Kural 21<\/p>\n
The Scriptures exalt above every other good
\nthe greatness of virtuous renunciates.
\nKural 22<\/p>\n
Attempting to speak of the renunciate’s magnitude is like
\nnumbering all the human multitudes who have ever died.
\nKural 23<\/p>\n
Behold those who have weighed the dual nature of things and
\nfollowed the renunciate’s way. Their greatness illumines the world.
\nKural 24<\/p>\n
He whose firm will, wisdom’s goading hook, controls his five senses
\nis a seed that will flourish in the fields of Heaven.
\nKural 25<\/p>\n
Such is the power of those who subdue the five senses, that even Indra,
\nsovereign of spacious Heaven’s celestials, suffered their curse.
\nKural 26<\/p>\n
The magnificent ones are they who can dispatch the most
\ndifficult tasks; the insignificant ones are they who cannot.
\nKural 27<\/p>\n
Touch, taste, sight, smell and hearing are the senses–
\nhe who controls these five magically controls the world.
\nKural 28<\/p>\n
Their own subtle sayings reveal to the world
\nthe greatness of men whose words prove prophetic.
\nKural 29<\/p>\n
It is impossible to endure, even for a second, the wrath of those
\nwho have scaled and stand upon the mountain called virtue.
\nKural 30<\/p>\n
Pious men are called the priestly ones,
\nfor they are clothed in robes of compassion for all life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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