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one to the good or evil consequences of his own deeds. People should always remember this fact in dealing with other persons.
Learned men have described hypocrites as undeserving of respect. By paying them homage as worthy persons or Gurus (teachers ), both are put to a great loss. The person paying homage nourishes Mithyātva, and the one adored becomes proud of his hypocrisy; both the souls are working under a great disadvantage. The respectful bowing down to Marici by Bharata Cakravartin was not done to him out of his respect towards him as a worthy man or a Guru, but it was done as Marici's soul was to be a future Tirthankara, and it was out of his devotion to the dignity of a Tirthankara, tbat Bharata Cakravartin paid homage to him. That respectful bowing dowa to Marici was not, in any way detrimental to the soul of Bharata Cakravartin, but it became the source of many evil Karmas to Marici.
It is apparent from this, that, adoration and respectful salu tation to an unworthy person of low moral character, becomes extremely harmful to his own interest. Persons desirous of selfelevation should always use discrimination, at the time of respecting unworthy persons and bypocrites and also men who are negligent of the rules of conduct.
Consequences of stuur Utsūtra Bhāṣaṇa.
Another great blunder of Marfoi occurs wbile answering the questions of Kapila about the essence of his doctrine. The Omnisoient Lords have given a prominent place to the evil consequences arising from the propagation of a False Belief. The propagation of a False Belief is the deep-acting evil consequence result ing in one of the most formidable Karmas. Among the evil causes leading to the bondage of the eight varieties of Karmas, the evil cause arising from the propagation of a Wrong Belief is very deep-aoting and severe. The person acquiring any other Karman experiences the good or evil consequences of that Karman himself, while the person propagating a False Belief not only soquires an evil Karman for himself but people taking advantage
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