An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering
केचिद्विरूपा दृश्यन्ते ततो दुःखतरं नु किम् ॥ विद्वान्कृती गुणज्ञश्च सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः
kecid virūpā dṛśyante tato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim || vidvān kṛtī guṇajñaś ca sarva-śāstra-viśāradaḥ
Algunos son vistos deforme—¿qué puede ser más doloroso que eso? (Y, sin embargo,) uno es sabio, realizado, conocedor de las cualidades y versado en todos los śāstras.
Varāha (default, instructional voice)
It juxtaposes bodily appearance with intellectual accomplishment, reflecting premodern Indian ethical discourse on visible and invisible forms of ‘fortune’.
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To consider that human conditions differ widely; the text frames such differences within a moral-causal (karmic) narrative rather than pure chance.
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