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Part XII: The Four-Fold Means.1567
thus betaking themselves to a variety of ways.—straight, easy or difficult, on
account of the difference of intellect, That alone is the ultimate resort even
like the ocean of all water whatever.
Pushpadantacharya.
The ass carrying a load of sandal-wood is conscious only of the burden, not
of the fragrant wood. So, indeed, does he carry about a mere burden who
having studied the Religious Books knows not their real import and essence.
Uttaragtta.
That which is not to be, shall never be; that which is to be shall never not
be;—why dost thou not drain this draught which will eradicate the poison
of anxiety from thyself?
Vairagyasataka.
What means the shaft of love, after youth has gone by? What means the
lake, after the water is dried up? What means friends and relatives, after all
wealth is gone? What means the world, after the Essence is realized?
Śankaracharya.
The ascetic with the matted hair; the mendicant with the shaved head; the
Yati with the hair rooted out; and many others of the same class; play a
variety of parts, under the cloth dyed yellow-red.—People though seeing,
fail to See, and go through an amount of trouble for the sake of the outward
form and show.
Śankaracharya.
Day follows upon night, evening succeeds morning, the blast of withering
cold follows the season full of flowers, and this over and over again. Time