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અધ્યાત્મતત્ત્વાલક.
sloga pations of life and is not confined to any particular act: only. સત્યવ્રતનું કીર્તનછે. “ આ પ્રચંડ તેજ છે, આ મોટી લક્ષ્મી છે, આ ઉત્કૃષ્ટ ભાગ્ય છે અને આ ખરૂં મહત્વ છે, યું ? સમગ્ર વિશ્વના અધીશ્વરના નમ્ર મુકુટથી પૂજાયેલું સત્ય મહાવ્રત. ”—૧૮
सषाफल-मृषापराधयोरन्तरम्मृषोद्यते यत् फलमाकलय्य फलस्य खल्वस्य मृषाऽऽगसश्च । अस्त्यन्तरं कीडगवेक्षणीयं युक्ता हि कार्येषु तुलासमा धीः ॥१९॥ : A man should examine the difference between falsehood and the object for the attainment of which it is uttered. Intellect in action should work like a balance. ( 19 )
Notes :-It is an imperative duty to maintain at all times and under all circumstances, the habit of righteousness and truth, for there is no virtue, independent of truth and no vice apart from falsehood. It sometimes happens that truth is not immediately re. cognised but it is sure to be recognised by judgment of true impartiality, while, on the other hand falsehood, fraud, dissimulation are liable to be condemned when detected by the keen eyes of sharp judgment. Truth helps us in withdrawing the curtains, in removing impediments, in destroying the sins brought on by falsehood. It is intellect which only requires to be guided into the proper channels to balance the advantanges of truth and disadvantages
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