राम
Abhanga 319Worldly Life

The Perplexing Aspect of the World

English Translation · I.P. 319

THE fair has begun; the confusion is at its height; the paths laid down by our past spread in every direction. You must suffer as your own place requires the effects of the three-fold rule of action. On you God looks as a witness, you have no part in his plans. He has once for all set you your lesson, distinguishing between merit and sin. Men enjoy the sweets earned by their own conduct. Tuka says, Men are in another’s power, because they have fallen into debt; their fetters will be broken, if they entreat God.

Tr. J. Nelson Fraser & K.B. Marathe (1909)

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Worldly Life

The perplexities of action, karma, and navigating life in the world.

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