Vajjalaggam

SR No.: 020873
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: M V Patwardhan
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society
Publication Year: 1969
Total Pages: 706
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 11 MB

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tops of lordly trees which bend low under the profusion of fruits and become erect on the wichering (removal of the fruits.
115) In the case of the good, the tree in the form of determination (or energetic pursuit of an undertaking)springs up in their hearts and (secretly) grows even there, and, though not revealed to the world at large, is finally detected through its fruits (results).
116) Riches are the outcome of firmness of purpose (or determination); the extrication of distressed people from their difficulties is the result (or consequence) of riches; acquisition of fame is the outcome of helping people in distress; what happiness is there in this world that is not obtained by fame?
117) How will tasks undertaken by good people, who have set their hearts on high endeavour,be void of fruition (the expected achievement) for long?
118) The goddess of wealth resides not on the chest of the exterminator of Madhu (i. e. not on the chest of Lord Vişnu), nor in the midst of lotuses,nor in the milk-ocean but she most certainly resides in the ocean in the form of the unshakable derermination and endeavour of the good.
119) There is no respite for the hearts of the good, who are always preoccupied with the beneficent activities of any particular day and whose only aim and object is to further the cause of their friends, just as there is no rest for the horses of the sun's chariot, who are busy with the commencement (and consummation) of any particular day and whose only aim and object is to further the cause (i.e. to facilitate the diurnal journey) of the sun through space.
11. The Section on Fate 120) Wealth, learning, valour and thousands of other virtues of a man are rendered null and void (are of no avail), when we see that every task undertaken is at the mercy of fate (for its success).
121) Even in the case of a person, who abides by the rules laid down in the Sāstras, a critical situation arises in the middle