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There is no demerit in enjoying pleasures but there is demerit in doing what tends to destroy the sources. Indigestion is not caused by sweet food (but) by eating it beyond its limits. पशुम्य-दैन्य-दंभ-स्तेयानृत-पातकादि-परिहारात् ।।
लोकद्वय हितमर्जय धर्मार्थयशः सुखाय त्वम् ॥ ३० ॥ Having abandoned back-biting, begging, theft, falsehood and other blemishes pursue what is best in both the worlds for the attainment of religion (Dharma), wealth, renown and happiness. पुण्यं कुरुष्व कृतपुण्य मनोदशोपि ।
नोपद्रवोभिभवति प्रभवेच्च भूत्यै । संतापयन् जगदशेष - मशीतरश्मिः ।
पषु पश्य विदधाति विकाशलक्ष्मीम ॥ ३१ ॥ Acquire merit (Punya). Even an unheard of calamity does not effect the doer of meritorious deeds. Indeed it does him good. See the sun, which oppresses the world with its beat in summer gives a lovely bloom to lotuses. वार्तादिभि विषयलोल - विचारशून्यः,
क्लिश्नासि यन्मुहुरिहार्थ-परिग्रहार्थम । तच्चेष्टितं यदि सकृत् परलोकबुध्या,
न प्राप्यते ननु पुनर्जननादि दुःखम् ॥ ४७ ।। Being entangled in enjoyments (and therefore) thoughtless thou art again and again made miserable by occupation, etc., to obtain wealth and other objects, of this world. If thou undergoest the same trouble (even) once, with a view to attain liberation then certainly thou wouldst never experience the pain of being born again and again.
