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7. Sensual enjoyments intermixed with misery and happiness are unpleasant in the end, as it were,-the best food mixed with a deadly poison, like families Kimpāka phala, the fruit of Kiwpēka.
8 Just as a parrot vainly seeks after an insignificant quantity of milk and does not look to the cat, in the same manner, the bewildered man seeks after pleasures of the senses, but does not look to the miseries of hell,
9. Just as a very stupid man entering a mine of jewels takes hold of pieces of glass of beautiful colours, leaving away gems of immense value.
10. In the same manner, having acquired human existence, capable of accomplishing the happiness of heavens and Final Emancipation, stupid persons do not inquire into the under lying principles of Dharma, but enjoy sensual pleasuras.
11. The man desirous of acquiring the happiness of sonsual enjoyments, who, having obtained the completeness of material e. g. human existence etc, does not practise Dharma (religions) is like onc possessing a neck-lace of thousand cowries.
12. Knowing this, you medidate on the welfare of your Soul, so long as disease does not over-power the body, and so long as there is no old age and no death.
13. Accept Samyaktva, praotise abstinence from sinlal occupa tions, conquer the enemy f or Kaşāya, Passion, and have control over preferei Danda-ttiyam, the three kinds of thought-activities of mind, speech and body, which result in evil Karmas.
11. A soul attracts Karmas to itself under the influence of Mithytva (False Beliol), Avirati (Vowlessness ), Kaşayas (Passions ), and evil thought-activities of mind, speech and body, and wanders in the Samgåra under the influence of his Karmas.
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