Manava Dharma

Author(s): Bhurmal Shastri, Nihalchandra Jain
Publisher: Aacharya Gyansagar Vagartha Vimarsha Kendra

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30 / MANAV DHARMA - it is not a big matter but it is natural. We should make him understand in a very affectionate manner, His faults may be explained to him and we should try to bring him to the right path. Otherwise what is the use of our being learned, because a friend in need is always a friend indeed. We should always prove a friend and a guide to every erroneous man. by making him re-establish in his path or conduct.
स्वयूथ्यान्प्रति सद्भाव-सनाथाऽपेत-कै तवा ।
ofa-uffreferatri, aine metaforera 118011 Explanation :
Entertaining love and proper respect for one's Co-religionist, with mental purity and not from crooked motives is called “Vatsalya" (The seventh limb of Right Faith) Description :
What is Vatsalya ? The author is describing it in the following words. Without making any kind of pretext with the co-religionists, love them whole-heartedly and with purity, and by proving that we are theirs through proper and rightful treatment with all, we can define by our proper behaviour "What is vatsalya". This feeling of love should be in every cultured and learned man. In this world, we generally see that those works/efforts, which can not be attained by any other means, are easily attained successfully by the feeling of love and affection. The only never failing method of influencing and controlling a man is to have a feeling of proper respect and affection for each other Man can break the strongest iron chain or shackle but he can never break the bondage of pure love and affection. As is said -
सर्वेषु बन्धने ध्वस्ति दढं प्रेमैव बन्धनम् । काष्ट संछेद को भृङ्गः पद्म बन्धं भिनत्ति न ॥
Now let us find out the reason why a warp can make hole in the hardest wood and can come out of that hole, but that very warp faces the death while lying inside the closed soft lotus flower he fails to penetrate it.
The only reason for the warp is love for the Lotus flower and that is why he sacrifices his life without causing any trouble to lotus. In the same way, if we want to make others useful for us, or to bring him on our side or support, we should behave him with pure love and affection, with no out-ward show otherwise we will fail, without getting any success. True and false love can not be hidden easily, We should not think that basis of Love is in the heart, and