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संबोहणा
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It is not proper if you disregard Dharma. which has bestowed upon you birth beautified by wealth, fame and good knowledge; or by dint of which you enjoy happiness acquiring all of these.
. 54 All desire to reap the fruit of merit [Dharma); but they do not perform it with interest ! All are willing to repudiate sin; but they are ever intent upon committing it !
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55
If mangoes are desired, the mango tree must be reared. In the same way, if happiness
is to be attained, it is necessary to perform • Dharma which the ignorant do not do.
56
:- Dharma is the root of happiness. If the · root be cut off, you cannot reap the fruits.
To be engrossed in pleasures without caring for Dharma, is in itself equivalent to lop off the branch, on which you are sitting.
