प्रास्ताविकविलासः ।
गर्जितमाकण्ण्य मनागङ्े मातुर्निशार्धजातोऽपि ।
हरिशिशुरुत्पतितुं द्रागङ्गान्याकुश्च्य लीयतेऽतिभृशम् ॥ १०५॥
किमहं बढामि खल दिव्यमते
गुणपक्षपातमभितो भवतः ।
गुणशालिनो निखिलसाधुजनान्
यद्हनिशं न खलु विस्मरसि ॥ १०६ ॥
रे खल तव खलु चरितं विद्ुपामये विविच्य वक्ष्यामि ।
अथवालं पापात्मन कृतया कथयापि ते हतया ॥ १०७ ॥
आनन्दमृगदावाश्निः जीलशातविमवृद्विपः ॥
ज्ञानदीपमहावायुरयं खलसमागमः ॥ १०८॥
खलास्तु कुशलाः साध्जुहितम्रत्यूहकर्मणि ।
निपुणाः फणिनः प्राणानपहरुतं निरागसाम् ॥ १०९ ॥
105 On hearing the low thunder (of the elond),
the cub of a lion, born just half a night before, contraets
his limbs in order to bound forth, and (in so doing)
conceals himself in his mother's lap.
106 Whrt shall I say. 0 divinely intelligent
rogue, about your honour's partiality for merits ? for
neither by day nor during the night do you forget any
(.lit. all) good men endowed with good qualities?
107 Thou villain, surely I shall reveal in detail
(lit. having discussed ) thy activities in the presence
of learned men : or, why, away, thou sinful soul, with
even the accursed talk about thee.
108 The company of a rogue is the forest conflagra-
tion to the deer in the form of joy, an intoxicated
elephant to the tree of good behaviour, and a forceful
gale to the lamp of knowledge !
Villains are ever proficient in the work of
placing obstaeles in the welfare of the good. Serpents
are clever in robbing the innocent of their lives !
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