Vijaydharmasuri

Author(s): A J Sunavala
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS
even in his early years. Instead of in any way helping the old father in his business, he squandered his money in gambling. In vain did the parents try to persuade their beloved son to desist from the evil course; in vain did they beseech him to refrain from indulging in this most odious and debasing vice; in vain did they warn him against the perilous and ruinous course, the course of constant anxiety, constant apprehension and general glooma course utterly destructive of all human happiness. He disregarded all their prayers, he disregarded all their entreaties, all their commands. But, inasmuch as the Furies are the bonds of men', and the poisons are often-times the principal medicines, which kill the disease and save the life, so this vice of gambling proved, in fact, a blessing in disguise, and eventually led to his salvation.
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