Daniel 11:36 Meaning The King Will Do According

Māna: Conceit Conceit is the reflex of measuring yourself against everyone else. Magnifying himself above every god takes that measuring as far as it can go, and at the top there is nobody left to be taller than, only the height itself to hold. A man on tiptoe rises above the crowd for a minute before his calves give out, and a crown does nothing to change how long he can stay up there.

Vacī-duccarita: Misconduct in speech Speech counts as action, and the harmful kind carries weight. Marvelous things spoken against the God of gods cost him nothing at the moment of saying them, and each one is entered in his account like an unpaid bill. Around a king who does as he pleases nobody offers a correction, so the boasting keeps climbing until nothing above him is left unmocked.

Mada: Intoxication Mada is the giddiness that comes with power, youth, or a run of good fortune. Prospering works like wine here: the cup stays full, plan after plan comes off, and no edge ever looks close enough to be worth minding. A drunk man walks with tremendous confidence toward a step he cannot see. Daniel had watched one such king put out to graze in a field before the wine wore off.

Kamma-vipāka: The ripening of deeds Deeds come to fruit in their own season, never on the doer's calendar. He prospers while the fruit is still green, and the indignation, once accomplished, is that same fruit come ripe on the branch he grew it on. A fool tastes an unripened deed as honey and takes the sweetness for proof that he was right.

Idappaccayatā: Conditionality Things come about when the conditions for them are in place. Doing according to his will feels, from inside the palace, like nothing but freedom, while from outside it is a long chain of causes: armies, fear, appetite, the right decade to be born in, each link pulling the next. That which is determined will be done because conditions already set going work themselves out, whoever happens to be wearing the crown.