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He takes, just as an impatient coward desires (intends) to enter (hide) in the forest, etc., before going to war. ||3||
Dry logic, etc., and some medicine, etc., indeed. They read these, but not the principle-method. ||4||
Meaning: Oh! Thus, a man endowed with dispassion studies the scriptures of dry logic and medicine, etc., but does not read the principle-method, which is like the river of calmness (equality). ||4||
By understanding the leaves of the scriptures, they carry the heat of pride. They do not reach the end of truth, the nectar-like stream of calmness. ||5||
Meaning: The seeker, detached from suffering, gains superficial understanding from the scriptures, and increases the heat of pride, but does not know or cannot attain the truth (spiritual secret), which is like the nectar-like stream of peace. ||5||
These, who merely wear the garb, are not superior to householders. For they are neither early risers nor late sleepers. ||6||
Meaning: Those who are merely clothed in the garb of a sage are not superior to householders. For they are neither early risers nor late sleepers. ||6|| 56
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