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Manusmriti: The Laws of Manu |
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By not injuring any creatures, by
detaching the senses (from objects of enjoyment), by the rites
prescribed in the Veda, and by rigorously practicing austerities,
(men) gain that state (even) in this (world).
77. Let him quit this dwelling, composed of the five elements, where the bones are the beams, which is held together by tendons (instead of cords), where the flesh and the blood are the mortar, which is thatched with the skin, which is foul-smelling, filled with urine and ordure, infested by old age and sorrow, the seat of disease, harassed by pain, gloomy with passion, and perishable. 78. He who leaves this body, (be it by necessity) as a tree (that is torn from) the river-bank, or (freely) like a bird (that) quits a tree, is freed from the misery (of this world, dreadful like) a shark. 79. Making over (the merit of his own) good actions to his friends and (the guilt of) his evil deeds to his enemies, he attains the eternal Brahman by the practice of meditation. 80. When by the disposition (of his heart) he becomes indifferent to all objects, he obtains eternal happiness both in this world and after death. |
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