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of lice in front of another man's house-such a one,
strenuously worshipping thee, becomes lord of the
earth, which is hardened by the tusks of rut-blinded
elephants whose charming smile is indicated by the
waving chowries borne by noble damsels and on
whom is raised one sole royal umbrella.
22
Worn out by a frequent recourse to the ways and
means of service, agriculture, artisanship, flattery
and barter, unsuccessful in obtaining wealth which
is the auspicious fruit of merit acquired in a previous
birth, paupers become again and again masters of
wealth in the shape of store of gold disgorged by the
earth if they pray for wealth to thee who tran-
scendest fate and art the mother of the hapless.
28
One who is disconcerted through discontinuance of
service, chidden by his wife whose dress is reduced
to tatters, avoided from a distance through selfishness
by his own kinsmen, sons, friends and relatives, as
soon as he acquaints thee with his misery, becomes
lord of edifices, the precincts of which are worn out
by edges of horses' hoofs and is awakened from sleep
by the tinkling of the armlets of the women of his
seraglio.
24
Through a particle of thy grace, O Blessed One, he
becomes possessor of a (chariot the) wheel (of) which
skims the circle of the quarter, of a spouse emitting
of lice in front of another man's house-such a one,
strenuously worshipping thee, becomes lord of the
earth, which is hardened by the tusks of rut-blinded
elephants whose charming smile is indicated by the
waving chowries borne by noble damsels and on
whom is raised one sole royal umbrella.
22
Worn out by a frequent recourse to the ways and
means of service, agriculture, artisanship, flattery
and barter, unsuccessful in obtaining wealth which
is the auspicious fruit of merit acquired in a previous
birth, paupers become again and again masters of
wealth in the shape of store of gold disgorged by the
earth if they pray for wealth to thee who tran-
scendest fate and art the mother of the hapless.
28
One who is disconcerted through discontinuance of
service, chidden by his wife whose dress is reduced
to tatters, avoided from a distance through selfishness
by his own kinsmen, sons, friends and relatives, as
soon as he acquaints thee with his misery, becomes
lord of edifices, the precincts of which are worn out
by edges of horses' hoofs and is awakened from sleep
by the tinkling of the armlets of the women of his
seraglio.
24
Through a particle of thy grace, O Blessed One, he
becomes possessor of a (chariot the) wheel (of) which
skims the circle of the quarter, of a spouse emitting