Simhasanadvatrimshika 19.p3

19.p3

tathā ca.

And so: 4. Affection continues in this world only so long as gifts are forthcoming. The calf of his own accord leaves his mother when he sees that her milk is dried up. And again: 5. I firmly believe that, even to a beast without reason, a gift is dearer even than her own young ones; for, take notice, a buffalocow, if you give her just some oil-cake, will always, as everybody knows, give down all her milk, even if she has a calf.”