॥ fर्रतापझंझः ॥ ९४५ গুর ধনঞ্জন করিবেক কেননা এই পৃথিবীতে রাজা না থাকিলে কোথা ভাৰ্য কোথা ধন। অপর মেঘ যেমন বৃষ্টিদ্বারা সকল প্রাণির জীবনোপায় এমনি রাজা সকল জীবের আশ্রয় মেঘ না থাকিলে ও জীব সকল বীচে রাজা না থাকিলে কাচে না । - Who art thou? demanded the elephant, antiนนี้ comest thou? My name, replied he, is Kshudra: N a jackal, sent into thy presence by all the inhabitant of the forest, assembled for that purpose, to represent, that as it is not expedient to reside in so large a forest as this, without a chief, your highness, endued with all the cardinal virtues, hath been selected to be anointed raja of the woods. It is said. He who, by walking for ever in the ways of those who are preferred, is exeerdimgly pure. of a noble mind, virtuous and just, and experienced in the rules of policy, , is worthy to be chosen master of the earth. Observe again: Let a man first choose his king, next his wife, and then acquire riches; for without a king, of what use are wives and riches in this world! Besides: The lord of the land, like the is the reservoir ef the people; for when the clouds sail, do they not find succour in their king? - S
