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know it not. He is wise that meditateth on God, the beginning and end of all things.
33. Pleasure cannot exist without pain, and pain is always accompanied with pleasure. Meditate on God, the beginning and end, and remember that hereafter there will be two rewards.
34. In sweet there is litter, and in bitter there is sweet, although the ignorant know it not. Dávú hath meditated on the qualities of God, the eternal.
35. Oh man! ponder well ere thou proceedest to act. Do nothing until thou hast thoroughly sifted thy intentions.
36. Reflect with deliberation on the nature of thy inclinations before thou allowest thyself to be guided by them; acquaint thyself thoroughly with the purity of thy wishes, so that thou mayest become absorbed in God.
37. He that reflecteth first, and afterwards proceedeth to act, is a great man, but he that first acteth, and then considereth is a fool whose countenance is as black as the face of the former is resplendent.
38. He that is guided by deliberation, will never experience sorrow or anxiety: on the contrary he will always be happy.
39. Oh ye who wander in the paths of delusion, turn your minds towards God, who is the beginning and end of all things; endeavour to gain him, nor hesitate to restore your soul, when required, to that abode from whence it emanated.]
RAI DÁSİS.
Rai Dás was another of RÁMÁNAND's disciples, who founded a sect, confined, however, it is said, to those of his own caste, the Chamárs, or workers in hides and in leather, and amongst the very lowest of the Hindu mixed tribes: this circumstance renders it difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain whether the sect still exists: the founder must once have enjoyed some celebrity, as some of his works are included in the Adi
