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DECEIT : HINDRANCE TO FRIENDSHIP
Māyā mittāņi nāsei || - Daśavaikālika, 8.38. That is, – Deceit destroys-hurts the friends. It drives them away.
Comments - Here, the term friends means the near and dear ones. Deceit drives such people away. Those imbued with a feeling of universal friendship would not be affected by any feelings of the others.
RESULT OF FRIENDSHIP Mittībhāvamuvagae yāvi jive bhāvavisohim kāuṇa nibbhae bhavai || - Uttarādhyayana, 29.17.
That is, - By acquiring the friendly feeling one becomes fearless due to his volitional purity.
VAIYĀVĶTYA (SERVICE) Veyāvacca abbhintaro tavo II
- Uttarādhyayana, 30.30.
That is, - Service is a form of internal penance (that results in great karmic destruction and reduction). Vyāpadi yatkriyate tad vaiyāvstyam ||
• Dhavalā, Book 13, p. 63. That is, – The cooperation that is extended when needed (in troubled situations) is said to be service.
Comments - This characteristic of service explains its basic nature. Though the term 'vaiyāvrtya' is generally employed for rendering service to the ordained ascetics only, it takes the form of any service rendered to the householders when they are in trouble due to natural or manmade causes.
Addhāņa-teņa-sāvada-rāya-radīrodhaņāsive ome! Veijāvaccam vuttam sangaha-sārakkhano vedam ll
- Mūlācāra, 5.194; Bhagavati Ārādhanā, 305. That is, - To serve and protect the ordained ascetics that are tired from long monastic tours, that have been harassed by the thieves, that
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