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प्राकृत-सूक्तरतमाला।
The best health consists in manliness, the essence of truth is virtue ( religion ), certitude constitutes the substance of learning and all happiness is the essence of contentment.
चउसुवि गईसु सव्वे, नवरं देवाण समहिओ लोहो। नेरइयाणं कोहो, माणो मणुयाण अहिययरो॥१७८ ॥ माया तिरियाणहिआ, मेहुण-आहार-मुच्छ-भय-सण्णा। संभवे कमेणहिया, मणुस्स-तिरियमर-निरयाणं ॥ १७६ ॥
चतसृष्वपि गतिषु सर्वे, केवलं देवानां समधिको लोभः । नैरयिकाणां क्रोधो, मानो मनुजानामधिकतरः ॥१७८ ॥
माया तिरश्चामधिका, मैथुनाहार-मूर्छा-भय-संज्ञाः । संभवेयुः क्रमेणाधिका मनुष्य-तिर्यगमर-निरयाणाम् ॥१६॥
All passious do not equally prevail in the four orders of creation , gods indulge most in avarice, bellish beings in anger, men in pride and lower animals in deceit. ___Moreover lust, greed after food, attachment to sensual pleasures and fear are greater in order in human beings, animals, gods and hellish beings respectively. i.e. human beings have more sexual passion, animals pass their time more in eating, gods are attached to their enjoyment of pleasures most and those living in hell are always in fear of some pain.
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