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VICOM MALA. * of enquiring after Self, remove all mou.. 's. They (passions etc.) have brought all sorts of pain to me, anàym helpless.
Good and bad [works] are two strong bants
fighting. 4. They make me forget Self, and betake to them,
Like two elephants fighting agaiust each other furiously, a person experiences grief by undertaking works, forgetting Self is no other but BRAHMA; and for attributing to him all enjoyments and miseries through the same ignorance is necessarily reduced to the helplessness of an orphan.
Fickleness of the mind as a source of grief is thus described by the pupil.
My mind knows no rest, thoug? it struggles for it.
Just as a juggler's marmot cia tree. I have tried to concentrate t' ė mind but to no purpose, it is as unsteady as a juggle $ marmot, trained to show his wiles, is never quiet for a mor ánt.
Like the leaves of th : Ficus Religiosa, A banner, wind, light of a lamp etc. My mind is unsteady naturally;
And I am therefore helpless. Naturally the leaves of the ficus religiosa are in a constant state of unrest, so are air, a banner, light of a lamp etc., and like them mental function is unsteady, and in constant motion, taking this and that for its subject. Hence I am helpless.
Now this pervasion of the mental function is a source of grief, as it produces a liking for material well-being. This is now being explained by the pupil Anath :
Like fire which naturally has an upward motion ; Mind, unsteady from the beginning, pervades all
objects.
