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At this the river says now: "Whom you ask me to drown, in their absence here nothing else will be found, remaining except absence, that is all. What is the value of the sheath in the absence of sword? What is the value of an enjoyable commodity in the absence of enjoyer? Whatever grace of the earth is is due to these ones and, due to persons engaged in service like these.
There is no need to tell that what will be the condition of the crest in the absence of the root, what will be the condition of the flower in the absence of the soil. Now the strength will not be misused, surrender has been done, energy has turned into worship, magnanimity has grown in the heart." And saying, 'this much is sufficient the river becomes silent.
460 :: Silent Soil
