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॥ च्हृितेrपट्टणः ॥ ३६९ তৈরী কহিয়াছেন শাস্ত্রজ্ঞ নৃপতির অনুষ্ঠান না করিলে মন্ত্র ৭ণতে কি প্রয়ে’জন যেহেতুক ঔষধ ਫਿਜcਣ রোগের শমত্তা কোথাও হয় মা রাজা আর দেশ অতিক্রমণীয় নয় যে রূপ শুনিয়াছি তাঙ্গ নিবেদন করি শুনুন । হে নরপতি যে২ স্থানে নদী গিরি কানন দুর্গেতে ভয় মাছে সেইখ স্থানে 4.হেী কহু সৈম্যের সছি ত সেনাপতি যাউক । J.et my minister observe what I order, said the king: let the services of these my officers he en gaged by an advance of a part of their pay; and then let the soothsayer be easied, and let him fix upon a licky moment for us to begin our march. Yet, please your highness, observed the minister, it is not propér to march rashly for they say, Those fools who rashly, and without investigation, rush upon the forces of the enemy, will doubtlessly be embraced with the edges of their swords Minister, replied the king, thou shouldest not endeavour to break the force of my ardour. Teli me rather how one who wishes for conquest advanceth into the country of the enemy. Please your highness, said the minister, this subject too if pursued may yield fruit; for they say, What is the use of advice given to a sovereign according to the authority of books, if it be not followed? A patient will never recover his health merely from the description of a medicine, But as the commands of majesty are not to be neglected. I will proceed to repeat what I have heard upon the subject of war. Please to attend, your highness: Troops. with every thing which can make them formidable, should be stationed upon the rivers, upon the mountains, in the woods, it the strong holds, and wher ever eise there is danger. 2 Ꭲ