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LECTURE V.
2 I
Mahâvira has (thus) described the first kind in which an ignorant man, being attached to pleasures, does very cruel actions. (4)
A man attached to pleasures and amusements will be caught in the trap (of deceit). (He thinks): 'I never saw the next world, but I have seen with my own eyes the pleasures of this life.' (5)
'The pleasures of this life are (as it were) in your hand, but the future ones are uncertain 1. Who knows whether there is a next world or not?' (6)
The fool boasts: 'I shall have the company of (most) men 2.' But by his love of pleasures and amusements he will come to grief. (7)
Then he begins to act cruelly against movable and immovable beings, and he kills living beings with a purpose or without. (8)
An ignorant man kills, lies, deceives, calumniates, dissembles, drinks liquor, and eats meat, thinking that this is the right thing to do. (9)
Overbearing in acts and words, desirous for wealth and women, he accumulates sins in two ways, just as a young snake gathers dust (both on and in its body). (10)
Then he suffers ill and is attacked by disease; and he is in dread of the next world when he reflects on his deeds. (11)
I have heard of the places in hell, and of the destination of the sinner, where the fools who do cruel deeds will suffer violently. (12)
1 Kâlikâ, doubtful as regards the time when they will be enjoyed. 2 I. e. I shall do as people generally do, viz. enjoy pleasures.
s Viz. By his acts and thoughts.
