Like milk and honey the dew is sweet
From her white teeth whose word is soft.
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3. Depa
Depart
rt image in my pupil
Giving room to my fairfair-browed belle!
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114.
1. "Pangs of passion find no recourse
Except riding palmyra horse.
Palmyra horse or 'Madal' is a torture expressive of
the burning passion of the lover to the beloved.
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5. Palm
Palm--ride and pangs of eventide
Are gifts of wreathwreath-like bracelet maid.
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1. Rumour sustains my existence
Good luck! many know not its sense.
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4. Rumour inflames
inflames the love I seek
Or else it becomes bleak and weak.
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1. Tell me if you but
but do not leave,
Your quick return to those who live.
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8. Bitter is life in
in friendless place;
Worse is parting love's embrace!
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117.
1. It swells out like baled out spring
How to bear this pain so writhing?
writhing?
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118.
1. The eye pointed him to me; why then
They weep with malady and pine?
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1. My lover's parting, I allowed
Whom to complain my hue pallid?
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120.
1. Stoneless fruit of love they have
Who are beloved by those they love.
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6. One sided
sided pains; love in both souls
Poises well like shoulder poles.
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121.
1. Love is sweeter
Is its delight at
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1. ow shall I feast this dreamdream-vision
That brings the beloved's lovelove-mission?
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2. I beg these
To tell my
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5. Dream
Dream--sight of him delights at once
AwakeAwake- What of seeing him -hence.
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123.
1. Bless you! you are not eventide
But killing dart to wedded bride!
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124.
1. To lift from want he left me afar
His thought makes my eyes blush
blush the flower.
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1. Think of, O heart, some remedy
To cure this chronic malady.
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126.
1. Passion's axe shall break the door
Of reserve bolted with my honour.
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1. My eyes are dim lustrelustre-bereft
Worn fingers count days since he left.
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8. Ma
May
y the king fight and win and give
And with my wife I will feast this eve!
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128.
1. You hide; but your painted eyes
eyes
Restraint off, report your surmise.
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1. Rapture at thought and joy when seen
Belong to love and not to wine.
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3. Thou
Though
gh slighting me he acts his will
My restless eyes would see him still.
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9. Flower
Flower--soft is love; a few alone
Know its delicacy so fine.
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130.
1. You see, his heart is his alone;
Why not my heart be all my own?
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131.
1. Feign sulk; embrace him not so that
We can see his distress a bit.
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8. What'
What's
s the good of grieving lament
When concious lover is not present?
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132.
1. I shrink to clasp you bosom lewd
To the gaze of all ladies exposed.
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133.
1. He is flawless; but I do pout.
So that his loving ways show out.
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