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 | Manu (Lawgiver) - 1886 - 768 pages
...solitude and indifference towards everything, are the marks of one who has attained liberation. 45. Let him not desire to die, let him not desire to live ; let him wait for (his appointed) time, as a servant (waits) for the payment of his wages. 46. Let him put down his foot purified... | |
 | 1897 - 918 pages
...in solitude and indifference towards everything, are the marks of one who has attained liberation. conditions of all mankind, with an earnest desire to be useful to each other appointed) time, as a Servant waits for the payment of his wages. Let him go to beg once (a day); let... | |
 | Allan Menzies - 1897 - 470 pages
...perfection is set forth, which is not demanded at the earlier stages of life. "Let htm not desire to die j let him not desire to live; let him wait for his time as a servant for the payment of his -wages. " Let him patiently bear hard words, let him not insult... | |
 | Simon Somerville Laurie - 1900 - 440 pages
...very devoted Brahman. It is chiefly to the concluding period that the words in the Manu Code apply, ' Let him not desire to die ; Let him not desire to live ; let him wait for his time, as a servant for the payment of his wages.' As to the rest of the nation, it would seem certain that... | |
 | Charles Francis Aiken - 1900 - 418 pages
...recognizing fully his identity with Brahman, there is little difference. Of the latter it is said: " Let him not desire to die, let him not desire to live ; let him wait for [his ap1 Oldenberg, Op. cit. p. 264. a Mtt.'p. 265. pointed] time as a servant [waits] for the payment of... | |
 | Allan Menzies - 1902 - 470 pages
...Manu an ideal of moral perfection is set forth, which is not demanded at the earlier stages of life. " Let him not desire to die; let him not desire to live; let hint wait for his time as a servant for the payment of his wages. " Let him patiently bear hard words,... | |
 | James Seguin De Benneville - 1910 - 576 pages
...Rhys Davids—" Questions of King Milinda " Vol I, 78 ; Vol II, 181.] CHAPTER XV. THE FLIGHT TO OSHU. Let him not desire to die, let him not desire to live ; let him wait for his appointed time, as a servant waits for the payment of his wages. Let him instigate to rebellion those... | |
 | 1920 - 594 pages
...solitude, and indifference toward everything are the marks of one who has attained liberation. "45. Let him not desire to die ; let him not desire to live. Let him wait for his appointed time as a servant waits for the payment of his wages. "47. Let him patiently bear hard words.... | |
 | John Herman Randall, Horace Holley - 1928 - 444 pages
...dwelling, cores, worn-out garments, life in solitude, are the marks of one who has attained liberation. "Let him not desire to die; let him not desire to live; let him wait for his appointed time as a servant waits for the payment of his wages." Turning from these six books of the... | |
 | Kirin Narayan - 1992 - 308 pages
...a person prepares for death. The Laws of Manu enjoins the sannyasi to behave much as Swamiji does: Let him not desire to die, let him not desire to live; let him wait for (his appointed) time as a servant (waits) for the payment of his wages [VI :4j]. . . . Let him quit this... | |
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