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Abhanga 726The Moral Ideal

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English Translation · I.P. 726

LISTEN, woman, to my words; if you fall asleep and lose your senses, you will have to wake up again; if you pay heed to me, I shall finish my message in one word. If I tell this to the public, it will not be welcome news. I tell you a means of improvement, a secret of the heart; listen to my wrords. Sit down with concentrated faith and pledge your hand in mine. The place in family life that has fallen to you is the best. If a false faith comes to light in your heart, no fruit will follow. If you have in your power to procure the fulfilment of one prayer, strengthen your faith by the aid of the four Vedas and eighteen Puranas. Be persevering. Seek not after wealth or intellect, thus you will be like one who is a happy wife for ever. This goddess of your forefathers has come to bless your old condition; if you forget her, she will yield no fruit; you will not realize what she is. Tuka says, Enjoy the happiness that belongs to you; awake to remembrance. Give ample honour to those of my company that approach you.

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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