राम
Abhanga 718The Moral Ideal

The Service of Others

English Translation · I.P. 718

THE cow runs after her calf; thus she makes her affection visible. Affection induced by schooling will be barren, though your training may deceive strangers. When the calf is weaned, the cow will not suckle it, though you put it to her udder; she drives it away with a kick. Tuka says, Affection needs no pressure; my own experience has taught me this.

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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