Prakrit Prose and Verse

Author(s): Kamalchand Sogani
Publisher: Apbhramsa Sahitya Academy

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10. That night that passes does not return. The nights of the man committing vicious acts pass in vain.
11. One person may conquer thousands of the thousands in a battle difficult to be conquered and the (other person) may conquer one's own self, this (latter) is his paramount victory.
12. What is the use of one's battling with the external (persons)? Battle (with internal attachment and aversion) in one's own self. (The truth is that) having conquered one's own (attachment and aversion) in one's own self, one's happiness heightens.
13. Verily, the self is difficult to be restrained, (yet) the self alone should be restrained. (The reason is that) the self who has been restrained becomes happy in this world and in the next world.
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The wound in a small quantity, the debt, fire and passion in a small qunatity should not be relied upon by you, since despite their being in small quantity (each one of them) is undoubtedly very much.
Anger dissolves affection; pride is subversive of modesty; hypocrisy throws out friends and greed is destructive of everything.
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