Bhavana Sataka

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

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(८) सवर-भावना
(वंशस्थवृत्तम् ) विनैककं शून्यगणा वृथा यथा, विनाऽर्कतेजो नयने वृथा यथा । विना सुवृष्टिं च कृषिवृथा यथा, विना सुदृष्टिं विपुलं तपस्तथा ॥५८॥
Meaning :- Five, ten, twenty or twentyfive dots or zeroes meaningless without a numeral "one" put before them. If there is no figure of "one" put before them, thos dots or zeroes are all valueless. Of what avail is the light of the sun or electricity which is spreading all around, if one has no eyes to see it ? Even if the ground is excellent and even if the seed also be so, the seed does not sprout if the waters of rain do not fall over it. Similarly, all the religious acts such as penance, mutterings of religious formulae and enduring of hardships, etc. are all useless like dots or zeroes without the figure "one", if one has no Right Vision. The most coveted bliss of final liberation is impossible without a Right Vision. (58)
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