Manava Dharma

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

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50 / MANAV DHARMA Explanation :
He who is purified by right faith should not salute or show reverence to a false deity, scripture and preceptor, even from fear, expectation of good, attachment or greed. Description :
- The man, who has become self-relying, as explained above, who has a feeling of self confidence; who considers himself the creator of his own luck, pleasures and troubles; only to such man, his feelings of truth and kindness become competent to remove all worries and troubles automatically. Hence we should be kind, generous and loving with all living beings, if we want to become free from all mental worries.
सम्यग्दर्शनसम्पन्नामपि मातङ्ग-देहजम् ।
देवा देवं विदुर्भस्म-गूढ़ाङ्गारान्त-रोजसम् ॥३०॥ Explanation :
The propounders of Dharma describe even a low caste man possessing. Right faith as a divine being, likening him to the invisible radiant splendour of a live charcoal lying hidden beneath a heap of ashes. Description ::
It is commonly observed by us that people have a love and affection for the son of a Brahmin and respect him by calling with the name of Panditji. But looking to a low-caste-man or chandal (ENSIA), we start hating him and try to keep away from him. Why is it so? The answer is that a Brahmin boy, since birth, brought up in a wholesome and proper environment and in the good company of his father, becomes a man of right habits, while the chandal becomes an object of hate due to his evil habits and environment since beginning.
An illustration will make this point clear. Once a prostitute went to display a musical programme in the court of a king. Along with her was a parrot in a cage. Looking the king, he started abusing him. King became highly annoyed and he ordered to kill down the parrot. Cunningfully the parrot appealed the king to give him a chance to meet and convey some words to his brother - another parrot - before he was killed. He named of a Pandit, with whom was that parrot. That parrot was called for and on his arrival, that parrot began to utter Vedic chants (Mantra). The king became pleased to hear those chants and ordered for that parrot to be rewarded. Immediately the first parrot spoke out "Why is he to be rewarded and I am to be put to death" ? We are the sons of the same mother but I have