In English
The is for granting liberation to all
See how the wicked hunter was transformed into a sympathetic listener by the appeals to conscience made by the first two deer. He is eager to hear what the third deer has to say about the disciplines laid down by scriptures () and the penalties imposed for the breach. He is also being slowly changed by the sound of the distant bells of the temple where the worship is being done. As a matter of fact, both deer and deer-slayer are fiction; they represent the instruments for the teaching. It is all in the Lord’s plan. Consider, for example, how, long before the was spoken, the Lord had got ready a , who could see and hear whatever was done or spoken at a distance; his mission was to preserve the for humanity. was just an excuse to bring the forth. The is for saving all and for granting all liberation. , in Telugu, means “a line”; it draws a line across and cancels the series of births and deaths; it teaches you to stand erect, unafraid, along the straight path of , along the line laid down. You should gradually get rid of attachments that lead you astray. Only then can you stand erect, without bending under the load. But, nowadays, instead of eliminating mental agitations, every effort is made to multiply them. It is like giving a monkey a drink of toddy; it will behave even more monkeyishly, that is all. I refer to the grant of spiritual titles to spiritual aspirants, extolling their attainments! They are intoxicated by these titles, conferred by over-enthusiastic or pompous ; they become lights or stars or sages or (highest persons). They are thereby rendered more liable to spiritual disaster, through bloated egoism. Doctors who are expected to administer drugs to patients afflicted with poison are now administering poison to persons in perfect health! The giver of the title and the recipient are both blameworthy. One aggravates the egoism they pretend to cure; the other revels in tawdry jewellery.