पुण्यस्य फलं इच्छन्ति पुण्यं नेच्छन्ति मानवा: |
न पाप फलं इच्छन्ति पापं कुर्वन्ति यत्नत: ||
PuNyasya phalam ichchhanti puNyam nechchhati maanavaa-haa
Na paapa phalam ichchhanti paapam kurvanti yatnata-ha
Meaning: People (maanavaa-haa) desire (ichchhanti) the fruits of virtuous acts or good deeds (punya). But they do not bring themselves to actually do such virtuous deeds.
On the other hand, they do not desire the fruits of their sinful acts. Yet, they knowingly (yatnataha) keep doing (kurvanti) sins (paapa).
Ironical yet true! We all want good to happen to us yet we do not have the time or the inclination to do good. And we do not want bad to happen to us yet we indulge in to sin, knowing very well what we are doing.
We somehow think that the most basic principle of the mortal world doesn't apply to us—Cause and Effect !
(Matrix fans - remember the Merovingian?)
We want everything good to come to us without efforts... for free... but we ourselves do not want to give time to any cause that gives us no material gains. Well, if no one's giving out free stuff, how will we receive it?
Pretty interesting that the most intelligent of all the species is unable to comprehend & act on such a basic logical truth!
न पाप फलं इच्छन्ति पापं कुर्वन्ति यत्नत: ||
Na paapa phalam ichchhanti paapam kurvanti yatnata-ha
On the other hand, they do not desire the fruits of their sinful acts. Yet, they knowingly (yatnataha) keep doing (kurvanti) sins (paapa).
Ironical yet true! We all want good to happen to us yet we do not have the time or the inclination to do good. And we do not want bad to happen to us yet we indulge in to sin, knowing very well what we are doing.
We somehow think that the most basic principle of the mortal world doesn't apply to us—Cause and Effect !
(Matrix fans - remember the Merovingian?)
We want everything good to come to us without efforts... for free... but we ourselves do not want to give time to any cause that gives us no material gains. Well, if no one's giving out free stuff, how will we receive it?
Pretty interesting that the most intelligent of all the species is unable to comprehend & act on such a basic logical truth!
No comments:
Post a Comment