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is cultivated.
Even the monks, with unstable minds, begin to waver, what to talk of a laymen.
संसारमूलमारम्भास्तेषां
हेतुः कुर्यादल्पमल्पं
तस्मादुपासकः
Meaning : Acts, undertakings, actions, activities are the root causes of worldly existence. Parigraha ( possession) is the root cause of all these. Therefore, a layman (sravak) should go on decreasing the extent of parigraha.
मुष्णन्ति विषयस्तेना दहति स्मरपावकः । रुन्धन्ति वनिताव्याधाः सङ्गरङ्गीकृतं नरम् ।। १११ ।।
परिग्रहः । परिग्रहम् ।।११० ।।
Meaning Man who becomes blind by possession is looked by thieves in the form of sensuous enjoyment, is consumed by fire in the form of sexual desire, and is hunted by hunters in the form of
women.
तृप्तो न पुत्रैः सगरः कुचिकर्णो न गोधनैः ।
न धान्यैस्तिलक श्रेष्ठी न नन्दः कनकोत्करैः ।। ११२ ॥
Meaning : Satisfaction was far from Sagar, though he had sons; from Kuchikarna, though he was surrounded by herds of cows; from the tycoon named Tilak, though he had a plenty of corn; and also from Nanda, though he had heaps of gold.
तपः श्रुतपरीवारां परिग्रहग्रहग्रस्तास्त्यजेयुर्योगिनोऽपि
Meaning: Even yogis, if plagued by bad stars in the form of possession, forfeit their enormous wealth of penance, scriptural knowledge, and self control.
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