Knowledge is the only wealth which thieves cannot steal Nought is so precious as the first steps to holiness Nor so attractive and useful to all mankind, Therefore specially cherish, youthful efforts to goodness, It is Nature's rule, that as we sow, we shall reap, She recognizes no good intentions, and pardons no errors; Small importance. All must bear some fruit Begin by restraining and conquering thyself; As thou wouldst have them do unto thee. Weary not in well doing, but be active and earnest, Sympathetic and benevolent even in thy thoughts Concerning others, and courteous in words and manner. Observe "the old rule" that soft words and looks dissipate anger. Remembering that hatred is only overcome by love; Virtuous conduct comes naturally to him who practises virtue, Sin can only be atoned by ceasing to sin; No priest can gain for thee or grant thee salvation, And sacrifices but injure the innocent, are cruel and selfish. If thou wouldst have mercy, be just and merciful; Cultivate equanimity and patience under all conditions. But does his best to alleviate and utilize. With this view he may seek for long life, power and wealth Love and venerate thy parents and respect the aged, Be ever more ready to praise than to blame any, Thou must work to live, but choose a peaceful calling, Be long suffering, meek, pious and tranquil; Submitting all to Reason, thy surest guide Amidst the fallacies and sophisms of creeds and philosophies. Go forth and alone, into all lands and preach holiness; Trusting in its serene power and in no arm of flesh. Instruct rich and poor, males and females, priests and peoples, But accept truth under whatever garb it may appear, Nought is proven; all is unknowable and incomprehensible, "Trouble not yourselves because I pass away;" And death may be only a beginning of new life: By it we shall live in the assemblies which follow Mayhap "in the foundation of a Kingdom of Righteousness." So wilt thou reach unto supreme Wisdom "An unconditioned state-the fruition of Enlightenment." Therefore weary not thyself, seeking after the hidden : J. G. R. FORLONG. SANSKRIT PEAN. BY RAJA SOURINDRO MOHUN TAGORE, K.C.I.E., ETC. RAJA SIR SOURINDRO MOHUN TAGORE, K.C.I.E., the well-known scholar who has revived in India the teaching of Sanskrit music, to which he has set some of the most charming Sanskrit poems of his own composition, has sent to the Lisbon Oriental Congress "a Brief History of Music in India," as also a number of musical instruments including the curious Nyastaranga," a wind-instrument which is played by the mechanical pressure of the muscles of the throat from the outside. He has accompanied his paper by a musical and poetical address in Sanskrit to the highly-gifted King of Portugal-himself an Orientalistcelebrating the history of Portuguese enterprise in India [see specially verses 18 to 26], which we quote in its English translation. The Congress is celebrated in verses 28 to 40. Persons desirous of understanding Sanskrit music, that wonderful art and science which seeks to render not only every variety of human feeling and thought but also of the seasons and the hours in their mystic dance, should study the dramatic, epic, lyrical, idyllic and mythological compositions of the Raja as also the collection of Eastern, ancient and modern, musical instruments (especially Indian) at the Museum of the Oriental University Institute, which will be open to visitors on Saturday afternoons, by special permission of the Principal. Translation. 1. May He, whose illusion-producing powers cause the deities and men to move incessantly about like so many blind beings, the ignorance of whose real nature makes men look upon the earth and other mundane objects as separate entities, whose kindness instils parental affection into the hearts of our mothers and fills their breasts with milk-May He, that supreme Being, preserve thee, Dom Carlos, King of Portugal! 2. May Indra and other guardians of the ten regions of the universe protect thee and thy friends! May Sarasvati, the Goddess of learning, charmed with thy attainments, make thy throat her happy home! May Victory and Prosperity attend on thee on earth, and may the Moon, the repository of cooling herbs, shed nectar on thy kingdom and for ever cause an increase of crops ! 3. May Lakshmi, the Goddess of Fortune,-whose look of anger makes even Indra and the other deities forsake their divine character and behave like senseless mortalsMay Lakshmi abandon her favorite home in Vaikuntha and live in happiness at thy Royal abode ! 4. The six evil passions, Desire, Anger, Covetousness, Ignorance, Pride, and Envy, are known as the greatest curses of human life; but, under circumstances, they are productive of good. May, therefore, thy Desire shun all females of mortal make and cherish as its long-lived Consort, the cultivation of Letters and Art! May Anger alone be the victim of thy Anger! May thy Covetousness draw its attention away from wealth, empire, and other ephemeral objects, and confine itself to virtue alone which follows man to eternity! May thy Ignorance be only that of evil ways I May thy Pride challenge such persons only as are noted for their control over their passions; and may thy Envy claim for its object only those who may be the most powerful among thy enemies! 5. May thy superior prowess scatter thy enemies even as the dazzling light of day drives owls to seek shelter in dark sequestered spots! 6. The sight of the lunar Circle causes the ocean to swell, but the ocean is unable to overflow its shores. The sight, however, of thy bright, spotless, and moon-like face makes the ocean of pleasure in all good men's hearts swell and overflow. 7. Only once a month, at new moon time, does the ocean expand. But the sea of thy kindness is at all times expanding at the sight of the poor man's woe. The ocean, undoubtedly, yields the palm to the sea of thy kindness. 8. The submarine fire is, to my thinking, nothing else but the visible manifestation of the unbearable anguish which the ocean feels at finding that the gravity, majesty and other attributes of which it thought it had the monopoly, have been surpassed by thine. 9. King Bali made over to the dwarf-god his dominions in the three regions of the universe, and subsequently his own self. The sage Dadhichi gave away the bones of his |