In English
CITIES have today become like turbulent seas, whose residents move in tossing boats surrounded by darkness. For these desperate people the spiritual ideal, shining bright, is the only guide to safety. The countryside is fast getting tinted by the culture of the cities and the distress is spreading everywhere. This is the spirit of the times. Entangled in this spirit, man accumulates all types of desires in his mind which, when not fulfilled, he becomes desperate and ends his life in unspeakable distress. Man forgets that his innermost desire, which he should cherish, is the' desire for good and for God. All other desires are mean and meaningless. Man has been endowed with the power of discrimination between the essentially good and the superficially pleasant, but he does not cultivate that faculty and benefit from it. The brothers were highly fortunate. The eldest, , rose to be the Emperor. The second was the indomitable , armed with the terrible mace. The third was , son of the Lord of the Gods, . The Lord poured His Grace on and deigned to serve him in battle as his charioteer! In spite of all these advantages, they were subjected to the severest tragedies in life. What is 'the lesson that their lives teach? No one can predict what calamity will overtake one and at what time. Everything depends on the Will of Providence; it all happens according to the Divine Plan.