These friends should possess the following qualities:
  • They should tell the truth

  • They should not be changed by time

  • They should be favourable to your designs

  • They should be firm

  • They should be free from covetousness

  • They should not be capable of being gained over by others

  • They should not reveal your secrets
Charayana says that citizens form friendship with washermen, barbers, cowherds, florists, druggists, betel-leaf sellers, tavern keepers, beggars, Pithamardas, Vitas and Vidushekas, as also with the wives of all these people.

A messenger should possess the following qualities:

  • Skilfulness

  • Boldness

  • Knowledge of the intention of men by their outward signs

  • Absence of confusion, i.e. no shyness

  • Knowledge of the exact meaning of what others do or say

  • Good manners

  • Knowledge of appropriate times and places for doing different things

  • Ingenuity in business

  • Quick comprehension

  • Quick application of remedies, i.e. quick and ready resources
And this part ends with a verse:

`The man who is ingenious and wise, who is accompanied by a friend, and who knows the intentions of others, as also the proper time and place for doing everything, can gain over, very easily, even a woman who is very hard to be obtained.'

  By PanEris using Melati.

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