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## Translation:
**Chapter 25**
This is equivalent to a cat. Just as a cat hates its own kind, so are those listeners who hate other listeners, like cats. Just as a leech only likes blood, so are those listeners who do not like good things and are only attracted to bad things, like leeches. All these are despicable listeners. In summary, the best listeners, after hearing the scriptures, benefit themselves and others. The average listeners, although they do not benefit themselves or others, do not hinder the religious service of others. And the most despicable listeners, far from benefiting, harm themselves and others. Therefore, these despicable listeners are not at all worthy of reading scriptures, listening to scriptural lectures, etc. || 25 ||
**Chapter 26**
**Introduction:**
Samayika, Shouch, Sandhyavidhi, Puja, Mantra, Food, Method of earning wealth, Garbhadhana, etc., thirty-three practices, Yajnopaveet, instructions on vows, marriage, Muni-vat and Sutak, these thirteen topics will be discussed in this book in thirteen separate chapters. || 26 ||
**Chapter 27**
The qualities of the speaker, the qualities of the scriptures, and the qualities of the listeners have been clearly explained in order. Now, the thirteen topics, which were promised in the previous verse, are being discussed in order. || 27 ||
**Samayika**
Now, I will speak about the meditation that is explained in detail in the ocean of knowledge, the scriptures. It is of four types: Artha, Roudra, Dharma, and Shukla. Of these, Artha and Roudra meditation are causes of suffering, while Dharma and Shukla meditation are causes of happiness. There are also four types of meditation: Pindasya, Padhastha, Roopastha, and Roopateet. And, each of the above types of meditation, like Artha meditation, has four objects of meditation, so there are four types of each according to its own subject. || 28 ||