"योऽन्तः प्रविश्य मम वाचमिमां प्रसुप्तां
सञ्जीवयत्यखिलशक्तिधरः स्वधाम्ना ।
अन्यांश्च हस्तचरणश्रवणत्वगादीन्
प्राणान्, नमो भगवते पुरुषाय तुभ्यम् ॥"
 
श्रीमद्भागवतम् ।
 
 
 
 
 
PREFACE
 
The following pages were composed during my con-
nection with the Bolpur Brahmavidyalaya, which extend-
ed over a happy period of seven years, and they were
originally meant for the students there. The boys gave
them a glad reception and expressed their fond anxiety
to see them in print. Partly to please my former pupils
and partly to do a service to the country at large, I
now take leave to present them to the public in the hope
that they will not be denied the generous encourage-
ment they deserve.
 
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I have attempted, in the course of the book, to offer,
as far as possible, a picture of the ब्रह्मचर्य as practised in
ancient India, which was rightly believed to be essential
to happiness here and hereafter, and I have spared
no pains to describe, so far as space has permitted, the
true character of an आचार्य dwelling in a peaceful आश्रम
with his family and his students. Liberty has also been
taken to quote simple sentences, embodying the high
ideals of a ब्रह्मचारी or a गृहस्थ and also of human life in
the main, from various ancient works which will, I
believe, diffuse the sacred aroma of antiquity over
whatever I have written in defence of the eternal principles of purity and right-
ciples of purity and right-mindedness.
 
The lessons of the book have been given in the
form of dialogues, and the author has made every effort
to write as idiomatically and with as much ease and
 
 
 
form of dialogues, and the author has made every effort to write as idiomatically and with as much ease and