Suktimuktavali 26_3

26_3

1. This is a verse of wheel-composition (cakrabandha). There, in the third ring, ‘devanandikṛtiḥ’ is extracted. 2. At the time of printing this Sūktimuktāvalī, three manuscripts were obtained by us: of these, the first, designated ka, belonging to Śrīyut Haridāsa Śāstrī, Director of the Department of Public Instruction of Jaipur and adorned with the title of ‘Master of Arts’, consists of thirteen leaves, is correct, and not very modern. The second, designated kha, belonging to the Jain sage named Śrī Śāntivijaya, the best among Saṃvegi ascetics, adorned with tranquility, self-control and the like, and free from possessions, consists of three leaves, is ancient and correct. The third, designated ga, also belonging to the aforementioned sage, consists of twelve leaves, is ancient, not very correct, and accompanied by a concise commentary mixed with the Gujarati language, devoid of an author’s name. 3. ‘Upon the feet’. 4. ‘By spreading’. Kāvyamālā.
Now begins the section on righteousness.
Without the accomplishment of the three aims of life, a man’s lifespan is useless like that of a beast;
even among them, they declare righteousness to be the foremost, since without it, wealth and pleasure do not come to be. .. 3 ..