ABSTRACT
1. There was in old time a Brahmachârin just twenty years of age, who, being possessed of brilliant talent, foolishly thought that he could be instructed in no art or accomplishment common in the world. Taking his travels, therefore, he came to a country where he saw a fletcher making his arrows and shaping his bow ; on seeing which he was convinced of his ignorance in this respect ; and so also in another country, seeing a man building a ship, he was equally convinced ; and so again when in another place he saw a man making a royal palace. Having learnt all these arts, and passed successively through sixteen countries, he came back to his own place, and boastfully asked, “Who is there in the world more acquainted with the arts than myself?”
