Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c4.t1.37
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c4.t1.37
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c4.t1.37
See that nothing is done by thyself Or by others with overmuch speed. For the fool that so acts Without doubt will live to repent of the deed. To wrath (Kodha) one should never give way, For should it due bounds overflow, It will lead to the ruins of kings And the proudest of houses lay low.⁷ Be sure that thou never as king Thy people misled to their cost. Lest all men and women alike In an ocean of trouble be lost...."