CHAPTER XXVII. Vanity of the world.
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Valmiki and Mitra, Viharilala
41. Man is addicted to greediness, and is prone to a variety of wicked shifts and plots; a good man is not now to be seen even in a dream, and there is no act which is free from difficulty. I know not how to pass this state of human life.