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Charanagopura-bhangaparaḥ sphurat-samayabodhatarūnapi pātayan. Bhramatī yadyatimattamanogajaḥ kva kuśalaṁ śivarājapathe tadā ||7||
**Meaning:** When the elephant of the intoxicated mind, intent on breaking the gate of the city of character (the main gate) and uprooting the trees of the knowledge of principles that are springing up, wanders, where can there be skill on the path of liberation? It can never be. ||7||
Vratatarūn praguṇīkuru te jano, dahati duṣṭamanodahanaḥ punaḥ. Nanu pariśrama eṣa viśeṣavān kva bhavitā suguno pavano-daye ||8||
**Meaning:** Here, the yogis nurture the trees of vows, while the fire of the evil mind burns them down. Then, when will this special effort made for the garden of good qualities bear fruit? ||8||
Anigṛhītam anā vidadhatparām na vapuṣā vacaśā ca śubhatriyām. Guṇamupaiti virādhanayā'nayā bata duranta bhavabhramam añcati ||9||
**Meaning:** One who has not controlled the mind, even if he performs as many auspicious actions as he can with his body and speech, does not attain any virtue due to this opposition of the mind, but only attains the endless cycle of worldly existence. ||9||
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