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第8章 The Thousands

100.Even though a speech be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of sense is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.

101.Even though a Gatha (poem) be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of a Gatha is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.

102.Though a man recite a hundred Gathas made up of senseless words, one word of the law is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.

103.If one man conquer in battle a thousand times thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors.

104, 105.One's own self conquered is better than all other people; not even a god, a Gandharva, not Mara with Brahman could change into defeat the victory of a man who has vanquished himself, and always lives under restraint.

106.If a man for a hundred years sacrifice month after month with a thousand, and if he but for one moment pay homage to a man whose soul is grounded (in true knowledge), better is that homage than sacrifice for a hundred years.

107.If a man for a hundred years worship Agni (fire) in the forest, and if he but for one moment pay homage to a man whose soul is grounded (in true knowledge), better is that homage than sacrifice for a hundred years.

108.Whatever a man sacrifice in this world as an offering or as an oblation for a whole year in order to gain merit, the whole of it is not worth a quarter (a farthing); reverence shown to the righteous is better.

109.He who always greets and constantly reveres the aged, four things will increase to him, viz.life, beauty, happiness, power.

110.But he who lives a hundred years, vicious and unrestrained, a life of one day is better if a man is virtuous and reflecting.

111.And he who lives a hundred years, ignorant and unrestrained, a life of one day is better if a man is wise and reflecting.

112.And he who lives a hundred years, idle and weak, a life of one day is better if a man has attained firm strength.

113.And he who lives a hundred years, not seeing beginning and end, a life of one day is better if a man sees beginning and end.

114.And he who lives a hundred years, not seeing the immortal place, a life of one day is better if a man sees the immortal place.

115.And he who lives a hundred years, not seeing the highest law, a life of one day is better if a man sees the highest law.

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