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Chapter 16
Na sa siddhimavapnoti:- Those, possessing demoniac nature, perform supposedly good actions, such as religious sacrifice etc., casting aside the ordinances of scriptures. Thus they may attain benefits, like wealth, and honour etc., but they do not attain perfection, in the form of purity of heart.
Na sukham:- They do not attain Sattvika happiness because in their hearts the burning feeling of desire and anger, etc., persists. They may derive pleasure, born of contact with objects, which are only sources of sorrow [1].
Na param gatim:- They do not attain the Supreme Goal, because firstly they do not believe in it. Moreover, their actions, performed out of desire, anger and greed, are not conducive to attainment, of the Supreme Goal.
Their acts are good. So they can attain perfection, happiness and the Supreme Goal. But they do not attain these, because they possess evil propensities, such as desire (lust), anger, greed and pride, which are stumbling blocks, in their attainment. It is because of these evil propensities, that their good actions, generally convert into evil and vice. Therefore, they do not get all these things. Had their activities been evil, by nature, then there would have not been any question of their attaining, perfection, happiness and the Supreme Goal.
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