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should they show mild tremblings? Why do you say that the sentiment of fear alone is not genuine? Can it not be equally said of other sentiments that they are sometimes not genuine? For instance a prostitute may show false love. Why then restrict this GAI (artificiality) to fear only?
The answer as given by to this objection is as follows:----
Sometimes one has to show mock fear, for instance: in order to create an impression that he is a modest man, a king shows himself frightened before his preceptor. By his mild gestures of fear he shows that he is not a man of a low type;
False love (a) may be depicted, but it serves no purpose in bringing about the accomplishment of any goal of life (such as a Я etc.)
Sometimes kings show genuine anger or other sentiments in order to do good to others. In such cases it must be supposed that it is not a permanent sentiment but a temporary feeling. (fazma)
(sentiment of loathing)
A typical instance of is given in verse 115.
A famished corpse is tearing away the skin from another corpse and after eating the flesh from its different parts, with a horrible grinning, is at last trying to take slices of flesh from the uneven cavities of bones.
An excellent illustration of verse 116:-" Krishna! is it a eaten earth while playing?
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No mother. He is telling a lie; look here into my mouth." Thus saying, Krishna opened his mouth and
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