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others.' But noble men who see him will say: *This man does cruel aetions, and maintains himself by them. His is the southern region, the hell, the dark fortnight 1. In the future he will not easily obtain enlightenment.' (56)
(The conduct described in the preceding) part 2 is agreeable to some (heretical) monks, to some householders, to men governed by love of life. This conduct is unworthy, impure, void (of virtues), not holy, not right, not eradicating sins; it is not the road to perfection, liberation, Nirvana, final delivery, not the road of those who are freed from all misery; it is thoroughly untrue, and bad.
This is the explanation of the first subject, viz. demerit. (57)
Now the explanation of the second subject, viz. merit, is as follows:
Here in the East, West, North, and South there are some men, viz. Aryas, non-Aryas, (all down to) ugly men. They own fields and houses, (&c., all as in II, 1, $$ 34-59, down to reach final beatitude. (58)
(The conduct described in this) part is holy, right, (all just the reverse of what was said in § 58, down to) thoroughly true, and good. This is the explanation of the second subject, viz. merit. (59)
Now the explanation of the third subject, viz. the mixed state, is as follows:
Those who live in woods, in huts, near villages, (&c., all as above, s 21, down to) or blind. (The
1 For according to the commentaries the worst of all regions is the south, the worst state of being that of denizens of hell, and the dark fortnight is the worse half of the month.
9 Thânê=sthanam.
