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are engaged in acconiplishing great tasks. How possibly can random and casual efforts (970) avail ? If it is ignored (neglected) (in the beginning) later on it becomes difficult to accomplish.
90*7) Do not accept (as true, authoritative or final) what you have merely heard from others(i.e. got by hearsay); do not believe in what has not been directly seen (by you); and even in regard to things directly seen, consider (have regard for) what is proper and what is improper.
90*8) Righteousness is the root-cause of wealth (riches. prosperity); a (virtuous) wife is the source of all kinds of happiness; humility (or discipline) is the root-cause of virtues; pride (vanity) is the root-cause of ruin (destruction).
90*9) Wealth is ruined (lost) by gambling; the family is ruined in the case of those who are devoid of character; a woman is ruined by her extraordinary beauty; a king is ruined because of unworthy ministers.
90*10) = Gāthā No. 687. 90*11) = Gāthā No. 689.
90*12) Intelligence, truthfulness, friendship ............ an epic poem--all these are agreeable in the beginning (at first), but later on lead to distress (or are maintained with difficulty).*
90*13) = Gāthā No. 143. 90+14) = Gathā No. 690. 90*15) = Gātha No. 700.
10. The Section on Adventure (Enterprise) 119*1) Generosity even when fortune (wealth) has declined, self-respect (high spirit) even in calamity, fortitude (firmness) even in the face of death, freedom from bewilderment even in the midst of a hundred (different) assignments (undertakings) (demanding attention)- all that is the glory and ornament of men of lofty character.
119*2) Men of courage and fortitude achieve their own undertaking even when they are dead and gone. Behold, the flower
Sense obscure.
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