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 OR THE HUNDRED VERSES OK RENUNCIATION 7

10. " Hope is like a flowing river of which the ceaseless desires constitute the waters ; it rages with the waves of keen longings and the attachments for various objects are its animals of prey ; scheming thoughts of greed are the aquatic birds that abound on it, and it des- troys in its course the big trees of patience and fortitude ; it is rendered impassable by the -whirlpools of ignorance and of profound depth of bed as it is, its banks of anxious delibera- tion are precipitous indeed. Such a river the great Yogis of pure mind pass across to enjoy supreme felicity.

�� ��II. I do not find the virtuous distinction produced (by ceremonial observances) through life after life to be conducive to well-being, for the sum of such virtuous merits when weighed in mind inspires fear in me. Enjoy- ments earned 'by great accession of merit multiply so greatly in the" case of people attached to them only to bring them misery and peril.

f%TOi5 'Spwpri etc. The idea is to show the

futility of good deeds performed in our ert'h- Jy life with the_object of enjoying happiness in the

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