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CWSA.- Volume 5

Part One. Translations from Sanskrit
Section Four. Bhartrihari. The Century of Life

On Wealth

The Uses of High Standing

Men highly placed by six good gifts are high.

The first is noble liberality;

The second, power that swift obedience brings;

Service to holy men and holy things

Comes next; then fame; protection then of friends;

Pleasure in pleasant things the great list ends.

Whose rising with these six is unallied,

What seeks he by a mighty prince’s side?