“O foremost of rishis, I do not think I am without any virtue and yet I am afflicted with so much sorrow. On the other hand I feel my enemies have very little virtue. Why then do they prosper?” Lomasha nodded in understanding. “It seems contradictory, dear child, but you should not grieve. Any success obtained as a consequence of sin is soon lost. It may be seen that wicked men prosper for a while, but eventually they are destroyed at the root.”
