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અધ્યાત્મતત્ત્વાલાક.
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છે, અને મનુષ્યાને ઠગબાજી કરી દુઃખના ખાડામાં પટકે છે, તે લેાકા યાધ નથી, કિન્તુ પાપી છે. ”—૫૪
विप्रतारयितॄणां धर्माऽऽडम्बरं धिक्करोति
अस्त्येकतो वञ्चनतत्परत्वं देवस्तुतौ गर्जनमन्यतश्च । एतादृशा नो किमपि पन्ते कृतेन सम्यक् तिलकेन भाले ॥ ५५ ॥
On the one side, there is ardent promptness in the use of deception and on the other hand, clamourous uproar in the worship of God, is (heard). It is inexpressible or a great wonder that such people are not at all ashamed to put on the sacred mark on their forehead. ( 55 )
Note :-The author here rightly condemns the deceptive practice carried on by selfish persons desirous of appearing more pious and devotional than they really are. Regularity in the performance of divine worship regulated by sincerity of heart without ostentation and outward show, is a preliminary necessity. The divine worship is practised in several cases out of ignorance of true spiritual light by the generality of people with expressions of their poverty, humble submissions, solicitations for help with the declaration of one's needs and with a strong hankering desire for the attainment of objects prayed for, with a selfish consciousness in the unbounded superiority of the objects of worship. This is all inconsistent and unreasonable and therefore it is neither desirable nor advisable. It is commonly done with the desire of gaining some definite selfish object
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