"Avidious" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... (devotion); [202] whoever has not these three qualities, is not a fakir. All this which you have received, eat and drink with it, and when it is done, return to me, and receive whatever thou requirest. This charity is bestowed on thee to relieve immediate wants and not for the purpose of accumulation. O avidious! from the forty gates thou hast received from one piece of gold up to forty; add up the amount, and see by the rule of arithmetical progression how many pieces of gold it comes to; and even after all ...
— Bagh O Bahar, Or Tales of the Four Darweshes • Mir Amman of Dihli |
