॥ हितापदेशः ॥ ३७३ য়েছেভূক্ত কপু বীপ স্বৰ্গই রাজহংস দ্বিতীয় স্বৰ্গপতি ইন্দ্র তুল্য ই ; মরুভূমিত্তে পড়িয়া ভূেমিরা কি করা ৰামার দেশে মাইল জবস্তুর আমার স্বাক্য শ্রবণ করিয়া সেই পক্ষি র সরোষ ছইল পণ্ডিতেরা ভাছ কহিয়াছেন যে অপেরদের দুগ্ধ পান কেবল বিষৰদ্ধক হয় ও মুদ্ধেরছিলের উপদেশ ८क्लोc४त्र बिबिएख्हे झ्म्ल आछिद्र बिबिध्छ इम्न म? ! -- where reigns Chitravarna, a peacock, who is there king of the winged tribes. As I was walking one day over a place where the grass and underwood had been burnt down, I was discovered by some of his attendants who were passing by; and upon their asking who I was, and whence I came, I replied, that I came from Karpuradwipa: that I was an attendant of the royal goese, king Hiramya-Garbha, and that I came there aut of cariesity to see foreign countries. They then asked me which of these two countries I thought the best; and f said, -0 what a question is this There is a vast difference between them; Karpura-dwipa is a heaven of a place! Then what do you do in such a barren country as this? Come away, and accompany me into our eountry. But upon hearing me talk in this manner, they seemed to be very much displeased, They say, A draught of milk to serpents dots, nothing but increase their poison. Good counsel bestowed upon fools doth rather provoke, than satisfy them. t r -
