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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VAJJALAGGAM
(90*7
are engaged in acconiplishing great tasks. How possibly can ran. dom and casual efforts (2017) avail? If it is ignored (neglected) (in the beginning) later on it becomes difficult to accomplish.
90*7) Do not accept (as true, authoritative or final) what you have merely heard from others(i.e. got by bearsay); do not believe in what has not been directly seen (by you); and even in regard to things directly seen, consider (have regard for) what is proper and what is improper.
90*8) Righteousness is the root-cause of wealth (riches prosperity); a (virtuous) wife is the source of all kinds of happiness; humility (or discipline) is the root-cause of virtues; pride (vanity) is the root-cause of ruin (destruction).
90*9) Wealth is ruined (lost) by gambling; the family is ruined in the case of those who are devoid of character; a woman is ruined by her extraordinary beauty; a king is ruined because of unworthy ministers.
90+10) = Gātha No. 687. 90*11) = Gāthā No. 689.
90*12) Intelligence, truthfulness, friendship ........... an epic poem-all these are agreeable in the beginning (at first), but later on lead to distress (or are maintained with difficulty).*
90*13) = Gāthā No. 143. 90+14) = Gātha No. 690. 90*15) = Gātha No. 700.
10. The Section on Adventure (Enterprise) 119*1) Generosity even when fortune (wealth) has declined, self-respect (high spirit) even in calamity, fortitude (firmness) even in the face of death, freedom from bewilderment even in the midst of a hundred (different) assignments (undertakings) (demanding attention)-all that is the glory and ornament of men of lofty character.
119*2) Men of courage and fortitude achieve their own undertaking even when they are dead and gone. Behold, the flower
Seose obscure,