bereft of intelligence.  He who is not arrogant or filled with pride, who is a worshipper of the deities and Brahmanas, who enjoys the respect of the world, who bows to every one that deserves his reverence, who utters smooth and sweet words, who benefits persons of all orders, who is always devoted to the good of all beings, who does not feel aversion for anybody, who is sweet-tongued, who is an utterer of agreeable and cooling words, who gives way to one that deserves to have way, who adores his preceptors in the manner in which preceptors deserve to be adored, who welcomes all creatures with proper courtesy, who does not hear ill will towards any creature, who lives, worshipping seniors and guests with such honours as they deserve, who is ever bent upon securing as many guests as possible, and who worships all who honour his house with their presence, succeeds, O goddess, in ascending to Heaven.  Upon the exhaustion of his merit, he takes birth in the order of humanity in a high and respectable family.  In that life he becomes possessed of all articles of enjoyment in abundance and jewels and gems and every kind of wealth in profusion.  He gives unto deserving persons what they deserve.  He becomes devoted to the observance of every duty and every act of righteousness.  Honoured by all creatures and receiving their reverence, he obtains the fruits of his own acts.  Even such a person acquires a high lineage and birth in this world.  This that I have recited to thee was said by the Ordainer (Brahman) himself in days of old.  That man who is fierce in conduct, who inspires terror in all creatures, who injures other beings with hands or feet or cords or sticks, or brick-bats or clods of hard clay, or other means of wounding and paining, O beautiful lady, who practises diverse kinds of deceit for slaying living creatures or vexing them, who pursues animals in the chase and causes them to tremble in fear,—­verily, that man, who conducts himself in this way, is certain to sink in Hell.  If in course of time he takes birth in the order of humanity, he is obliged to be born in a low and wretched race or family that is afflicted with impediments of every kind on every side.  He becomes an object of aversion to all the world.  Wretched among men, he becomes so through the consequence of his own acts.  Another, who is possessed of compassion, casts his eye on all creatures.  Endued with a friendly vision, behaving towards all creatures as if he were their father, divested of every hostile feeling, with all his passions under complete control, he never vexes any creature and never inspires them with fear by means of his hands or feet which are always under his control.  He inspires the confidence of all beings.  He never afflicts any creature with either cords or clubs or brick-bats or clods of hard earth or weapons of any kind.  His deeds are never fierce or cruel, and he is full of kindness.  One who is endued with such practices and conduct certainly ascend to