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 OR THE HUXDKED VERSES ON MDXUNCIATION 39

some spot on the banks of the celestial river. What reliability is there on waves or bub- bles, flashes of lightening or (smiles of) fortune, in tongues of flame, serpents or hosts of friends ?

�� ��65. Oh heart! never for a while earnestly think of the frail goddess of fortune, whose business is to sell herself away while moving \n her haunt, namely the wrinkle of a king's brow, (i. e. the bargain is struck by the smile or the frown of kings). Let us clothe our- selves in ragged garments and entering the doors of houses in the streets of Benares wait for the alms to be placed in the recept- acle of otJr hands.

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��66. If there are songs (going on) before you, sweet (skilful) poets fronp the South by yur side and the tinkling of the

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