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and hatred ? Laughing now and weeping the next moment! Being merry now and becoming melancholic the next moment; loving some person now; and despising him the next moment; is this not a kind of drama? Is it not a shameful drama ? Is it not shameful that an ordinary inert object can make the soul which is infinitely powerful, dance like an inebriate thing. "I am an infinitely powerful soul, the very embodiment of consciousness but an inert object makes me dance like an inerbriate thing! I am a soul which embodies Vitaragata or victory over attachments and hatred; yet attachments and hatred tease me; harass me and make me dance like a stupid thing”. Do you think thus ? How can you entertain such thoughts? You will be deprived of the delight of the devilish dance ! Keep dancing; you have been dancing thus in Samsar from times immemorial. The jiva has been dancing assuming various forms and disguises; and it is the Mohaniya Karma that has been impelling you to dance thus. The dancer is the jiva rendered stupid by Moha or infatuation.
A STORY OF RAMLILA
A troupe of actors who enacted the Ramlila came to a village. The people in the village came to know that on that night there would be a Ramlila. The dramatic troupe had with them all equipments and costumes necessary but they did not have a coat that the King in the play could wear. A coat was absolutely necessary because the actor playing the role of the King had to wear a coat. At once, that actor went to the tailor. In that village there was only one tailor; and it was the marriage season. The tailor had a lot of work on his hands. The actor went to the tailor and said in a very humble manner, "Brother, this night, I have to act in the drama, which will be enacted in this village. But I have forgotten to bring the coat that is necessary for the role I am playing. Kindly stitch a coat before this evening. The coat should be suitable for the King's role. I will pay you whatever you charge".
The tailor said, “I am very busy. I have not even time to die now. I have all this work to do. Can't you see how much work I have on my hands ? I can't stitch a coat for you now.”
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