Golden Steps To Salvation

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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उपदेशो हि मुर्खाणाम्
प्रकोपाय न शान्तये । पयः पानं भुजङ्गानाम्
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Prakopāya na shāntaye Payah pānam bhujangānām
Kevalas vishavardhanam. “Advice given to foolish people does not pacify their anger but increases it, just as milk given to a cobra increases its venom."
An angry man is said to be like fire because without thinking of consequences he causes as much harm to others as he wants to. Why do we get angry? Pride is the cause of anger. The anger of a man is in proportion to his pride because if any one offends his selfimportance he grows furious and intolerant and he cannot get back his peace of mind until he takes revenge against the man who has offended him. Until then, he will not also keep quiet. He keeps thinking of the ways by which he can take revenge. The man against whom revenge is taken also in his turn contemplates revenge. He, too, will not have peace of mind until he has taken his revenge. In this manner, each goes on taking revenge against the other and their animosities pass through several generations.
Love cannot exist where there is anger. Lord Mahāvira has said :
कोहो पीइं पणासेइ ॥
Koho Peeyim Panāsei. Anger destroys love.
Even after his death an angry man will not attain any state of spiritual elevation.
अहो वयइ कोहेणं ॥ Aho Vayayi Kohenas.