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LECTURE XIII.
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mocking, all ornaments are but a burden, all pleasures produce but pains. (16)
"O king, pleasures which the ignorant like, but which produce pains, do not delight pious monks who care not for pleasure, but are intent on the virtues of right conduct. (17)
“Excellent king, the lowest caste of men is that of the Svapâkas, to which we twice belonged; as such we were loathed by all people, and we lived in the hamlets of Svapâkas. (18)
“In that miserable birth we lived in the hamlets of Svapâkas, detested by all people; then we acquired the Karman (the fruit of which we now enjoy). (19)
"You are now a king of great power and prosperity, enjoying the reward of your good actions ; put from you the transitory pleasures, and enter the order for the sake of the highest good ?! (20)
“He who in this life has done no good actions and has not practised the Law, repents of it in the next world when he has become a prey to Death. (21)
“As a lion takes hold of an antelope, so Death leads off a man in his last hour; neither mother, nor father, nor brother will, at that time, save a particle (of his life). (22)
"Neither his kinsmen, nor his friends, nor his sons, nor his relations will share his suffering, he alone has to bear it; for the Karman follows the doer. (23)
“Leaving behind bipeds and quadrupeds, his fields, his house, his wealth, his corn, and everything;
Âdâna, explained karitradharma.
