28. Where there is any desire in the heart, it is thickened and hardened in time; as every thing in nature increases in its bulk in time; but not so the things that are not in existence, as the want of desires (_i.e._ all what exists, has its increase likewise, but a nullity can have no increase). 29. Do you, O Indra! try to foster both the egoistic selfishness, as well as the ambition of Dáma and others for their universal dominion, if you want to cause their destruction. 30. Know, it is avarice which is the cause of the poverty, and all dangers to mankind; just as the _Karanja_ tree is the source of its bitter and pernicious fruits. 31. All those men who rove about under the bondage of avarice, have bid farewell to their happiness, by subjecting themselves to misery. 32. One may be very learned and well-informed in every thing, he may be a noble and great man also, but he is sure to be tied down by his avarice, as a lion is fettered by his chain. 33. Avarice is known as the snare of the mind, which is situated like a bird in its nest of the heart, as it is within the hollow of the tree of the body. 34. The miserable man becomes an easy prey to the clutches of death by his avarice, as a bird is caught in the birdlime by a boy; and lies panting on the ground owing to its greediness. 35. You gods, need not bear the burden of your weapons any more, nor toil and moil in the field of war any longer; but try your best to inflame the pernicious avarice of your enemies to the utmost. 36. Know, O chief of the gods, that no arm nor weapon, nor any polity or policy, is able to defeat the enemy, until they are defeated of themselves by their want of patience, through excess of their avarice. 37. These Dáma, Vyála and Kata, that have become elated with their success in warfare, must now cherish their ambition and foster their avarice to their ruin. 38. No sooner these ignorant creatures of Sambara, shall have gained their high desires, than they are sure to be foiled by you in their vain attempts. (The great height must have its fall). 39. Now ye gods! excite your enemies to the war by your policy, of creating in them an ambition and intense desire for conquest, and by this you will gain your object. 40. They being subjected by their desire, will be easily subdued by you; for nobody that is led blindfold by his desires in this world, is ever master of himself. 41. The path of this world, is either even or rugged, according to the good or restless desires of our hearts. The heart is like the sea in its calm after storm, when its waves are still as our subsided desires, or as boisterous as the stormy sea with our increasing rapacity. CHAPTER XXVIII THE RENEWED BATTLE OF THE GODS AND DEMONS. Argument. The rising Desires of the Demons, causing them to resume the Battle.