Disclaimer: This translation does not guarantee complete accuracy, please confirm with the original page text.
38.
One who is not content with basic necessities, his greed increases with more possessions. || 80 ||
Further, it is said that bondage occurs only due to the result: _"The one who is contaminated by desires, intoxicated by sensual pleasures, even though he does not enjoy them, becomes bound by the result."_ || 81 ||
Meaning: The being who is desirous of sensual pleasures, afflicted by the impurities of attachment and aversion, and intoxicated by sensual pleasures, even though he does not enjoy them, becomes bound by the karmas due to the mental activity, which is the result. || 81 ||
Further, it is said that even without enjoying, sin-bondage occurs merely by desire: _"It is said that fish go to the seventh hell due to the cause of food. Food with mental attachment is not considered proper, even if one begs for it with the mind."_ || 82 ||
Meaning: It is said in the scriptures that due to the cause of food, the _tandal_ fish goes to the seventh hell due to the defects of the mind. Therefore, food obtained by killing a living being, which is accompanied by mental attachment, is not considered proper, even if one begs for it with the mind. || 82 ||
Further, the Acharya tells Kshatrapa that if one consumes food with faults...