[Advaita-l] Prashnottara Ratna Malika - 15

[S Jayanarayanan]

(Continued from previous post)
 
 
Q81. कः पंगुरिह प्रथितो?
Who must be considered lame in this world?
A81. व्रजति च यो वार्धके तीर्थं । 
One who waits for old age to start going to pilgrimage places.
 
 
Q82. किं तीर्थमपि च मुख्यं?
Which is the most important pilgrimage place?
A82. चित्तमलं यन्निवर्तयति |
The one that washes away the mind’s impurities.
 
 
Q83. किं स्मर्तव्यं पुरुषैः?
What should people remember?
A83. हरिनाम सदा,न यावनी भाषा ।
Always the name of Hari, and not the useless chattering
of materialistic people.
 
 
Q84. को हि न वाच्यः सुधिया? 
What should not be uttered by an intelligent person?
A84. परदोषश्चानृतं तद्वत् |
A wise person should abstain from talking about other
people’s defects and from uttering lies. 
 
 
(To be Continued)