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Chamasa Instructs
“Those who are under the sway of Rajas are cruel. They are passionate and addicted to sensual pleasures. They are revengeful like serpents. They are characterised by hypocrisy and pride. They ridicule the pious who are devoted to Hari.
“They indulge in sexual life. They worship women in their houses. They are attached to women. They speak to one another of their respective well-being. They perform sacrifices without giving food or Guru Dakshina and without following the prescribed rules. They perform sacrifices without understanding their real nature. They kill animals to satisfy their palate and appetite without knowing the consequences thereof.
“Those wicked men are puffed up with the pride of wealth, power, noble birth and false learning, gifts, beauty, strength and ability for action. Being blinded by their pride they despise the Lord and His devotees.
“Those ignorant persons do not pay any attention to the Vedas which bespeak about the glory of the Supreme Lord, who is the Inner Ruler of all beings, and who is like ether present everywhere.They fail to grasp the trues pirit of the Vedas and distort the texts to suit their own ends, wishes and fancies and interpret them in their own way in order to serve their purpose.
“To associate with females, to take meat and drink liquor are natural to men. No rule enjoins them to do so. Some check is provided by the Sastras over these tendencies by marriage and sacrifices. To go to a woman in marriage, to slay animals in sacrifice and to drink in the Suragriha ceremony, are sanctioned by scriptures, but to turn them away from these completely which is the real intention of the Sastras. As it is difficult to wean the mind from these all on a sudden, the Sastras say, ‘Take flesh in a sacrifice. Drink in the Suragriha ceremony etc.’
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