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29. Cut across the shackles (of attachment) that bind to
the mortals. ३०. आरंभजीवी उ भयाणुपस्सी। 30. Ārambhajivi u bhayāņupassi. 30. Fears haunt him who lives by the sword. ANNOTATION 30. By 'arambha' is meant hitting, cutting and killing. One perpetrates ärambha to gain worldly possessions. Thieves, bandits and the like who indulge in violence and acquisitiveness on a large scale are incessantly bedevilled with the fear of incarceration, apprehension, decapitation, etc. ३१. कामेसु गिद्धा णिचयं करेंति, संसिच्चमाणा पुणरेंति गम।। 31. Kämesu giddhā nicayam karenti, saṁsiccamānā
punaremti gabbhañ. 31. Sensualists pile up acquisitions. Nourished (with
attachment to possessions), they are born again and again,
ANNOTATION 31. In the quartet (i.e. righteousness, wealth, desires, and salvation) of the principal objects of life, desire is the end and wealth the means. The present apopthegm elucidates the truism that attachment to desire impels one to amass riches.
३२. अवि से हासमासज्ज, हंता गंदीति मन्नति ।
__ अलं बालस्स संगणं, वेरं वड्डेति अप्पणो। 32. Avi se häsa mā sajja, hamtā naħditi mannati.
Alam bālassa sargeņa, veram vaddheti appano.
32.
A pleasure-seeker derives a sadistic delight from killing other beings.
What benefit does an ignorant one derive from such
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