The gods granted his prayer.
Lomasa narrated this story to Yudhishthira at a place near Raibhya's
hermitage and said: "O Pandavas, bathe here and wash off your passions in this holy
river."
Arvavasu and Paravasu were both sons of a great scholar. Both of them
learnt at his feet and became eminent scholars themselves.
But learning is one thing and virtue is
quite another. It is true that one should know the difference between good and evil, if
one is to seek good and shun evil, but this knowledge should soak into every thought and
influence every act in one's life.
Then indeed knowledge becomes virtue. The
knowledge. that is merely so much undigested information crammed into the mind, cannot
instill virtue.
It is just an outward show like our clothes
and is no real part of us. |