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“What is the divine attribute of kṣatriyas, what is their piety and impiety, and what is their human

“Arrows and weapons constitute their divinity, sacrifice is their piety and abandoning the distressed

“What is known by the ṛṣis as steadiness, and what as patience? What is said to be the best ablution, and what is spoken of as charity?”

“What is the best of all laudable objects, of all sorts of wealth and of all kinds of happiness? And what is the most important of all gains?”

An ignorant man is an atheist, and thus is an atheist ignorant. Desire means longing for worldly things, and envy is nothing more than grief of the heart.”

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“For what does one give charity to Brahmins, to dancers, to servants, and to kings?”

What constitutes forgiveness and shame?”

“Virtue, profit and pleasure are opposed to one another. How then can these three co-exist?”

“What is the Sāma of sacrifice, what is its Yajur and what can it not do without?”

What of heaven, and what of happiness?”

In the objective sacrifice which one normally performs with fire and mantras, the three Vedas--Sāma, Yajur and Ṛg--are required. In the subjective, spiritual sacrifice, the acquisition of true knowledge, along with life and mind,

“Life is the sacrificial Sāma, mind is its Yajur and it is the Ṛg which it cannot do without.”

“Who is the friend of an exile, of a householder, of a sick person and of a dying man?”

Agni is cold’s antidote, and the earth is the largest field.”

What man is regarded as honest, and what as dishonest?”

What is spoken of as desire, and what as envy?”

“What person, although breathing, endowed with intelligence, respected by the world and enjoying sensual

Health is the greatest gain, and contentment is the highest happiness.”

What is known as the greatest kindness, and what is simplicity?”