Passage 33

In English

Whomever you salute, it reaches God ( ), and whomever you criticise, it reaches God ( ). According to , every action has its fruit or consequence ( or ). There can be no action without a good or bad result. It may come immediately or after many days, many months or, even many births. For example, if you slice a fruit and cut your finger, bleeding starts instantly. So, you get the result immediately. When you sow a seed, it takes four or five days to sprout, five or six years to grow into a tree, three more years to bear fruit, and a few more days for the fruit to ripen. You eat in the morning, but it takes a few hours to digest. Every action has a consequence though we do not know when and where it will happen. Consequence of action is inevitable. What type of action should we do? We should do actions with divine feelings. Then we will attain divine bliss. Mundane actions performed with worldly feelings will yield mundane results, which are impermanent. said that man should not forget God and should discard temporal things. Temporal things give only temporary satisfaction, but divine feelings, thoughts, and deeds lead to eternal bliss. A young man may exult at his own beauty and muscle power, but how long will they last? Lightning gives a flash of brilliant light, but immediately darkness follows. therefore cautioned: Do not be proud of your wealth, progeny, and youth; The tide of time may destroy them in a moment. , . Everything has reaction, reflection, and resound. If you say standing in front of a hall, you get the resound at once. The air compressed in a harmonium produces various sounds sa , re , ga , ma , pa , da , ni . But their root is one sound, that is (the form of , or ). Every sound originated from .