Vajjalaggam

SR No.: 001383
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jayvallabh
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1969
Total Pages: 708
Language: Prakrit, Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Literature
File Size: 13 MB

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29, SECTION ON THE MOON
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261) Oh swan, having deserted the Mānasa lake which is decked with an unsteady series of fresh lotus-stalks, how is it that 'you did not perish (die) with a sense of shame when resorting to a village brook ?
262) The beauty which accrues to a lake because of even only one swan standing on its side (margin), well, that beauty the lake will not be able to attain even with several flocks of crows (or multitudes of cranes).
263) Just as royal swans do not feel happy when separated from the Mānasa lake, similarly the regions of the banks of the Mānasa lake do not look charming in the absence of the royal Swans.
29. The Section on the Moon 264) Save (or preserve) with every possible care and effort that person, who is the abode of the glory of victory (or the glory of outstanding eminence). When the orb of the moon has set, moon-light is not produced by (the faintly t'vinkling) stars.
265) As the moon goes on increasing (in its size and splendour day by day), oh, behold, it is increasingly pervaded (occupied) by the deer (i. e. more and more of its surface becomes darkened) (also, it comes to be more and more under the influence of pride, vanity, intoxication). In this world it is only in the case of some care person, if at all, that the attainment of riches (prosperity) is free from the reproach of vanity.
266) Jf the moon is there, what is the use of the countless stars? And if the moon is not there, what is the use of the stars even if they be countless ? For, his light alone, in this world, is able to brighten the vast expanse of the earth.
267) It is the moon that is subject to (periodic) depletion (waning) and not the stars. Similarly it is the moon that undergoes (periodic) repletion (waxing), and not the stars. Falling and rising are possible only in the case of the great; others (i. e. ordinary men) are always fallen (i. e. they never rise to eminence and so they never fall down either).