Verses of Vemana – 61
Tanadu bhratalella danambu cheyaga
danaku phalamatanchu minukaradu
tanaku kalugoya tana tammudedchuna
viswadhabhirama vinura vema
Commentary: Man may be a social animal but is a solitary soul for every experience is a private affair. No one else can ever feel another person’s agony or ecstasy, no matter how close he is to him or how well he knows him. He is entitled to enjoy the sweet or bitter fruits of his actions only not of others. So, is good or evil enjoyed or suffered by one. Vemana here expounds the Law of Cause and Effect in common parlance. He says the doer of the action will reap the result of the action. It is his sole property. It belongs to no one. No one can trespass it. He cannot, for instance, reap the outcome of a good deed done by his brother. Will he feel the same pain of his brother’s severed leg?
