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OCTOBER, 1975
Yashoda:
Vardhaman :
Yashoda:
Yashoda :
Vardhaman :
Vardhaman : No, Yashoda. As it is difficult to extricate your clothes once they are caught in the thorny Karil, Copparis Aphylla, so also it becomes difficult for a householder to get rid of the sensual pleasures. As it is difficult to find out the direction in which the birds in the open sky fly, so also it is impossible to fathom the passions which these senses are heir to.
Yashoda :
Vardhaman :
Yashoda:
Yashoda:
What is the way out, my Lord ?
As an engineer directs the water in the channel, as a smith moulds the shaft, as a carpenter chisels the wood, so does a wise man control and subdue his senses.
Vardhaman :
Cannot a householder exercise control over his senses?
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Whatever you speak is worthy of credence. But you have only recently entered the life of a householder. It is premature to seek exit therefrom.
What is to be done first, need not be postponed to a later date. For those who are slow, time always flies; but there is ample time for those who are quick. Discretion lies in how best you utilise time, and therein is real pleasure.
What pleasure you lack ! You are an Emperor. You are the Lord of Jambudvipa, you are the Conqueror of all the Frontiers.
Like the fire and the earth, I love none and bear malice to none.
Not even me !
Vardhaman : My present plight is like that of a bird in a nest, seeking shelter against rain and storm.
So, as soon as the rain stops, you will fly away from the nest.
Exactly so. As the wind. scatters the cloud in the sky, so the days to come will severe all by bonds. My mind,
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