Note 137 — KĀDAMBARĪ.

(84) ‘There defilement is found in the smoke of the oblations, not in evil conduct; redness of face in parrots, not in angry men; sharpness in blades of grass, not in dispositions; wavering in plantain-leaves, not in minds; red eyes137 in cuckoos alone; clasping of necks with pitchers only; binding of girdles in vows, not in quarrels; pakshapāta138 in cocks, not in scientific discussions; wandering in making the sunwise turn round the soma fire, but not error in the çāstras; mention of the Vasus in legends, but not longing for wealth; counting of beads for Rudra, but no account made of the body; loss of locks by the saints in the practice of sacrifice, but not loss of their children139 by death; propitiation of Rāma by reciting the Rāmāyaṇa, not of women140 by youth; wrinkles brought on by old age, not by pride of riches; the death of a Çakuni141 in the Mahābhārata only; only in the Purāṇa windy talk;142 in old age only loss of teeth;143 coldness only in the park sandal-trees;144 (85) in fires only turning to ashes;145 only deer love to hear song; only peacocks care for dancing; only snakes wear hoods;146 only monkeys desire fruit;147 only roots have a downward tendency.