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SPIRITUAL LIGHT.
માટે તું આશ્ચર્યમાં ગરકાવ થાય છે ? શા માટે માહિત બને છે ? દેવતાની વિભૂતિની આગળ આ મનુષ્યક્ષેત્રનું ઐશ્વર્યં કશું હિસાબમાં નથી. એ સિવાય વસ્તુદૃષ્ટિએ વિચાર કરીએ તે ગમે તેવું સામ્રાજ્ય અને ગમે તેવી. પ્રભુતા પણ કર્મને એક વિપાકજ છે ”- ૮૨ पुण्यं हि कर्मैव, अतस्तज्जन्ये फले को मोहः ?, इत्याह
इन्द्राः सुरा भूमिभुजः प्रधाना महाप्रतापा अधिकारिणश्च । सर्वेऽपि कर्मप्रभवा भवन्ति कस्तत् सतां कर्मफले विमोहः ? ॥ ८३ ॥
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Indras, gods. kings, ministers and illustrious officers all are the creatures of Karma. Then, why should a wise man blindly attach himself to the fruits of Karma ?
Dinin
the author here means to convey the true idea of the so-called greatness and grandeur of men as well as gods headed by Indra. The glory and the magnificence of these beings are mere shadows and dreams liable to decay and dissolution. They are also subject to the law of Karma, It is useless to aspire for fruits of Karma. Good deeds done with some worldly desire of enjoyment are like golden chains which tie us to the bondage of Karma, the chief cause of this transmigratory wheel. Again, the enviable glorious rise with all its grandeur and power may hurl one down into the abyss of miseries and perdition of hell, while enjoying it quite reckless of the noble and elevated ideals as dictated in scriptures consequently disattachment from worldly and sordid
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