Book Title: World of Philosophy
Author(s): Christopher Key Chapple, Intaj Malek, Dilip Charan, Sunanda Shastri, Prashant Dave
Publisher: Shanti Prakashan
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(iii) Sacrificing nature (=yajñiyatā)
Stomaśca yajusca rk ca sama ca brhacca rathantaram ca
Svardevā aganmāmrtā abhūma prajāpateh prajā abhūma vet swaha. (YV,'18/
29)
i.e., 0. enlightened ones, we (the devotees) have
reached the world of bliss. We have become immortal. We have become the children
of the creator Lord. Vet Swahā. (iv) Charitableness (=dānašīlată) Moghamanna vindate apracetāh satyaṁ bravimi vadha it sa tasya Nāryamanaṁ pusyati no sakhāyaṁ kevalāgho bhavati kevalādi. (RV, 10/ 117/6) i.e., The unwise man obtains food grains to little purpose;
I tell you the truth-it is as good as his death.
He feeds neither a friend nor a comrade.
And one who feeds all by himself sins all by himself. (v) Friendship (=maitri) Dște drmha mā mitrasya mā cakṣuṇā sarvāni bhūtani samiksantām Mitrsyāham caksusa sarvani bhūtani samikse
Mitrasya caksusā samiksāmahe.
(YV, 36/18) i.e., May all beings look on me with the eye of friend;
may I look on all beings with the eye of friend;
may we look on one another with the eye of a friend.
(vi) Compassion (=karunā)
Prnīyād innādhamānāya tavyān drāghīyāṁsam anu paśyeta pantham
O hi vartante rathyeva cakrānyamanyam upa tisthanta rāyah. (RV, 10/117/5) i.e., It is expected of every rich man to satisfy
the poor implorer; let the rich person have a distant vision (for a rich of today may not
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