...with selfish objects say — Make thy gifts and do thy penance, leave thy worldly wealth and pray ! There is no Hereafter, Rama, vain the hope and creed...the kingdom Bharat offers, rule Ayodhya in thy pride ! " But the sophistry of the philosopher had no more influence with Rama than the affectionate pleadings...

...with selfish objects say, — Make thy gifts and do thy penance, leave thy worldly wealth and pray ! There is no Hereafter, Rama, vain the hope and creed...purpose," answered Rama, " false thy reason leads astray, I Tortuous wisdom brings no profit, virtue shuns the crooked way, If assuming virtue's mantle I should...

...with selfish objects say,— Make thy gifts and do thy penance, leave thy worldly wealth and pray! There is no Hereafter, Rama, vain the hope and creed...wisdom brings no profit> virtue shuns the crooked way, For the deed proclaims the hero from the man of spacious lies, Marks the true and upright Arya from...

...Ramayana, created by itinerant storytellers from the third century BC to the second century AD, counsels: "There is no hereafter, Rama, vain the hope and creed...pleasures of the present, spurn illusions poor and vain." Even an atypical passage of the Hebrew Bible conveys essentially egoistic values, as in Ecclesiastes...

...and with selfish ohjects say, Make thy gifts and do thy penance, leave thy worldly wealth and pray! There is no Hereafter, Rama, vain the hope and creed...Rama," false thy reason leads astray, Tortuous wisdom hrings no profit, virtue shuns the crooked way. For the deed proclaims the hero from the man of spacious...