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LECTURE XXXIV.
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or twenty-seven, or eighty-one, or two hundred and forty-three. (20)
7. A man who acts on the impulse of the five Asravas?, does not possess the three Guptis, has not ceased to injure the six (kinds of living beings), commits cruel acts, is wicked and violent, is afraid of no consequences?, is mischievous and does not subdue his senses--a man of such habits develops the black Lesyâ. (21, 22)
A man of the following qualities: envy, anger, want of self-control, ignorance, deceit, want of modesty, greed, hatred, wickedness, carelessness, love of enjoyment; a man who pursues pleasures and does not abstain from sinful undertakings, who is wicked and violent-a man of such habits develops the blue Lêsya. (23, 24)
A man who is dishonest in words and acts, who is base, not upright, a dissembler and deceiver), a heretic, a vile man, a talker of hurtful and sinful things, a thief, and full of jealousy-a man of such habits develops the grey Lêsyâ. (25, 26)
A man who is humble, steadfast, free from deceit and inquisitiveness, well disciplined, restrained, attentive to his study and duties“, who loves the Law and keeps it, who is afraid of forbidden things and strives after the highest good-a man of such habits develops the red Lêsya. (27, 28)
A man who has but little anger, pride, deceit, and greed, whose mind is at ease, who controls himself,
1 I.e. commits the five great sins. The following verses give the character-lakshana—of the Lêsyâs.
2 This is, according to the comm., the meaning of the word niddha mdhasaparinâmô.
Paliun kaga-uvahiya=pratikuñkaka-upadhika. • YÊgavấn upadhanavân. .
