Janaka casteth his eyes upon all his subjects virtuously, and he is always kind unto them who, on their part, ever adhere to their respective duties.  Regarding myself, I always with good deeds please those that speak well, as also those that speak ill of me.  Those kings that live in the observance of their own proper duties, who are always engaged in the practice of acts that are good and honest, who are of souls under complete control and who are endued with readiness and alacrity, may not depend upon anything else for supporting their power.  Gift of food to the best of one’s power, endurance of heat and cold, firmness in virtue, and a regard and tenderness for all creatures,—­these attributes can never find place in a person, without an innate desire being present in him of separating himself from the world.  One should avoid falsehood in speech, and should do good without solicitation.  One should never cast off virtue from lust, from wrath, or from malice.  One should never joy immoderately at a good turn or grieve immoderately at a bad one.  One should never feel depressed when overtaken by poverty, nor when so overtaken abandon the path of virtue.  If at any time one doth what is wrong, he should never do its like again.  One should always urge his soul to the doing of that which he regardeth as beneficial.  One should never return wrong for wrong, but should act honestly by those that have wronged him.  That wretched man who desireth to do what is sinful, slayeth himself.  By doing what is sinful, one only imitates them that are wicked and sinful.  Disbelieving in virtue they that mock the good and the pure saying, ’There is no virtue’ undoubtedly meet with destruction.  A sinful man swelleth up like a leather bag puffed up with wind.  The thoughts of these wretches filled with pride and folly are feeble and unprofitable.  It is the heart, the inner soul, that discovereth the fool like the sun that discovereth forms during the day.  The food cannot always shine in the world by means of self-praise.  The learned man, however, even if he be destitute of beauty, displayeth his lustre by refraining from speaking ill of others and well of himself.  No example, however, can be met with, in this world, of a person shining brilliantly on account of attributes to be found in him in their reputed measure.  If one repenteth of a wrong done by him, that repentance washeth off his sin.  The resolution of never doing it again saveth him from future sin, even as, O thou best of Brahmanas, he may save himself from sin by any of those expiations obtained in the scriptures.  Even this, O regenerate one, is the sruti that may be seen in respect of virtue.  He that having before been virtuous, committeth a sin, or committeth it unknowingly may destroy that sin.  For virtue, O Brahmana, driveth off the sin that men commit from ignorance.  A man, after having committed a sin, should cease to regard himself any longer as a man.  No man can conceal his sins.  The gods behold