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One, who is himself a pauper, is not able to make another a wealthy person.
Su-dharma दुर्गतिमपत्माणिधारणाद्धर्म उच्यते संयमादिर्दश्चविधः सर्वज्ञोक्तो विमुक्तये ॥१॥
1 Durgatiprapatprāņichāranāddharma ucyatè
Samyamadi-r-dasavadhah sarvajnokto vi-muktayé. I
1 The dharma (religious duty) Samyama etc of ten kinds 1. Samyama (self-control) 2. Kşamā (fore-bearance) 3. Namrată (gentle ness) 4. Saralatā (straight forwardness) 5. Nirlobhata (freedom from greed) 6. Tapaḥ (austerity) 7. Satya (truth) 8 Śauca (purity of mind, speech, and body) 9 A kincana ( a condition of having nothing as one's own) and 10 Brahma-carya ( celebacy) declared by the Sarvajnas, is (really) called a Dharma for the attainment of Absolute Deliverance ( from Karmas ), on account of (its ablity of) rescuing living beings from falling into wicked conditions of life.
Ku-dharma अज्ञाः केचिद्विदधाति मुधा धर्मदम्भावधर्म
कोऽयं धर्म स्वहदि नयने मीयित्वा मृशस्तु । दीयन्ते यद्वनमुवि दवाः प्राणिनस्त्राणहीना
हन्यन्ते यत्पिशितबलये देवतानां पुरस्तात् ॥ १ ॥ 1. Ajnab kecidvidadhati mudha dharmadambhádādharmam
Ko'yam dharma sva-hridi nayané milayitva mrusasti 1 Diyanté yadvanabhuvi davāh pránistrāgahinā Hanyantè yatpisitabalayé dévatānam purastāt
| Some ignorant persons uselessly practise Adharma under the guise of Dharma. For instance, some burn the ground of forests on the pretext of religion, where innumerable animals
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