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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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The interest of this verse lies in the fact that it makes clear the Buddhist position as to the pursuit of happiness on egoistic lines. It teaches that a man can not legitimately aspire for happiness so long as his pursuit injures the interest of others.
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19 jaya ve)'ra [prasavati' dukhu sayati parayitu uvasatu sohu sa]3yati hitva jayaparayaa O (Cvo, 43)
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Cf. Dhammap., V. 201† (Sukhav., v. 5) = Samyutta I. p. 83:
Jayam veram pasavati dukkham seti parājito Upasar to sukham seti hitvä jayaparajayam.
Cf. Udanav., ch. xxx. ("Happiness "), v. 1 :—
From victory proceeds rancour; the defeated foe is in misery if one casts off victory and defeat he will find the happiness of peace."
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Notes. Here at last we reach a verse which manifests the Buddhist transcendentalist view of happiness. To be happy in the absolute sease, a man must rise above the opposites, victory and defeat; the happiness resulting from victory is a relative feeling only.
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2 M. Senart runds prasahati, but says that it is nothing but a gross mistake of the scribe, even though the h may be very clear. Our reading rests upot the Pali pasavati.
3 Frag. C. xIxVO, 2.
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