The Satakas of Bhartrihari by Wortham B. Hale

Author:Wortham, B. Hale. [WORTHAM, B HALE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781136387289
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CAM)

The power of destiny is recognised under a slightly different figure in the lines of Horace, Car. i. 34, 14–

“. . . hinc apicem rapax

Fortuna cum stridore acuto

Sustulit, hinc posuisse gaudet.”

Or in Car. iii. 10, 10, where in

“Ne currente retro funis eat rota,”

an allusion has been thought to exist to the wheel of fortune.

94. The section relating to religious works begins with this śloka. The meaning of the stanza is as follows :–Man should give himself up to the works of religion, to study of the Scripture, to the exercise of liberality, to the instruction and the benefiting others; he should offer sacrifice to the deities andthe manes; for these works will produce happiness for him in a future state, and are not in the power of destiny or fate, as all other things are, including even the deities themselves. On the idea that the gods are in the power of destiny, cf. Eurip., Alcestis, 965 :

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