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| Sandlewood |
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| Valerian Tagara |
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| Blue Lotus |
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| Jasmine |
10.
As from a great heap of flowers
many garlands can be made,
even so should many good deeds
be done by one born a mortal.
11.
Not the sweet smell of flowers,
not even the fragrance of sandal, tagara, or jasmine
blows against the wind.
But the fragrance of the virtuous
blows against the wind.
Truly the virtuous man pervades all directions
with the fragrance of his virtue.
12.
Of all the fragrances —
sandal, tagara, blue lotus and jasmine —
the fragrance of virtue is the sweetest.
13.
Faint is the fragrance of tagara and sandal,
but excellent is the fragrance of the virtuous,
wafting even amongst the gods.
