राम
Abhanga 716The Moral Ideal

The Service of Others

English Translation · I.P. 716

IF one consents to sin, he commits sin; both men are guilty alike. The presence of poison makes butter poisonous; nothing can be gained except you abandon wicked company. When you are passing a field, if you see a mischievous animal there’, you should raise a shout and drive it away for the time. Tuka says, If you neglect this, guilt will cleave to you; for you saw the need, and you should think your trouble no pains.

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

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The Moral Ideal

Purity, sincerity, truthfulness, humility, peacefulness, and service.

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