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અધ્યાત્મતત્વાલક, Elgfagufanikदुःखं विना किश्चन दृश्यते न सुखस्य लेशोऽपि भवप्रपञ्चे । तथाप्यहो ! वैषयिक प्रसंगं सुखस्वरूपं प्रविदन्ति मूढाः ॥४४॥
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In this-world-drama, nothing but misery is to be seen, not an iota of happiness; yet the wonder of it, is, that the deluded persons look upon amorous pleasures as constituting happiness. . This world-drama presents a scene of recurring dances and deceptive glances like the flashes of lightning. If one cares to place the charming and fascinating scenes from boyhood to youth, from youth to old age and from old age to death, he would be surely convinced of the vanity, mutability and unreliableness of this world ( Samsār ). Prosperity, adversity, riches, poverty, hopes, disappointments, profit, loss, elevation, degradation, etc., come by turns to mankind like the rotation of day and night. The generality of mankind is carried away by the stream of desires, avarice, sensuality, paşsion, etc. They are, therefore, subject to troubles and restlessness. Actions proceeding from selfish motives and desires and worldly pursuits being on disappointment and pain in the end. Some persons do acquire glory, fame valour and are able to fill their houses with wealth on account of the good deeds, they have done in the past, but these fame, riches, etc., are also vanishing. They also tend to draw them into arrogant and vicious habits, which also tend to entangle them into
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