बार्हस्पत्य सूत्र / अर्थशास्त्र (महर्षि बृहस्पति - प्राचीन दण्डनीति, राजधर्म एवं कूटनीति सटीक)

( 3 ) 33 And he should not practise over-indulgence in hunting. 34 From over attachment to women ill-repute grows; 35 And vitality wastes. 36 In association with those guilty of gaming, provoking others, abusing others, the weaknesses of others ( are exposed) along with the words of mantras in learned or frivolous play (?). 37 Taking of medicine, evacuation of urine and faeces, bathing, teeth-cleaning, enjoyment of copulation, worship of divinities,-these also are to be done in private. 38 A sham professor of virtue he should not trust; 39 Nor censure either. 40 Nor upon seeing mad or stupid persons, and so forth, should he laugh at them. 41 His sport in private should be with those of like character and age. 42 Elephant and horse sports in public; not with creatures of two (different) kinds. 43 And he should not harm living beings of his own kind. 44 Desire should be felt for superiority to prede-

36 Rendering conjectural. Are the mantras quasi oaths ? 40 So also in the Shukra-nīti III. 230 ' The miserable, the blind, the dwarf, and the dumb are never to be laughed at.' 42 Contests of dissimilar animals are here, it seems, denounced. Or we might take rahasye from 41 and, reading tadvimûrtam, render 'Elephant and horse sports in private; in public those with other species.' This is less likely.