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its nature, and also its qualities, and also its source. Who, indeed, understands this properly; who, indeed, perceives this properly? The definition of the essence of darkness is, that one sees the real in what is unreal. The qualities of darkness have been described to you in many ways. And darkness in its higher and lower (forms) has been accurately stated. The man who always understands these qualities gets rid of all dark qualities.
CHAPTER XXII.
Brahman said: O best (of men)! I will explain to you accurately the quality of passion. Learn, O noble ones! the action of the quality of passion. Injuring (others), beauty, toil, pleasure and pain, cold and heat, power', war, peace, argument, repining', endurance, strength, valour, frenzy, wrath, exercise and quarrel too, vindictiveness, desire, backbiting, battle, the thought (that this or that is) mine, preservation“, slaughter, bonds, affliction, buying and selling, touching other people's weak points, by cutting, breaking, piercing ; fierceness and cruelty, vilifying, pointing out others' weaknesses, thinking of (this) world, harbouring evil thoughts, animosity, abuse,
Generally and specifically, says Arguna Misra. • Arguna Misra says these mean pride of beauty and pride of power respectively. Cf. as to this list generally, Maitrí, pp. 50, 51.
• Cl. Sanatsugátfya, p. 168.
• I presume this means solicitude for preserving what one has got. Cf. Gits, p. 48.
Literally, piercing. "Cutting, breaking piercing,' further on, seems to indicate the greater or less offensiveness of the operation of touching others' weak points.'
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