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SIKAND-GÛMÂNÎK VIGÂR.
then, when it is necessary for us to write of preservation from the sacred being?, whom shall we make as a refuge??
33. Now it is necessary for every intelligent person to understand and to know thus much, (34) that is, from whom it is necessary for us to flee and to abstain, (35) and with whom is the hope, and with whom the maintenance, of our protection. 36. The method for this acquisition is nothing else but to understand the sacred being in his nature, (37) because, as I wrote above, it is not only to know his existence, but it is necessary to understand his nature and his will.
38. And I have observed, in the world, the sectarian belief of all maintainers of sects who hold (the two fundamental doctrines] 39. One is that which asserts that all the good and evil, which are in the world, are owing to the sacred being. 40. And one is that which asserts that all the good of the world, besides the hope of preserving the soul, is owing to the sacred being ; (41) and the cause of all evil of the body, besides the risk of the soul, is owing to Aharman; (42) and all things have started from appointment by these two origins into various formations and various subdivisions.
43. Now I have been an enquirer everywhere, for understanding the sacred being, as written above 5,
1 As it would be, if he were the corrupter of souls.
2 The exclamation of the wicked soul after death, derived from Yas. XLV, 1 (see Mkh. II, 159).
3 See Chap. V, 6-9.
4 The words in brackets are omitted in AK, PB3, MH19, but occur in Sans, and the later MSS.
• Chap. I, 36, 37.
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |