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Three traders went abroad each with capital. One of them made profit, and the second returned with his capital.
And the third of the traders returned having lost everything, even his capital. This is a parable taken from common life. Know ye this of dharma.
Capital is human life ; profit is heaven; through the loss of that capital, he acquireth the passage to hell and animality.
As a wagon-driver who intentionally leaveth off the smooth highway and runneth on a rugged road, repenteth when the axle breaks.
So the fool, who transgresseth dharma to embrace sin, repenteth at the time of his death over the broken axle of his life.
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Suratww.umaragyanbhandar.com
