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Filled in planes
uncountable treasures
twinkling,
laughing whitish laugh
lovely diamonds, original gems,
spleandours of pearls, corals and rubies, yellow slabs of topaz,
pieces of sapphire, silver sticks,
which excite attachment in the kings.
The rahu agrees and accepts the treasure;
the sea's side gets support,
his weakness gets removed and he becomes strong. When
rahu's house gets full
with the unearned immeasurable
treasure
then
his head gets filled
with that irregular, poisonous treasure of sin.
That is,
on touching the untouchable treasure
the rahu
with the thinnest merit
becomes so dark an abode of sin
that he is scarcely visible
to the onlookers,
and not touchable to those
who want to touch.
236 Silent Soil
