Vajjalaggam

SR No.: 020873
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: M V Patwardhan
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society
Publication Year: 1969
Total Pages: 706
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 11 MB

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VAJJĀLAGGAM
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75) The maintenance of the affection (friendship) between the ocean and the moon is very charming in this world, for when the moon wanes and waxes, the ocean too always more than
ever wanes and waxes in the extent of its tidal swell.
76) He with whom a person's friendship is formed as a result of pre destination, is not far away from him although he may be staying at a distance, just like the moon in relation to the beds of night-blooming lotuses.
77) To the minds of good persons, even those who are staying at a distance are not remote from them, provided they have met them (once) already. The moon though shining in the sky (i.e. though standing at a very long distance) does of course cheer up the beds of nocturnal lotuses.
78) Even at the sight of the beloved one (or friend), a person experiences (supreme) happiness, although there may be no intimate physical contact (between them). The moon though standing far away confers great happiness on (i.e. cheers up or causes to bloom) the nocturnal lotuses.
79) It is just like this, that a person unaccountably (g) feels all-round gratification at the mere sight of some particular person. What have the beds of day-lotuses to do with the sun (i.e. how are they connected with the sun) that they bloom (on its rise)?
80) Where (how far away) does the sun rise and where (how far away) do the beds of day-lotuses bloom? The (reciprocal) affection between the good does not change (disappear) in this world although they may be staying far away from one another.
8. The Section on Discreet Conduct (Worldly Wisdom)
81) Those born in noble families (i.e. highly cultured persons) never say anything that is painful to the ears of the hearer, and which while being uttered laccrates the sensitive mind and grieves the heart.