Part
6 - Chapter 6
OF
GAINS AND LOSSES; ATTENDANT GAINS AND
LOSSES; AND DOUBTS; AS ALSO OF THE DIFFERENT
KINDS OF COURTESANS
IT
sometimes happens that while gains are being
sought for, or expected to be realized,
losses only are the result of our efforts.
The causes of these losses are:
The
results of these losses are:
-
Expense incurred without any result
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Destruction of future good fortune
-
Stoppage of gains about to be realized
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Loss of what is already obtained
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Acquisition of a sour temper
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Becoming unamiable to every body
-
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Loss of hair and other accidents
Now
gain is of three kinds: gain of wealth, gain
of religious merit, and gain of pleasure;
and similarly loss is of three kinds: loss
of wealth, loss of religious merit, and loss
of pleasure. At the time when gains are
sought for, if other gains come along with
them, these are called attendant gains. When
gain is uncertain, the doubt of its being a
gain is called a simple doubt. When there is
a doubt whether either of two things will
happen or not, it is called a mixed doubt.
If while one thing is being done two results
take place, it is called a combination of
two results, and if several results follow
from the same action, it is called a
combination of results on every side.
We
shall now give examples of the above.
As
already stated, gain is of three kinds, and
loss, which is opposed to gain, is also of
three kinds.
When
by living with a great man a courtesan
acquires present wealth, and in addition to
this becomes acquainted with other people,
and thus obtains a chance of future fortune,
and an accession of wealth, and becomes
desirable to all, this is called a gain of
wealth attended by other gain.
When
by living with a man a courtesan simply gets
money, this is called a gain of wealth not
attended by any other gain.
When
a courtesan receives money from other people
besides her lover, the results are the
chance of the loss of future good from her
present lover; the chance of disaffection of
a man securely attached to her; the hatred
of all; and the chance of a union with some
low person, tending to destroy her future
good. This gain is called a gain of wealth
attended by losses.
.
Swami Veet Chintan T'Zorba-Krsna
Jyotish
Shastracharya
& Vedic Astrologer of India
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