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PAÑCALINGĪPRAKARAṆAṀ: 105
THE FOURTH SIGN: COMPASSION
Sammadiṭthī jīvo aņukampaparo sayāvi jīvāṇam | Bhāviduḥkhavippaogami tāņa gananto vicintei || 53 ||
Samyagdrstih jīvo nukampāparaḥ sadā 'pi jīvānām Bhāvīduḥkhaviprayogami teṣāmi ganayan vicintayati || 53 ||
Towards others the righteous soul is,
53.
always compassionate and kind |
How can their misery be mitigated,
is uppermost in his mind || 53 ||
The rightly inclined soul that is always kind and compassionate towards other worldly living beings and he is always engaged in contemplating the ways and means by which their futurre troubles and miseries can be mitigated.
The rightly inclined soul, endowed with the qualities of subsidence of falsehood and passions, desire for liberation and detachment from the mundane is always compassionate towards the others. By giving material charity, to fulfill their needs, he shows external compassion and by giving the right advice to the cruel and unkind he shows internal compassion. He always contemplates as to how can the future miseries of the worldly creatures be mitigated.
