Discussing the plight of one who remains entangled in the web of vices throughout his earthly existence, and thus failing to adhere to the Satpanth (True Path), this verse compares the lifespan of such a person to the unseasonal and useless downpour of rain during summer.
The term sehastra in the opening line is the same as the word sahastra, which means ‘thousand’ in Gujarati and pachās means ‘fifty’. Therefore, sehastra pachās is ‘fifty thousand’. The term āvīyo denotes a continuous tense, implying ‘all along’, as used in the following sentence – hu(n) tamone kaheto āvyo chhu(n), which means, I have been telling you along or I have told you all along. Therefore, bhogavī āvīyo implies undergoing an experience on an ongoing basis or experiencing …show more content…
Indeed, the said Ginan (Paratak viloṇine fā(n)s mā(n)ḍī) in its entirety discusses the plight of an individual who spends his entire life, heedless of his true self, steeped in self-deception and hopelessly entangled by the web of Maya. Undoubtedly, such a person will be prone to vices, rather than virtues hence, the excerpt pā(n)chnā pachavīs lakṣhaṇ, shestra rūp pachās refers to the five vices and means the five [vices] have twenty-five characteristics, manifest in fifty thousand …show more content…
According to this verse, these five vices have twenty-five characteristics and manifest in fifty thousand different forms, which means that these vices become apparent and evident in thousands of forms. Clearly, this proliferation of vices refers to web of vices, weaved by an individual who succumbs to these vices, incessantly sustaining wrongdoing and inequity, caught in the web of vices he foolishly created, to a point where he is unable to free himself. In other words, this rapid growth of the snare of evil resembles the unabated proliferation and replication of a harmful virus, which, if not checked in a timely manner, may lead to dire and ruinous
The term sehastra in the opening line is the same as the word sahastra, which means ‘thousand’ in Gujarati and pachās means ‘fifty’. Therefore, sehastra pachās is ‘fifty thousand’. The term āvīyo denotes a continuous tense, implying ‘all along’, as used in the following sentence – hu(n) tamone kaheto āvyo chhu(n), which means, I have been telling you along or I have told you all along. Therefore, bhogavī āvīyo implies undergoing an experience on an ongoing basis or experiencing …show more content…
Indeed, the said Ginan (Paratak viloṇine fā(n)s mā(n)ḍī) in its entirety discusses the plight of an individual who spends his entire life, heedless of his true self, steeped in self-deception and hopelessly entangled by the web of Maya. Undoubtedly, such a person will be prone to vices, rather than virtues hence, the excerpt pā(n)chnā pachavīs lakṣhaṇ, shestra rūp pachās refers to the five vices and means the five [vices] have twenty-five characteristics, manifest in fifty thousand …show more content…
According to this verse, these five vices have twenty-five characteristics and manifest in fifty thousand different forms, which means that these vices become apparent and evident in thousands of forms. Clearly, this proliferation of vices refers to web of vices, weaved by an individual who succumbs to these vices, incessantly sustaining wrongdoing and inequity, caught in the web of vices he foolishly created, to a point where he is unable to free himself. In other words, this rapid growth of the snare of evil resembles the unabated proliferation and replication of a harmful virus, which, if not checked in a timely manner, may lead to dire and ruinous