−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−− Upajāti (Sālā)
apy uṣṇa-bhāvaṁ jvalanaḥ prajahyād āpo dravatvaṁ pthivī sthiratvam |
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aneka-kalpācita-puṇya-karmā na tv eva jahyād vyavasāyam eṣaḥ || 13.58
13.58
Even if fire were to give up being hot,
Water its wetness and the earth its solidity,
With the good karma he has heaped up over many kalpas,
This one could never abandon his resolve.
COMMENT:
This being of distinction who has so far seemed to sing the praises of non-doing, from today's verse turns to praising the bodhisattva's iron will to acheive enlightenment. There again, we are well used by now to teaching that, on the face of it, is self-contradictory...
This being of distinction who has so far seemed to sing the praises of non-doing, from today's verse turns to praising the bodhisattva's iron will to acheive enlightenment. There again, we are well used by now to teaching that, on the face of it, is self-contradictory...
Forward and up.
Forward and up.
Stop doing. Stop lying.
Forward and up.
Stop doing. Stop lying.
Stop ageing. Stop dying.
Never give up!
Never give up!
Stop trying! Stop trying!
Never give up!
Stop trying! Stop trying!
Completely stop trying!
VOCABULARY
api: even
uṣṇa-bhāvam (acc. sg. m.): the nature of being hot
uṣṇa: mn. heat , warmth , the hot season
jvalanaḥ (nom. sg.): m. fire
prajahyāt = 3rd pers. sg. optative pra- √ hā: to leave ; to desert , quit , abandon , give up , renounce , violate (a duty) , break (a promise) ; to send off , throw , hurl
āpaḥ (nom. sg.): water
drava-tvam (acc. sg.): n. natural or artificial fluid condition of a substance , fluidity , wetness
pṛthivī (nom. sg.): f. earth
sthiratvam (acc. sg.): n. hardness, stability, solidity
aneka-kalpācita-puṇya-karmā (nom. sg. m.): with good karma accumulated through many kalpas
aneka-kalpa: many kalpas, many ages
ācita: mfn. collected ; accumulated , heaped
puṇya-karman: mfn. acting right , virtuous , pious
puṇya: mfn. auspicious , propitious , fair , pleasant , good , right , virtuous , meritorious , pure , holy , sacred ; n. the good or right , virtue , purity , good work , meritorious act , moral or religious merit
na: not
tu: but
eva: (emphatic)
jahyāt = 3rd pers. sg. optative √ hā: to leave , abandon , desert , quit , forsake , relinquish
vyavasāyam (acc. sg.): m. strenuous effort or exertion; settled determination , resolve , purpose
eṣaḥ (nom. sg. m.): this man
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