--- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "He should take pains to avoid any activity under another person's control but he should take pains to engage in any activity under his own control. Everything under another person's control is unhappiness; It should be known that this sums up > the distinguishing marks of unhappiness and happiness." > > Manu Smriti, 4, 159- > >
yad yat paravashaM karma tat tad yatnena varjayet || yad yadaatmavashaM tu syaat tat tat seveta yatnataH | sarvaM paravashaM duHkhaM sarvamaatmavashaM sukham.h | etad vidyaat samaasena lakshaNaM sukhaduHkhayoH || Sandhi-vigraha and "decompounding": yat; yat para-vashaM karma tat tat; yatnena varjayet || yat; yat; aatma-vashaM tu syaat tat tat seveta yatnataH | sarvaM para-vashaM duHkhaM sarvam aatma-vashaM sukham.h | etat; vidyaat samaasena lakshaNaM sukha-duHkha_yoH ||
