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 36 Tit* VAIRAGYArSATAKAM

59, . It ( the earth ) is but a lump of clay circled by a trace of water ! Even the whole of it is but a particle. Hosts of kings having partitioned it after fighting hundreds of battles enjoy it These very poor insigni* ficant persons might give while giving, or otherwise. But downright shame on those mean fellows who would beg bits of coin from them even I

��60. That man is indeed born (truly great) whose white skull (after death) is placed by (Shiva) the enemy of Madana (Cupid) high on the head as an ornament ; ( and) what is ( worth ) this rising fever of exceeding pride in men, who are now-a-days adored by some people with minds intent on the preservation of their Jives !

[ The great Shiva is called Kapdli, and Kapfila meaning' "skull"; the popular belief is that h^ puts on his head the skull of a hero whose wonder- ful life lived on earth merits this distinction. ]

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