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Just as one who tries to cross the ocean in an iron boat, the person who boards the iron boat sinks in the ocean, similarly the arrogant one sinks in the ocean of the world. ||3|| What is the use of vows or austerities if arrogance is not eradicated? What is the use of a mirror or a lamp for a blind person? Just as these two are useless for the blind, so are vows, austerities, etc., useless for the arrogant, they are meaningless. ||4||
The practice of keeping hair and eyes closed, sleeping on the ground, begging for alms, observing the vow of celibacy, etc., are all tainted by arrogance, just as a precious gem is tainted by a small blemish. ||5||