WHEN ARROGANCE ARISES, DUE TO SUCCESS AND HONOUR, IT IS AN ILL-OMEN

FOR THE PERSON CONCERNED. AND WHEN THE WORK IS DONE, AND ONES
NAME BECOMES DISTINGUISHED, TO WITHDRAW INTO OBSCURITY IS THE WAY
TO HEAVEN.
The doer must withdraw into obscurity as soon as his work is done so that
arrogance has no chance to arise. Otherwise success leads to great failure. There
is no hell greater than the hell of success. Our own success becomes poisonous
for us. We weave a web of our own entanglements in much the same way as a
spider. Then we bewail our lot and struggle to find ways and means to get out of
our self-inflicted imprisonment. This prison is of our own making, but it happens
in such a way that we become aware of it only when it is already done. From this
sutra, we have to recognise and understand how this unknown slavery creeps in
and how we ourselves are responsible for it.