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Enough of prolixity; hear ye things worth hearing; praise ye things worth praising; practise ye things worth practising. In that case,
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[2] Those are the things worth hearing, which ensure the highest bliss to men and gods, which full of meaning, which are spoken by the omniscient sages, and whose fame rests stable in the world (6).
And also those right belief, right knowledge and right conduct, which are spoken by them (i. e. the omniscient sages) are alone the things worthy of the wise (7).
And also those things are worthy to be shunned, which form the cause of the life in a low state, which consist of false belief etc. and which are against the people. (8).
The things worthy to be practised, by being free from attachment, are right belief, right knowledge and right conduct, which destroy the low state and which are, as it were, the desire-fulfilling jewels. (9).
Then here again the qualificatory determinant in the present work fit to hear, is: it is spoken with the purpose that these things which are spoken by the omniscient sages are worthy of hearing. (10).
I will narrate succinctly the life-history which is accompanied with those things, which will give delight to those who intend to attain the spiritual goal; which is great and is full of meaning; hear ye this (11).
In that (i. e. the life-history) the opinion of the former teachers is: the matter of the story is threefold
