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। क्ड़्तिोपदेशः॥ ई९ পারেন ইহা কহিয়া চিত্রগ্রীবের বৃত্তান্ত কহিলেন । মন্থর অাদরে হিরণ্যককে সন্মান করিয়া কহিলেন তোমার মঙ্গল আর আপনকার নির্জন বনে মাসিবার কারণ কহিতে যোগ্য হও । হিরণ্যক বলিল শুন কারণ আছে বুলিতেছি । Fire is the superior of the Brahmans, the Brahman is the superior of the tribes, and the husband is the only superior of women; but the stranger is the superior of all. Whether he, who is come to thy house be of the highest, or even of the lowest rank in society, he is worthy to be treated with due respect; for of all men thy guest is the superior. Friend, said the crow to the tortoise, pray pay attention to this stranger; for he is the very axis of those who are famed for virtuous deeds. His name is Hiranyaka, the prince of mice, to celebrate whose great qualities the chief of serpents may, sometimes, have occasion to employ a second thousand tongues' Having said this, he related the story of the pigeon Chitra-griva. The tortoise manthara, having made respectful enquiries after his health, said to the mouse,_Be pleased to inform me of thy motives for putting thy own uninhabited wilds; and Hiranyaka replied, I will recount them,