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Those who hold weapons are considered hateful, those who keep women and wear ornaments are considered passionate. Their delusion can also be inferred from their passion and hatred, because delusion is the cause of passion and hatred. Thus, passion, hatred, and delusion are the three vices that are established in them, and the rest of the vices are transformations of these. || 42 ||
Some people in the world are known as gods, but they are like ordinary people, they eat, they are tainted by passions, and they indulge in desires like sex, time, and place. How can such gods be worthy of charity? If they are inferior or equal to their devotees, how can they give them good results? || 83-84 ||
Although their good deeds are seen in the present, how can they bring liberation to other suffering humans? || 85 ||
To desire liberation from such false gods is like wanting to get oil by squeezing a handful of sand, or like wanting to quench thirst by serving fire. || 86 ||
If a lame man can take another lame man to a foreign country, then these gods can also bring results to other suffering beings. || 87 ||
This is the story of these gods who commit sinful deeds. Their devotees, who are far from being worthy, cannot be considered worthy in any way. || 88 ||
Driven by greed, sinful people engage in sacrifices, and people give them money in the form of offerings. How can this be considered innocent? || 89 ||
Therefore, the charity given with the intention of benefiting the Jina is free from all vices and yields great results. || 90 ||
Religion is like business, just as in business, there is always a consideration of more or less, so in religion, there should always be a consideration of more or less, that is, one should look at the loss and gain. A householder can accept the religion in which there is more merit and less sin, because the greater thing overcomes the lesser thing. || 91 ||
Just as a single grain of poison does not contaminate the entire pond when it enters it, so also the slight violence committed by a man who follows the Jina's religion does not contaminate him. His slight violence is in vain. || 92 ||
1. kechidebhyah m. | 2. bhajanbhajanam kh. | pujanbhajanam m., b. | 3. kaladeshakamādi-m., kh., b. | 4. drishte'pi kh., m., b., j. | 5. vipāke kh., m., b., j. | 6. shivasthānam samprāpti m. | shivasthāna prāpti kh. | shivasthānam samprāpti b. |