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SHIFTING SANDS OF LIFE
163
अणेगचित्त-पदं ४२. अणेगचित्ते खलु अयं पुरिसे, से केयणं अरिहए पूरइत्तए।
Anegacitta -padań
42.
Anegacitte khalu ayam purise, se keyaņam arihae pūraittae.
Manifold Desires of Man
42.
Man has many desires; he wants to fill up a sieve.
ANNOTATION 42. The author has compared desire with a sieve, Desire is impossible of fulfilment, just as a sieve is. The author of the Cūrni here quotes a verse --
Na śayāno jayennidrām, na bhuñjāno jayet ksud hām/ Na kā ma mānaḥ kā mānām, lābhene ha prasā myati.//
One cannot conquer sleeplessness by sleep; hunger by food and desire by gain.
४३. से अण्णवहाए अण्णपरियावाए अण्णपरिग्गहाए, जणवयवहाए ____ जणवयपरियावाए जणवयपरिग्गहाए। 43. Se annavahāe annapariyávãe annapariggahãe, jana
vayavahāe janavayapariyaväe jaņavayapariggahãe.
43.
(A man afflicted with desire indulges in actions) in order to kill, torture and subjugate others, and in order to perpetrate genocide, tyranny and imperia
lism.
संजमाचरण-पदं ४४. आसेविता एतमझें इच्चेवेगे समुट्ठिया, तम्हातं बिइयं नो सेवए।
Samjamācarana -padań 44. Āsevittà eta matthań iccevege sa mutthiyā,taṁhä tam
biiyam no sevae.
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