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Šāstram
139 Meaning: The indiscriminate people, running after the meaning which is latent, and without the (help of the ) lamp in the form of scriptures as well as stumbling at every step encounter great grief. (5)[189]
Notes : One should not do hair-splitting. He should take into account the obvious and leave aside the unmanifest. How is one to get light without using the lamp ? And the lamp here is none other than the scriptures. (5) [189]
शुद्धोन्छाद्यपि शास्त्राज्ञानिरपेक्षस्य नो हितम् । भौतहन्तुर्यथा तस्य पदस्पर्शनिवारणम् ॥६॥ ॥१९॥
śuddhoñchādyapi śāstrājñā
nirpe kşasya no hitam, Bhautahanturyathā tasya
padasparśanivāraṇam 11611 1119011
Meaning : Innocent alms etc. also is not beneficial to him who disregards the scriptural injunctions, just as the avoidance of the touch of the feet is not to him who is the slayer of the Demon. (6) [190 1
Notes : भौतहन्तुः-भौतमति was the preceptor recognized and admired by the Bhillas. He had an umbrella made up the peacock's feathers. It so happened the wife of the chief of the Bhillas took a fancy to have that umbrella. The chief begged for it from the preceptor but he did not accept it whereupon the chief ordered the Bhillas to slay that preceptor and have it. The chief also told them to give the blow elsewhere but not at his feet as the Guru's feet are always adorable..
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