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देहेष्वात्मधिया जाताः पुत्रभार्यादिकल्पनाः । सम्पत्तिमात्मनस्ताभिर्मन्यते हा हतं जगत् ॥१४॥
अन्वयार्थ (देहेषु) शरीरों में (आत्मधिया) आत्मबुद्धि होने से (पुत्रभार्यादिकल्पना: ) 'मेरा पुत्र', 'मेरी स्त्री' आदि कल्पनाएँ (जाताः ) उत्पन्न होती हैं। (हा ) दुःख की बात है कि ( जगत् ) बहिरात्म-स्वरूप जगत् ( ताभिः ) उन कल्पनाओं के कारण (सम्पत्तिः ) उन पुत्र - स्त्री आदि सम्पदा को ( आत्मनः ) अपनी सम्पदा ( मन्यते ) मानता है और इस प्रकार यह जगत् (हतं) नष्ट हो रहा है।
Verse 14
Due to misapprehension that bodies constitute souls, notions like ‘my son’, ‘my wife' are formed. Alas! Such notions generate sense of ownership (with son, wife and the like) and, as a result, the world is getting ruined.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Acarya Samantabhadra's Svayambhūstotra:
अचेतने तत्कृतबन्धजेऽपि च ममेदमित्याभिनिवेशिकग्रहात् । प्रभङ्गुरे स्थावरनिश्चयेन च क्षतं जगत्तत्त्वमजिग्रहद्भवान् ॥
(४-२-१७)
Man falls when he considers transient objects as permanent; karmas are bound due to association of animate soul with inanimate and transient objects like the body, and consequent enjoyment of pleasure and pain, with psychic dispositions of attachment and aversion towards such objects. You had thus expounded the reality of substances, for the redemption of mankind.
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