Gaudavaho

Author(s): Vakpatiraj, Narhari Govind Suru, P L Vaidya, A N Upadhye, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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प्राप्तेऽपि दुःखे ये अविषण्णहृदयाः सन्तो गौरवं न त्यजन्ति तेषां गुरूणां दुःखं अनपनयत् aa coa HrSort I Com.
990. We believe that in this very life (E lyfoafer) one should get reward for peace and tranquility (furodaut) of one's heart. This cannot be the seed (aftar) that yields the fruit or the harvest in the next world, having been sown (fucqaut) in this world and that fruit too after a life of penance in the forest (Fuorahety). Cf. अरण्यवसतिः केवलं ऐहिकफलानां शान्तिसुखादिरूपाणां दात्री न तु परलोकार्जनEnTuTi qatafufa 979: 1 Com.
991. The upper rich (feat) delight in special forms of entertainment and enjoyment, like dinners, dances, excursions, gambling etc. Men (upper middle class ) who have collected additional property and possessions in lands, cattle, money, etc., care (63) for only stability and security (SAT). A penniless man seeks physical health ( te), while a sick one is satisfied (737), if he only can live or survive (ung fat3T).
992. Long talks or dialogues (FETUELETT) with great men of learning, stuffed (forfastiat) with high thoughts, as they appear to be at the beginning (), vaguely reveal (fast ) what they have in their mind, in the course of conversation (TTT) and then come to an end (fortrofa).
993. In the case of rich men, the many forms of pleasures (FTETSTT) at their disposal, lose their taste and become insipid, just because of their multiplicity. They give no delight, becoming only a matter of routine or ritual. On the other hand, men of limited means (taas) are known to feel fully satisfied and happy (सुहंभरप्पा = सुखंभरात्मान:) with what little they get to enjoy.
994. The heart, once attached (9f5cm) even to an insipid, insignificant (fa ) object, can never be taken away (furnis) from it. Like a small child clutching a doll, the man will go on hugging his fetish and will never be forced to part with it. To say, therefore, that there is fickleness in man's heart is just a false delusion (HTE). Cf. Ei a aafa OT WTFT af: AT HTETfra i facarafe auf 3771940utacarat i Com.
995. Thinking men have two-fold aspirations (@gist) of happiness to be secured first in this their very life on the earth and that in the other world and they fondly cherish these ideas and
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