O king, the remnant of enemies, debt and fire, becomes again united and assumes proportion. Therefore the remnant of these three should never be kept (131). An enemy laughs, talks, takes food from the same plate, sits on the same seat, but he always keeps in mind that sin (132). Even contracting a relationship with an enemy one should not trust him. The king of gods, though himself a son-in-law, killed Puloma (133). As a deer does not approach a hunter so a wise man should not near him who speaks sweet words keeping enmity at heart (134). It is not proper to live near an enemy who has prospered. He brings about our destruction as a river destroys a tree (135). Even obtaining advancement from an enemy one should not trust him. Securing prosperity from him one meets with destruction like an earth-worm (136). Learned persons, who are to protect themselves, should always keep in mind these verses chanted by the preceptor Sukra, O king, (137). By making your son blind I have committed a great iniquity so I place no confidence in you (138). Having said all this the bird at once flew up into the sky. I have thus O king, described to you, what took place formerly between Pujanyā and the king Brahmadatta. O highly intelligent one, O Yudhisthira, I shall describe to you the ancient history of Srādha as accosted by you which was recounted by Sanatkumar in response to a question from Mārkandeya (139-141). O king, hear what happened in the days of yore to Gālava, Kundarika and Brahmadatta the three Brahmacharins in their seventh birth who longed for the fruit of Srāddha and good actions (142-143). ⁴¹ This is one of the parts of Vedanga—a sacred science, considered as subordinate to and in some sense a part of the Vedas; six sciences come under this denomination; _Siksha_ or the science of pronounciation and articulation; _Kalpa_, the detail of religious ceremonies; _Vyakarana_ or grammar; _Chhandas_, prosody; _Jyotish_, astronomy; and _Nirukta_, or the explanation of the difficult and obscure words and phrases that occur in the Vedas. ⁴² _i.e._ Thou art in mourning on account of the death of thy father. ⁴³ After the performance of thy father’s Srāddha. ⁴⁴ The word in the text is _Murdhābhisikta_. Literally it means _on whose head water is sprinkled_. The Kshatriyas go through this ceremony at the time of installation. ⁴⁵ _i.e._ Those of a drunkard, a madman, of one exhausted with fatigue, hungry, angry, hasty, of one afraid, stupified and passionate. CHAPTER XXI. AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEVEN BRAHMANAS.