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VINAR MALA. subject explained in the Vedanta ? Aluso say so is inconsistent, if not absurd.
To this the reply is
The world is illusory; and source of bondage Not destroyed by anything else. Dut he who keeps company of the wise
Is easily freed from rc-births.
The world is a product of illusion, and if it knows no decline, yet as a source of subjecting a person to metempsychosis, it is destroyed not by any'work or devotional exercise, but by constant company of the wise, thereby procuring knowledge.
If then, by knowledge derived from associatiog with the wise, a person is freed, as you say, kindly iuforin me whether good works help a person to find that company? To this the professor now returns an answer.
A professor is like a milch cow giving milk as often
desired, Or like the fabled tree, giving desirable results, In a moment, to a person
Who serves him, and attends on him.'
Pupil. By serving a milch cow known by the name of Kamdhenu and propitiating the fabled tree for an indefiniteIy long time, a person obtains the desired results, hence they are not equal to serving a professor by attending on, or keep. ing company with him ; it produces immediate gratification' of desires. As the philosopher's stone produces gold instantly by contact, so company of the wise may not be inaptly compared equal to it? In this manner a pupil enquires; to which the Guru utters :
Between a philosopher's stone And associating with the wise,
