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THE KURAL

26. The great ones are they who can achieve the impossible:^[1] the feeble ones are those who cannot.

27. Behold the man who appreciateth at their true value the sensations of touch and taste and sight and sound and smell :^[2] he will command the world.

28. The scriptures of the world proclaim the greatness of the men of the mighty word.

29. It is impossible to support even for a second the wrath of those who stand on the rock of renunciation.

30. It is saintly men that are to be called Brâhmans: for it is they that have compassion on all life.⁴

↑ i.e. control their senses.
↑ i.e. who knows that they are transient and at the same time misleading, and who therefore endeavours to transcend them.

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[1] .e. control their senses.

[2] .e. who knows that they are transient and at the same time misleading, and who therefore endeavours to transcend them.

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