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SPIRITUAL LIGHT. “ 241 H904 3447 at ( 2414 24424141 ) z4yfni o's માફક આળોટતે રહે છે, ત્યાર બાદ વન અવસ્થા પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે, ત્યારે કામક્રીડામાં ગધેડા જે બને છે અને જ્યારે વૃદ્ધ થાય છે, ત્યારે બૂઢા બળદ જેવો બને છે; પરંતુ અફસોસ છે કે-આખી જિન્દગીમાં પુરૂષ, પુરૂષ બનતો નથી-પુરૂષત્વને એય કાર્યો કરતો નથી-આત્મિક 434129 flzaal 1411. "-
पूर्वोक्तामज्ञानप्रवृत्तिं प्रति परिदेवनं व्यञ्जयन् बोधयतिलाभार्थमाध्यात्मिकजीवनस्य देवा अपीच्छन्ति नृजन्म लब्धम्। तदेव किं त्वं मलिनीकरोषि प्रमादपङ्के हृदि चेत किश्चित् ॥९८॥
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Even gods long for human life in order to secure bliss, then why do you defile the same with the mud of negligence. Think over this matter even a little in your mind. (Think over the invaluableness of life.)
Human life is even more valuable than superhuman life and rightly so. The life of god is of course meant for the enjoyment of the fruit of good actions done during human life; but that state is not a lasting one; no sooner is the stock of the accumulated merit is exhausted than does the being fall from heaven. Thus the life in heaven is liable to come to an end; but what is to be sought is not such temporary happiness but the everlasting inward bliss. The Svarga may be attained as the result of good deeds but it does not bring about the total annihilation of Karma which is as it were the condition precedent to Moksha so long as the root
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