This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...wealth against misfortune; let (him) preserve his wife even by wealth; let (him) ever2 save himself, even at the cost of wife (and) wealth. 214. Let a wise (king), seeing all calamities arisen together in excess, apply, together or separate, all means. 215. The doer,3 what is to be done, and the means, as a whole- ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...wealth against misfortune; let (him) preserve his wife even by wealth; let (him) ever2 save himself, even at the cost of wife (and) wealth. 214. Let a wise (king), seeing all calamities arisen together in excess, apply, together or separate, all means. 215. The doer,3 what is to be done, and the means, as a whole--keeping in mind those three, let him strive for the accomplishment of the business.4 216. Let the king, after he has thus considered all this (business) together with the ministers, taken exercise and bathed, enter at noon the harem to eat. 217. There let (him) eat food well tested by faithful attendants, (who are skilled in times8 (and) not to be seduced, (which has been enchanted) by mantras which counteract poison. 218. Let (him) use all his (useful) articles with drugs6 destructive of poison; and let him, ever attentive, wear gems destructive of poison.7 219. Let attentive women, who have been tested, and 1 "Or generotity" (K.) Medh. 6 "Drugs." Medh. reads uda and Govind. erroneously interpret kaih or waters; "gems destructive as "subtilty" (K., Ragh.) "nobi-of poison." Medh. mentions the lity," dryatd. garudodglrna or emerald, and naga "Ever," i.c., salatam(K.); Medh. ramnni or snakestone (?). reads sarvato = in everyway. So 7 "Use,"yo/ayc- = pxMayrt(Medh.), Dr. B.'s MSS., but other MSS. are "wash with waters." like K. 8 "Tested," i.e., to prevent their 3 I.e., himself. concealing weapons about them. 4 Prayetd 'rthaaiddhaye (K.), or The visakanyd also, or poisoned (Medh. rar. lec.) tddhayet karyam maiden, was a favourite way of dedtmanah. stroying enemies in India. Cf. s Mealtimes (K.) note to vs. 153. pure in dress and ornaments, attend him with fan...
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