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at you chi orì or féràfa | तो अप्पणो वि मरणं अगणितो चोरियं कुणइ ॥
lobhe ya badhḍide puna kajjāam naro na cimtedi. to appano vi maranam aganimto coriyam kunnai
-Bha. Ā. 857
The renunciation of attachment is useful for controlling the sense-organs as the mahot's hook is useful for controlling an elephant and the moat for protecting a town. Certainly, for the conquest of the senses, freedom from all possessions is a must.
गंथच्चाओ इंदिय णिवारणे, अंकुसो व हत्थिस्स ।
रस खाइया विय, इंदिय गुत्ती अंसगंत ॥
gamthaccão imdiya nivärane, amkuso va hatthissa. nayarassa khariyā vi ya, imdiyagutti asamgattam
- Bha, Ārā. 1169
The frenzied elephant is controlled and held captive by the chains, so also the unstable mind is controlled and held captive by the chains of knowledge.
आरण्णवो वि मत्तो हत्थी णियमिज्जदेवरत्ताए । जह तह नियमिज्जदिसो णाणवरत्ताए मणहत्थी ॥
āraṇnavao vi matto hatthi niyamijjade varattãe.
jaha taha niyamijjadi so ṇāṇavarattāe maṇahathi.
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Bha, Ārā. 1169
Only when the mind is under control, can attachment and aversion, which are the cause of worldly sufferings, be destroyed.
जय वारिदत्ते सव्वे संसारकारया दोसा । णासंति रागदोसादिया हु सज्जो मणुस्सस्स ॥
Jahmi ya Vāridamette savve saṁsārakārayā dosā. ṇāsamti rāgadosādiyā hu sajjo maņussassa.
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