What knows the child of its mother’s mind? All care concerning him is borne by her.
They are to each other as a stone is to a gourd—when the gourd keeps the stone afloat.
So too does a snake coil itself round the trunk of a sandal-tree; it coils itself, but does not assume the nature of the tree because it is close to it.
Now, do thou take the part of the magic stone, says Tuka, and consider me as iron.
They are to each other as a stone is to a gourd—when the gourd keeps the stone afloat.
So too does a snake coil itself round the trunk of a sandal-tree; it coils itself, but does not assume the nature of the tree because it is close to it.
Now, do thou take the part of the magic stone, says Tuka, and consider me as iron.