Q:
What makes a person free from sorrow?
A:
An acquiescent wife and abiding means of livelihood.
Q: In
this world about whom one should feel sorry?
A:
The one, who though is prosperous, does not provide to the poor and needy.
Q:
Who is more valiant than Shri Rama?
A:
One whose mind, struck by the arrows of Cupid, does not waver.
Q: What should one think of day and
night?
A: The lotus feet of the Lord, not mundane
things.
Q: Who are blind in spite of
having eyes?
A: An Atheist or those who ridicule
the Vedas.
Q: Who is said to be lame?
A: One who undertakes a
pilgrimage in old age.
Q: Which is the most important holy water
body?
A: That which washes away the
accumulated dirt in the mind.
Q: What should a person remember
always?
A: Sri Hari.
Q: What is unutterable by one
who is wise?
A: Faults of others and untruth.
Q: What should be earned by men?
A: Knowledge, strength, fame
and meritorious deeds.
Q: Which is the destroyer of all
good qualities?
A: Greed
Q: Who is the enemy?
A: Lust and Desire.
Q: Which assembly should be avoided?
A: One which is devoid of an
experienced people.
Q: Where should a person be
careful in this world?
A: In the service of the
King.
Q: What is dearer than life?
A: The Dharma followed by
the forebears and company of saintly persons.
Q: Who deserve to be protected?
A: Fame, chaste woman and one’s own
intellect.
Q: Which is the wish-yielding
creeper in this world?
A: Knowledge imparted to a
deserving disciple.
Q: Which is the eternal banyan tree?
A: A gift to a fit recipient
given in accordance with scriptural injunctions.
Q: Which is the weapon for
everybody?
A: Stratagem.
Q: Who is the mother of all?
A: The holy cow.
Q: What is strength?
A: Courage, adamantine heart.
Q: Which is death?
A: Carelessness.
Q: Where is poison?
A: In a bad person.
Q: What is it which gives
fearlessness?
A: Non-attachment to worldly
things.
Q: What is fear?
A: For everyone wealth is the source
of fear.
Q: What is difficult to acquire for
men?
A: Devotion to Sri Hari.
Q: What is sin?
A: Causing physical or mental
injury to living beings.
Q: Who is dear to God?
A: One who does not cause
mental agitation to others and himself does not get mentally agitated.
Q: What is the source of
achievement?
A: Penance.
Q: Where is intellect?
A: In the Brahmin.
Q: How does one get a sharp intellect?
A: From the service of the aged.
Q: Who are aged?
A: Those who know the essence
of Dharma.
Q: What is worse than death for
a person?
A: Humiliation is worse than
death.
Q: Who is comfortable in this
world?
A: A wealthy person
Q: What is wealth?
A: That by which one can get
what he likes.
Q: What is the seed of all comforts?
A: The fruit of meritorious
deeds.
Q: From where is sorrow?
A: The fruit of sins.
Q: Who has affluence and exerts
control over others?
A: One who worships Maharudradeva
with devotion.
Q: Who achieves progress?
A: One who is full of humility.
Q: Who goes down?
A: One who is abortive
and arrogant.
Q: Who cannot be trusted?
A: One who always tells lies.
Q: When is uttering a lie not a sin?
A: When it is uttered to protect Dharma.
Q: What is Dharma?
A: Such conduct and values as
have been accepted as the right ones by the noble souls who practice Dharma.
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