I know them perfectly, as well as I know anything;
But I do not know my father when I 'm serving of my king.15
Aryaka. [To himself.] In a former existence the one must have been my enemy, the other my kinsman. For see!
Their business is the same; their ways
Unlike, and their desire:
Like flames that gladden wedding days,
And flames upon the pyre.16
Chandanaka. You are a most careful captain whom the king trusts. I am holding the bullocks. Make your inspection.
Vīraka. You too are a corporal whom the king trusts. Make the inspection yourself.
Chandanaka. If I make the inspection, that 's just the same as if you had made it?
Vīraka. If you make the inspection, that 's just the same as if King Pālaka had made it.
P. 171.5]
Chandanaka. Lift the pole, man! [Vardhamānaka does so.]
Aryaka. [To himself.] Are the policemen about to inspect me? And I have no sword, worse luck! But at least,