| Mani Mekhala desiring to hear a further discourse from the Great Being, intoned another stanza: The coast of the infathomable ocean is assuredly not visible to you. Your heroic efforts are thus of no avail; you will be dead before you reach the shores. |
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| Upon these remarks, the Great Being told Mani Mekhala :" What are you saying? We are persevering, so that though we may perish, we shall be free from any blame or criticism." Having said that, he intoned this stanza: Any individual who practises perseverance, even in the face f death, will not be in any debt to relatives or gods or father or mother. Furthermore, any individual who does his duty like a man, will enjoy Ultimate Peace in the future. |
| At this point, the goddess addressed the Great Being with this stanza: Any enterprise that is not archieved through perseverance, is fruitless; obstacles will occur. When any enterprise undertaken with such misdirected effort results in Death showing his face, what is the use of such enterprise and misderected effort? |
