Dialogue continued, Bharata expounds the nature of existence, the end of life, and the identification of individual with universal spirit - Verse 17
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 2 · Verse 14.17
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Sanskrit Original
धर्माय त्यज्यते किं तु परमार्थो धनं यदि व्ययश च क्रियते कस्मात कामप्राप्त्युपलक्षणः ।।
dharmāya tyajyate kiṃ tu paramārtho dhanaṃ yadi vyayaś ca kriyate kasmāt kāmaprāptyupalakṣaṇaḥ ||
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