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4:29. ] SPIRITUAL LIGHT.
Are those who are habituated to hypocrisy ever seen to have become millionaires ? Cannot a man lead a righteous life and maintain himself without resorting to hypocrisy ? ( 47 ) દંભ શા માટે કરવું જોઈએ?—
છે જે મનુષ્ય ડગલે ને પગલે દંભને સેવે છે, તે લેકેને લક્ષાધિપતિ થયેલા શું જોયા છે. શું નીતિથી વ્યવહારત્તિ નથી કરી શકાતી કે open $41941 widz & BluR9 3pg - 124 $8914 ?"-y .. न्याय एव स्थातव्यम्न्यायप्रतिष्ठः पुरुषो भवेच्चेद् व्यापारतोऽसौ नियमात् सुखी स्यात् । न्यायस्य मार्गेण वरं बुभुक्षा नाऽन्यायमार्गेण परं प्रभुत्वम् ॥४८॥
If a man acts in conformity with justice and honesty, he is sure ( as a rule ) to be happy in all his dealings. Starvation, while adhering to the path of virtue, is preferable to the acquisition of billions by resorting to unlawful and immoral means. ( 48 )
Notes :-The practice of fraud and deceit is sure to bring on ruin either at once or in the long run under all circumstances and at all times. Sometimes benefits accrue from it, but they do not endure long. Dealers in merchandise, by the use of false weights and measures, acquire profit, but they generally do so at the sacrifice of morality and religious principles, the chief means for their spiritual development. Without principles of justice and honesty being developed in the heart of the people,
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