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not avadhi (idiocy), idleness, that's all!
Upadhi i.e., upakarana (tool), it helps, isn't it!
Upadhi i.e., outside possession, it harms, isn't it!"
And the fish says: "Therefore, give me sallekhana (fast unto death) Mother! Give me ullekhana (utterance) the seeds of understanding, Mother!
Give me observation.......
I may observe the sama:dhi, that's all!"
Smiling at this the soil says:
"Sallekhana means
thinning the body and the passions, son!
Thinning the body suffocates the passions, -they should get suffocated.
And
the body is not to be finished,
the true sallekhana is not to be sore-faced and
happy-faced
when one's body finishes,
when one gets maya (money etc.),
otherwise
the riches of the soul gets plundered, son!
86: Silent Soil
