प्रास्ताविकविलासः ।
शुन्येऽपि च गुणवत्तामातन्वानः स्वकीयशुण जालैः ।
विवराणि मुद्रयन्द्रागूर्णायुरिवेह सञ्जनो जयति ॥ ८९ ॥
खलः सज्जनकार्पासरक्षणैकहुताशनः ।
परदुःखाश्निशमनो मारुतः केन वर्ण्यताम् ॥ ९० ॥
परगुह्यगुप्तिनिपुणं गुणमयमखिलैः समीरितं नितराम् ।
ललिताम्बरमिव सज्जनमाखव इव दूषयन्ति खलाः ॥ ९१ ॥
यशःसौरभ्यलशुनः शान्तिशैत्यहुताशनः ।
कारुण्यकुसुमाकोशः खलः सज्जनदुःखलः ॥ ९२ ॥
धत्ते भरं कुसुमपत्रफलावलीनां
घर्मव्यरथां वहति शीतभवां रुजं च ।
S9 Victorious is the good man who imparts merits
even unto a vacant mind by means of his own many
good qualities, covering up (at the same time ) the
vulnerable points (in the other) like a spider that sets
up a net-work even in
cocoons of his own fibres, covering up all holes.
90 Who will essay to describe the villain who is
the arch-fire in the matter of "protecting" cotten in the
form of good men, and who is the wind "alleviating "
the fire of the misery of others ?
91 Wicked persons besmirch the good man endowed
with many good qualities, able to guard the secrets of
others, and very much respected by all, just as rats tam-
per with a lovely piece of cloth made of threads, fit to
cover the secret limbs of others and much liked by all.
92 A wicked man, who is garlic to the fragrance
of glory, fire to the coolness in the form of tranquillity,
and the sky for the flowers in the form of pity to grow,
is an oppressor of the good.
93 A bow to the tree-the prince among the gener-
ous-which bears the burden of a mass of flowers, leaves
a deserted corner with the