Chapter Xxiii
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Be not thoughtless, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out
Be not thoughtless, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the evil way, like an elephant sunk in mud ... For with these animals does no man reach the untrodden
For with these animals does no man reach the untrodden country (Nirvana), where a tamed man goes on a tamed animal, viz on his own well-tamed self ... If a man becomes fat and a great eater, if
If a man becomes fat and a great eater, if he is sleepy and rolls himself about, that fool, like a hog fed on wash, is born again and again ... If a man find a prudent companion who walks with
If a man find a prudent companion who walks with him, is wise, and lives soberly, he may walk with him, overcoming all dangers, happy, but considerate ... If a man find no prudent companion who walks with
If a man find no prudent companion who walks with him, is wise, and lives soberly, let him walk alone, like a king who has left his conquered country behind,--like an elephant in the forest ... If an occasion arises, friends are pleasant; enjoyment is pleasant, whatever
If an occasion arises, friends are pleasant; enjoyment is pleasant, whatever be the cause; a good work is pleasant in the hour of death; the giving up of all grief is pleasant ... It is better to live alone, there is no companionship
It is better to live alone, there is no companionship with a fool; let a man walk alone, let him commit no sin, with few wishes, like an elephant in the forest ... Mules are good, if tamed, and noble Sindhu horses, and
Mules are good, if tamed, and noble Sindhu horses, and elephants with large tusks; but he who tames himself is better still ... Pleasant in the world is the state of a mother,
Pleasant in the world is the state of a mother, pleasant the state of a father, pleasant the state of a Samana, pleasant the state of a Brahmana ... Silently shall I endure abuse as the elephant in battle
Silently shall I endure abuse as the elephant in battle endures the arrow sent from the bow: for the world is ill-natured ... The elephant called Dhanapalaka, his temples running with sap, and difficult
The elephant called Dhanapalaka, his temples running with sap, and difficult to hold, does not eat a morsel when bound; the elephant longs for the elephant grove ... They lead a tamed elephant to battle, the king mounts
They lead a tamed elephant to battle, the king mounts a tamed elephant; the tamed is the best among men, he who silently endures abuse ... They who know what is forbidden as forbidden, and what
They who know what is forbidden as forbidden, and what is not forbidden as not forbidden, such men, embracing the true doctrine, enter the good path The Elephant ... This mind of mine went formerly wandering about as it
This mind of mine went formerly wandering about as it liked, as it listed, as it pleased; but I shall now hold it in thoroughly, as the rider who holds the hook holds in the furious elephant ...