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प्रमादवांस्त्वं क्षतधर्मवर्मा गतो मुनीनामपि शत्रुभावम् । |
stratagem of the gods, (viz., that with those (nails), he whose form was of a man-lion, tore up that (chest) !
60 . "If you, possessed of insanity, have abandoned the righteous path and have attained enmity even with the sages, greatly prize peace to your family, Oh best of kings, do what is told by Vibhisana.
61. Then Kumbhakarna who had regained wakefulness by that loud voice, whose eyes were turbid with sleep, who had heard the purport of the business, addressed a speech, like a watery cloud thundering in the sky :
62. "They declare these five as the aspects of (good) counsel: the remedy inherent in the beginning of an action resources of men and materials, being with the (proper) place and time, being united with the counteraction against calamity, and the success of the objective.
63. "He who does not transgress the objective, and time and place settled with due regard to the means of undertaking etc. would acquire the fruit of counsel, not an egotist (like you), oh lord of demons, when the time(for counsel)has already passed.
64. "Even the sun that has risen to the meridian may
