॥ झितिषिदेशः । 낼 ত্যক্ষ বিৰয়ের দর্শক এমত যে শাস্ত্র সে সকলের চক্ষু ইহা যাহার নাহি সেই অন্ধ। আর যৌবন ও ধনসম্পত্তি ও প্রভুদ্ধ ও অবিবেকত এই চতুষ্টয় প্রত্যেকেই অনর্থের নিমিত্ত হয় আর যেখানে এ চতুষ্টয় একাধারবৰ্ত্তি সেখানে কি হয় তাহা কহিতে পারি না । As the impressions made upon a new vessel are not easily to be effaced; so here youth are taught Prudence through the allurement of fable. This work is divided under four heads: The Acquisition of a Friend. The Separation of a Fa"ourite. Of Disputing. of making Peace. And it is, chiefly. drawn and written from the Pancha ‘i’antra and other books. On the banks of the river Bhagirathi, there is a remar. kable city called Patalipura, where there was formerly a Raja, endued with every noble quality, whose name was Sudarsana, One day he heard the two following verses, as they were repeated by some one : He who is not possessed of Learning' which dispels many doubts, points out hidden things, and is, as it were, the organ of sight to all, is even as a blind mas. Youth, abundant wealth, authority, and inexperience, is, each of them, the source of ruin. What then must be the fate of him in whom all four ato combiaed ;
