A History of Indian Literature v2.c20.s2.74

v2.c20.s2.74

"Just as if a man should eat food which tastes delicious, well cooked in a saucepan, and containing the desired quantity of each of the eighteen principal ingredients, but nevertheless mixed with poison, and after having consumed it, though he is in good health, yet changes…(to a condition which is bad in every respect)…, even thus, Kālodaï, souls change…(to a condition which is bad in every respect)…if they take unto themselves the hurting of beings, untrue speech, misappropriation, sexual stimulation, possession, anger, pride, deceit and greed, love and hate, strife, slander, gossip and back-biting, dislike and liking, lying and deception, and that thorn of false belief. Thus it comes about, Kālodaï, that souls perform evil deeds, from which evil fruits ripen. But if a man eats delicious