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 36. Say not in thy heart, I shall be righteous by and bye, but begin to do good works without delaying: for it is Righteousness will be thy undying companion on the day of thy death.

37. Ask me not, Where is the good of Righteousness ? Look at the bearer of the palanquin and him that rideth on it.

38. If thou do good all thy life without a single waste day, thou wallest up the road to future births.

39. That alone is delight which cometh of Righteousness : all else is pain and shame.

40. That action alone is worth doing which is righteous : and all action must be shunned which is unrighteous.

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