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to keep (so precious a good which he risks to lose)? (24)
He who has not renounced pleasure, will miss his aim (i.e. the true end of his soul); for though he has been taught the right way, he will go astray again and again. (25)
But he who has renounced pleasure, will not miss his aim; (he will think): I have learned that, by getting rid of this vile body, I shall become a god. (26)
He will be born among men where there is wealth, beauty, glory, fame, long life, and eminent happiness. (27)
See the folly of the sinner who practises unrighteousness: turning away from the Law, the great sinner will be born in hell. (28)
See the wisdom of the wise man who follows the true Law: turning away from unrighteousness, the virtuous man will be born as a god. (29)
A wise man weighs in his mind the state of the sinner and that of the virtuous man; quitting the state of the sinner, a sage realises that of the virtuous. (30)
Thus I say.
EIGHTH LECTURE.
KAPILA'S VERSES ? By what acts can I escape a sorrowful lot in this unstable ineternal Samsara, which is full of misery ? (1)
1 This lecture is ascribed to Kapila. According to an old story, told in the commentary, he was the son of Kâsyapa, a Brahman
