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अंतिम-सिक्खा
२६९
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By the deviation from the right path, embodied beings themselves invite misery. The unobstructed general way to happiness is to live always a righteous life.
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A man of good character though knowing little or wanting in intellectual power, is pious, fortunate and blessed; while one of misconduct though a rival to Brihaspati in his brilliancy of talent, is of a low position or of a mean type.
. Even a poor man is happy by his contentment, while even a king is unhappy by his covetousness. Really speaking contentment is the origin of happiness and covetousness, of misery.
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3. The comfort of the mind and its uneasiness are the characteristics of happiness and misery respectively. The only key to happiness is good conduct, for constantly adhering to which one should make one's strength alive or forceful.
