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spiritual teacher. After they have performed asceticism, they will in course of time attain salvation.
Wine, the pleasures of the senses, sin, sleep, and boasting, which is mentioned in the fifth place,
These are the five delusions which plunge the soul into the circuit of mundane existence.
Therefore, having heard the story of Amaradatta and Mitránanda, sin is to be avoided. Here comes to an end the story of Amaradatta and Mitránanda, having reference to sin.
Munificence, chastity, asceticism, meditation-this piety is of four
kinds;
They who observe it heartily, those souls are a vessel of merit.
By munificence creatures are tamed; by munificence even enmities come to an end;
By munificence is gained glory pure as the moon; there is no instrument superior to munificence.
A spotless family; a handsome shape, such as heart could wish, and free from disease;
Prosperity that enriches the whole world; an illustrious development
of fortune;
Moreover, also, blameless learning, an extensive good reputation; A multitude of attractive qualities; all these are obtained by munificence.
Even the siding with virtue produces success, as in the case of Lalitánga;
But the opposite conduct produces destruction, as in the case of his servant Sajjana.
Now follows a story with regard to the virtue of munificence. In Jambudvipa, in this very STORY OF LALITÁNGA. land of Bharata, there was a town named Crívása; in it lived a king of the name of Naraváhana; his head queen, who wore the diadem, was called Kamalá. Those two parents had born to them a son named Lalitánga, the delight of their eyes. He possessed all the auspicious marks, was clever in all the accomplishments, exceedingly learned, full of discernment, and appreciated merit. He, even when a raw boy, dwelt in the minds of the learned; he was devoted to his god, to his
*Kasháya. See the 'Sarva Darçana Sangraha' (Cowell and Gough's translation), p. 55.
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