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preyaḥ vṛṇīte = selects the pleasurable;<br />

hīyate = gets alienated;<br />

arthāt = from this objective,<br />

Yama said: The good is one thing; the pleasant, another. Both of these, serving<br />

different needs, bind a man. It goes well with him who, of the two, takes the good;<br />

but he who chooses the pleasant misses the end.<br />

Samyutta Nikāya I.4.2.6.<br />

tasmā satañ ca asatañ ca nānā hoti ito gati |<br />

asanto nirayam yanti satañ saggaparāyaṇā ||<br />

Therefore do the paths of the good and the evil of this world divide; the evil go to hell<br />

but the final destination of the good is heaven.<br />

Samyutta Nikāya V.4.5.2 instead of saggaparāyaṇā, (going to heaven) we read<br />

nibbāna-parāyaṇam (attaining nirvana) since heaven is not the ultimate bliss but<br />

nirvana.<br />

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