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THE BAD BULLOCKS. There was a Sthavita and Gaxadhara', the learn^ sage Garga. This leader of the Ga«a once made the following reflections : (i) o. Rp ■ He who rides in a car, crosses a wilderness ' Gaira seems lo correspond lo Hie Mp. .88, note e. Gansdliara. ihorefore. does not denote Kre. usual, a disciple of Tirthakara. who rides, as it were, in (the car of) religious exercise, crosses the Sa»^sAra. (2) * But he who puts bad bullocks ^ before his car, will be tired out with beating them; he will feel vexation, and his goad will be broken (at last). (3) ‘ (A bad bullock) will bite its mate in the tail ; it will wound the other" ; it will break the pin of the yoke®, or it will leave the road. (4) ‘ It will fall down on its side, or sit down, or lie down ; it will jump up or caper, or it will obstinately make for a young cow. (5) ‘ It will furiousl)' advance with its head lowered for an attack, or angrily go backward ; it will stand still as if dead, or run at full speed. (6) ‘The cursed beast ^ will rend asunder the rope, or in its unruliness break the yoke; and roaring it will break loose and run off. (7) ‘Just as bad bullocks are when put before a car, so are bad pupils when yoked, as it were, to the car of the Law; they break down tlirough want of zeal. (8) ‘ Some attach great importance® to their success ; * Khalu;7:ka = galivrzshabha. 2Gali is explained in the dictionaries: a strong but lazy bull. In verse 16 u'e meet uith galigaddaha = ga1igardabha, as synonymous with khaluwka. - The commentator understands the first line of this verse as haring reference to the angry' driver. But though an angfiy driver ■will perhaps, for all I know, put his bullock’s tail to his teeth, still it is harder to supply another subject in the first line than in the second, and in the following verses. ® SamilS=yugarandhrakilaka, Avaitfiri. ■* .ff'AimSla =^ara, see HSmaX-andra, DSri K6sha 3, 27. It is a coarse term, "which I replace by another, though probably' the language of our coach-drivers might supply us with a more idiomatic rendering. * Gdrava, cf. p. 98, note 2. LECTURE XXVir. some to their good fare; some to their comfort; some nurse tlieir anger. (9) ‘Some are averse to begging; some are afraid of insults and are stuck up ; (how can) I convince them by reasons and arguments’ (?) (10) ‘ (A bad pupil) makes objections, and points out (imagined) difficulties ; he frequently acts in opposi- tion to the words of the superiors, (ii) ‘ (He will say if sent to a lady) : “ She does not know me, she will give me nothing ; I suppose she will be gone out ; send some other monk there,” (12) * If sent on an errand, they do not do what they were bidden 2, but stroll about wherever they like; 3or deporting themselves like servants of the king®, they knit their brows (when speaking to other people). (13) j . 1 • ‘ After they have been instructed, admitted into the order, and nourished with food and drink, they disperse in all directions like geese whose wings have grown.’ (14) , , j 1 Now this driver (viz. Garga), who had to deal with bad bullocks, thought; ‘What have I to do with bad pupils ? I am disheartened. (15) ‘ As are bad pupils, so are bad bullocks ; I shall leave these lazy donkeys, and shall practise severe austerities.’ (16) ' The metre of this verse seems to have but an attempt has been made to ® (read We meet here with the interesting fa«'usasammi) = anuj&smi. oaliu;«)fanti. > TUs seems to be the meemng of JXe pmtend The commentators say, alter other eylanati^tat y not to have met the person to whom ■ RS^ave/Mim va mannanlS; ve/Mi— That noble man, who was full of kindness, grave, and always meditating, wandered about on the earth, leading a virtuous life. 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