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sadism? He incurs more and more enmity (of other beings) by this.
ANNOTATION 32. Just as some people derive pleasure out of killings, so do others out of telling a lie, committing thefts, debauchery, and accumulating wealth. All of then augment enmity.
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३३. तम्हा तिविज्जो परमंति गच्चा, आयंकदंसी ग करेति पावं। 33. Tamhā tivijjo para manti naccā, āyankndaṁsi na
kareži pāvař. That is why a trividya having comprehended the Supreme Reality, (perceives terror in act of violence, etc.). He who perceives terror in (act of violence, etc.) does not commit sin (viz., indulging in vio
lence etc.). ३४. अग्गं च मूलं च विगिच धीरे। 34. Aggam ca mūlam ca vigimca dhire. 34. O sober one! cast off the root and the ramifications
fof sorrow).
ANNOTATION 34. Some philosophers believe in analysing only the effects (or remifications) and as such they never get to the root-cause of a phenomenon. They cannot fathom the depths of the problem, Bhagavān Mahavira concentrated more on the cause of the problem rather than on its effect. The root of all sufferings according to him is mo ha (delusion). The rest are its remifications.
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The alternate translation of this aphorism may be done as follows:
Tbis (sadistic killing) is enough for an ignorant one to be bound by karmas. He incurs more and more enmity.
Lord Buddha once exhorted his disciples:" Mendicants! It is to be hoped that a person who perceives the element of terror in & vice would be redeemed of all vices in the world."
( Anguttara Nikaya, Part I, page 51)
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