Bhavana Sataka

Author(s): A S Gopani, Dharmshila Mahasati, Girishkumar P Shah Pandit
Publisher: Labhubhai P Mehta

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gear aj zái gmaqzdi accui gmaìsfq, पुण्यं पापं न गणयसि यत्प्रीणने दत्तचित्तः । सा ते कान्ता सुखसहचरी स्वार्थ सिद्धये कसख्या, मृत्युग्रस्तं परमसुहृदं त्वां परित्यज्य याति ॥ ११ ॥
Meaning: Thy beloved wife shall be loving thee though externally and not internally so long as her selfish purposes will be served through thee and so long as she will be happy through thee thy beloved wife who is more dear to thee than thy life and to please and decorate whom thou become ready to do any wicked action without caring to know whether it is irreligious or ignoble or immoral because to thee thy beloved darling is the only object of genuine love. But when she will perceive that the calamity of death is soon to befall thee, she will try to get informations from thee regarding the keys of the treasury, cupboards, and the boxes as well as regarding the financial position. But she would never be able to protect thee from the final show-down of death. (11)
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