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## Description of the Magnitude of Attachment
**Yoga Shastra, Second Light, Verse 107**
Now, after explaining the fruit of delusion (attachment), we present the description of the fifth Anuvrata as an invitation. 162.
**Verse 106**
*Asantoṣam aviśvāsam ārambham duḥkha kāraṇam | Matvā mūrchā phalam kuryāt, parigraha - niyantranam ||106||*
**Meaning:** Considering dissatisfaction, distrust, and initiation as the fruits of delusion, one should control (restrain) attachment. ||106||
**Explanation:** A Shravak should limit (define the boundaries of) attachment, which is the cause of suffering and the fruit of delusion. Attachment leads to dissatisfaction. No matter how much one gets, they are never satisfied, therefore it is the cause of suffering. Even if someone with delusion gets a lot of wealth, they are not satisfied, but instead feel restless, constantly hoping for more. Seeing the wealth of others, they feel dissatisfied with their own, leading to suffering. Therefore, it is said, "The dissatisfied person is humiliated at every step." On the other hand, the one who has the wealth of contentment is far from the land of evil.
Distrust is also a cause of suffering. When the entire environment becomes untrustworthy, even a man who deserves no suspicion is suspected at every step. One does not trust anyone to protect their wealth. Therefore, it is said, "To uproot, to dig, to hoard, to keep, to not sleep at night, to be suspicious even during the day, to plaster with dung, to always mark, to mark in opposition, to initiate violence (like killing someone out of suspicion due to delusion), to initiate violence (like killing someone out of suspicion due to delusion), to give consent to kill (like a son killing his father, a father killing his son, a brother killing his brother for wealth), to take or give bribes, to give or get false testimony, to tell white lies, etc., leads to all kinds of evils." When powerful, the greedy person seizes and robs travelers, breaks into walls, makes holes; driven by greed for wealth, they engage in adultery, and work in jobs, farming, animal husbandry, or trade. The wealth-obsessed person, like a merchant, endures the pain of entering rivers, etc., to extract wood.
Here, the question arises: How can one understand the statement that one should renounce attachment, knowing that it is the cause of suffering, in a logical way? In response, it is said: Attachment is the cause of delusion, therefore attachment itself is a form of delusion. Or, according to the sutrakar, "Murchha parigrahaḥ," delusion itself is attachment. This statement is from the perspective of certainty. If one has wealth, grain, etc., without delusion, then it is non-attachment. This statement is also from the perspective of certainty. It is said, "Even if a person is adorned with clothes, ornaments, etc., without ego or possessiveness, they are still non-attached. And, even if a person with ego and possessiveness is naked, they are still attached." Even when entering a village or house, if one takes action or receives a small amount of something without attachment or possessiveness, then there is no one more non-attached than them. Whatever clothes, vessels, blankets, or mats they take, they do so for the journey of restraint and to avoid shame. The great sage Lord Mahavira, who crossed the ocean of the world, did not call this attachment. (Dashavaikalika 6/20-21) All these statements are clear. ||106||
**Now, we explain the need to renounce attachment in a different way.**
**Verse 107**
*Parigraham ahatvāddhi, majjaty eva bhavāmbudhau | Mahāpota iva prāṇī, tyajet tasmāt parigraham ||107||*
**Meaning:** Just as a ship sinks in the ocean due to excessive weight, so too does a being sink in the ocean of the world due to the burden of attachment. Therefore, one should renounce attachment. ||107||
**Explanation:** Just as a ship filled with excessive goods like unlimited wealth, grain, etc., sinks in the ocean due to its heavy load, so too does a being sink into hellish states due to the burden of attachment if they possess unlimited wealth, grain, houses, buildings, land, property, and fields, i.e., more than what is necessary. It is said, "Great initiation, great attachment, meat-eating, and the killing of five-sense beings, if any one of these four exists, the being earns hell, and due to excessive initiation and excessive attachment, they bind themselves to hellish existence." External initiation...