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अथ कषायाधिकारः ॥२॥
स क्रोधमानमायालोभैरतिदुर्जयैः परामृष्टः । प्राप्नोति याननन् कस्तानुद्देष्टुमपि शक्तः ? ॥२४॥
2. On Passions Who is competent even to mention the evils met by that (Jiva) which is seized by an un-conquarable anger, pride, delusion and greed ? 24.
क्रोधात् प्रीतिविनाशं मानाद्विनयोपघातमाप्नोति ।
शाठ्यात् प्रत्ययहानि' सर्वगुणविनाशनं लोभात् ॥२५॥ (In case of such a man) anger destroys affection, pride andihilates humility, delusion destroys confidence and greed destroys all noble virtues. 25.
क्रोधः परितापकरः सर्वस्योद्वेगकारकः क्रोधः ।
वैरानुषङ्गजनकः क्रोधः क्रोधः सुगतिहन्ता ॥२६॥ Anger is cause of agony, cause of distress, cause of chains of enmity, (and) destroyer of sugati (=noble state of birth). 26.
श्रुतशीलविनयसन्दूषणस्य धर्मार्थकामविघ्नस्य ।
मानस्य कोऽवकाशं मुहूर्तमपि पण्डितो दद्यात् ! ॥२७॥ Which wise man will give, even for a moment, an opportunity to pride, which spoils knowledge, character, humility and is an obstacle in the way of Dharma, Artha and Kāma ( = the three objectives of life) ! 27.
मायाशीलः पुरुषो यद्यपि न करोति कञ्चिदपराधम् ।
सर्प इवाविश्वास्यो भवति तथाप्यात्मदोषहतः ॥२८॥ Even though a treacherous person, does no harm, still he is untrustworthy like a snake, because he is struck by his own faults. 28.
सर्वविनाशाश्रयिणः सर्वव्यसनकराजमार्गस्य ।
लोभस्य को मुखगतः क्षणमपि दुःखान्तरमुपेयात् ! ॥२९॥ How can one, even for a moment obtain happiness being swallowed hy greed which is dwelling place of all sorts of evils and roval road
to all the vices ? 29. 9. Koho pii panasei, mano vinayanasano. Mayā miattņi näsei lobho savvaviņasano.
Dagavaikälikasūtra, Adhyāya-VIII. 40.
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