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122 108. The Yogins and Sawyisins are like snakes. The snake never digs a hole for itself, but it lives in the hole made by the mouse. When one hole becomes uninhabit- able, it enters into another hole. So the Yogins and the Sa/0ysins make no houses for themselves ; they pass their days in other men's houses to-day in one house, to-morrow in another.

107. The sage alone can recognise a sage. He who deals in cotton twists can alone tell of what number and quality a particular twist is made.

108. A sage was lying in a deep trance (Samidhi) by a roadside ; a thief passing by, saw him, and thought within himselfj 'This fellow, lying here, is a thief. He has been breaking into some house by night, and now sleeps ex- hausted. The police will very soon be here to catch him. So let me escape in time.' Thus thinking, he ran away. Soon after a drunkard came upon the sage, and said, too much. I am steadier than thou, and am not going to tumble.' Last of all came a sage, and understanding that a great sage was in a trance (Samdhi), he sat down, and touched him, and began to rub gently his holy feet
 * Hallo I thou hast fallen into the ditch by taking a drop

109. An itinerant Ssldhu came once upon the Kalf temple of Rani Blsamam, and seeing a dog eating the remains of a feast, he went up to him and said, embracing him, 'Brother, how is it that thou eatest alone, without giving me a share ?' So saying, he began to eat along with the dog. The people of the place naturally thought