225 the bhai-bi,]^ Whose breast shall I wash? Will I ever see a nephew?^ On whom will I bind the protective amulet?7 For whom will I sing songs? Who will give me the mos^itu90 This is why I am so distressed.^ I, for whom separation of only one ghadi^ from him is a cruel sword, -- how can I live on without my brother?"^ Screwing up his face, Dhanya, that bold one, that crest-jewel, that stalwart fellow, made these pointed remarks: "It is difficult to get another brother and your sorrow is proper. But your brother, Salibhadra, wears the crown of timidity. His undertaking will bear fruit if he carries it out to the end; however, an appraisal of his ability yields something quite different. Why does he continue to enjoy love after he has dismissed it from his mind? Why does he hesitate to give it up completely?11 (Subhadra:) "A sister cannot bear to hear her husband talk like this. Why do you insult and mock my brother in this fashion?^ + My dearest, how is SSli timid? Listen to me; think this over.f Who thinks twenty times before throwing away a defective cowrie, yet gives up present wealth (counting it as nothing), he should be praised \'l The courtyard of his house is studded with gems. The doors of his house are golden. Estimate, accordingly, the extent of his riches.^ A man who has lived his span and whose wife is bald, even he hesitates two or three years before taking the Vow.7 A man who is young, with young wives in his house, his body golden-hued and tender, who devotes himself to pleasure, that one maintains his good repute./ A man will think twenty times about giving up his fine house, his wealth and his thirty-two wives who are in beauty like Rambha. + Tell me, who, fainthearted, would give up his wives like that? Blood flows where the skin is scratched.1^ He who undertakes it knows that abandonment is a hard taska A barren woman does not know the joy of giving birth,' (• (Dhanya:) "If, in this Kali-yugd saying and doing were the same, then surely ^ivasukha would be here now, with no one remaining below."f (Subhadra:) "Action, not big words, obtains the object. Put the gift in the hand.I3 He is the rare, superior man, who, himself, does what he preaches.+ "You point out the way of the Sadhu, but you do not go that way. You give other people advice, but you yourself do not go to the father-in-law^ house.^ In thirty-two days my brother will give up thirty-two wives. You have eight wives. Give them up at one time I"f