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They call themselves virtuous. What good is wealth acquired through various deeds, brought home and accumulated, in a house devoid of days? What good is a city devoid of learned men, a chest wounded by the nails of other women, a body weary from the toil of virtue, a man who sleeps with his mouth open? What good is a scripture devoid of both, a son who goes against his father's feet, a renunciation that brings sorrow to the mind? The winds move freely up and down, their fatigue is removed by sleep, what good is a man who shows his face to a beloved enemy? What good is an elephant that does not obey the goad? A horse that does not obey the whip is chewed and becomes juice, but the food eaten is transformed into the body, what good is a horse of phlegm? What good is a man whose infamy is spreading? What good is a dance that melts with juice? It becomes bile with the five senses. They wake up in the morning and exhale again, and they say to their wives, "What good is a son who is under the control of wealth? What good is a cunning man who is under the control of love? What good is a man who enjoys the company of another's wife? How can he be protected? What good is a relative who enjoys the company of another's wife? What good is a guru who is in the darkness of delusion? A disobedient disciple, out of fear of punishment, accepts the command of any powerful person with trembling. What good is that? What good is a wicked man who speaks sweetly? What good is a life devoid of dharma? Beings who enjoy the taste of the tongue and sexual intercourse go to the sinful hell. ||14||
The wise and self-aware Vidhyadhararaja, pleased with the question, says again, "O King, this is the essence of dharma: 15
Is it not that one should appear to be like oneself? ||15|| What good is a family without wealth? What good is an army without its master? What good is a lake without good water? What good is a wife...