vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 12. By preparing a garland for a Deity with one's own hand; by grindingsandal paste for the Lord with one's own hand; and by writing sacredtexts with one's own hand -- one becomes blessed with opulence equalto that of Indra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 13. ...14. Poverty is set off by fortitude; shabby garments by keeping them clean;bad food by warming it; and ugliness by good behaviour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 CHAPTER TEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 1. One destitute of wealth is not destitute, he is indeed rich (if he islearned); but the man devoid of learning is destitute in every way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 2. We should carefully scrutinise that place upon which we step (havingit ascertained to be free from filth and living creatures like insects,etc.); we should drink water which has been filtered (through a cleancloth); we should speak only those words which have the sanction ofthe satras; and do that act which we have carefully considered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 2. We should carefully scrutinise that place upon which we step (havingit ascertained to be free from filth and living creatures like insects,etc.); we should drink water which has been filtered (through a cleancloth); we should speak only those words which have the sanction ofthe satras; and do that act which we have carefully considered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 2. We should carefully scrutinise that place upon which we step (havingit ascertained to be free from filth and living creatures like insects,etc.); we should drink water which has been filtered (through a cleancloth); we should speak only those words which have the sanction ofthe satras; and do that act which we have carefully considered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 4. What is it that escapes the observation of poets? What is that actwomen are incapable of doing? What will drunken people not prate?What will not a crow eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 5. Fate makes a beggar a king and a king a beggar. He makes a rich manpoor and a poor man rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 6. The beggar is a miser's enemy; the wise counsellor is the fool'senemy; her husband is an adulterous wife's enemy; and the moon isthe enemy of the thief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 7. Those who are destitute of learning, penance, knowledge, gooddisposition, virtue and benevolence are brutes wandering the earth inthe form of men. They are burdensome to the earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 8. Those that are empty-minded cannot be benefited by instruction.Bamboo does not acquire the quality of sandalwood by beingassociated with the Malaya Mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 9. What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of hisown? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 10. Nothing can reform a bad man, just as the posterious cannot become asuperior part of the body though washed one hundred times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadapav Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 11. By offending a kinsman, life is lost; by offending others, wealth islost; by offending the king, everything is lost; and by offending abrahmana one's whole family is ruined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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