KADAMBAR. 281 Tt is difficult to walk about when there are crooked paths by which we have to go. The rulers of empires find it an onerous bask to shape their conduct on account of the Machiavellian policies of other kings. चतुः..महत् (राज्यं ) is very great (causes great trouble) on account of the very fact of its being spread ver the world which is bounded by the four oceans. चत्वारः समुद्राः पर्यन्ताः यस्य तत् चतुःसमुद्रपर्यन्तं भुवनं तस्मिन् व्याप्तिः तयाः The four ceans are those that are in the four principal quarters. The usual mythological number is seven see notes p. 184 ).A. remarks ‘विस्तृतभुवनप्रास्याकारेण अतिमहत् अविरहितायासमित्यभिप्रायः । चतुः समुद्रवेलाव्याप्तस्य महत्त्वं सिद्धमेवः ' P. 56. महा---साधनम् (राज्य) which is very difficult to obtain (and to retain) on account of the very fact of its being obtainable only with a large army (साधनं). Only a ask army can conquer the world and retain it. As a large army can be brought together with difficulty, a kingdom is दुःसाधन. महासाधन suggests also another meaningA kingdom is difficult to secure on account of ite being obtainable only with the aid of reat means ( साधनं means ); what is obtainable with महासाधन is said to be दुसाधन, because such means are available to fewN and A read दुसाध्यम्, which is good; but our reading दुसाधनम् rhyming with महासाधनं is more picturesque and in keeping with the authors style. अपये ...गहन extremel difficult on account of the intricate government in which there are endless duties to perform. अपर्यवसानानि ( अविद्यमानं पर्यवसानं अन्तः येषाम्) अनन्तानि कार्याणि यस्मिन् तत् अपर्यवसानकार्यं तन्त्रं (स्वराष्ट्रमण्डल चिन्ता ) तदेव जालं तेन. These words also convey another meaning: ‘which is very thick on account of the net-work of endless threads: तद्धे means government and also the alreads extended &a lengthwise in a loom.' ‘तन्त्रं प्रधाने सिद्धान्ते सूत्रवाये परिच्छदे' इत्यमरः on which क्षीरस्वामी remarks "परिच्छदे यथा-तत्रपतिः । अत एव स्वमण्डल चिन्ता तन्त्रम् । . Arremarks ‘निबिडतन्तवः कार्यसूत्राणि तेपां जालेनाति- वहुलं निबिडतन्तुजालावृतः प्रदेशो गहन इति प्रसिद्धः उत्तुङ्ग...रोह which is difficult secure (i, difficult of ascent) on acconnt of its being to placed (i, a being ruled by ) in a very exalted family. वंश also means • bomboo. What is placed on a tall bamboo is dificult to be reached. A kingdom which is ruled by a noble family of kings cannot be secured by other kings. A days 'उत्तुङ्गकुलजाते प्रतिष्ठितं भवति नान्यत्र तरसादन्येषां दुरारोहम् । तुङ्गवंशप्रतिष्ठित पदार्थो दुरारोहत्वालब्धुमशक्य इति च स्फुरति । हित...दुर्धरम् which is diffi- cult to be borne on account of the fact of having to uproot thousands enemios. A remarks ‘अहितसहस्रोद्धरणेन हेतुना अति of
