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Yoga-drushti-samuccaya
He wanders around begging! He runs after mirage to quench his thirst for worldly desires! But he overlooks the infinite power of the soul that resides within him!
The living being is a beggar in the city of existence, taking on the role of a beggar;
He begs for worldly pleasures, wandering day and night. - Manonadan (Dr. Bhagwandas)
He is a miserable being. He is always pessimistic, always seeing the negative side of things. He is like a poor, wretched beggar, always seeing the bad, the negative, the pessimistic. Alas! Will this worldly desire that resides in my body ever go away? Will anyone take it away? Will anyone snatch it away? Even towards a man like Indra, he always harbors suspicion. This poor fellow sees negativity and misfortune everywhere; he is always fearful, anxious, and constantly trembling; and he acts like a poor, helpless, wretched beggar, because he does not see the inherent nature of his own self, which is liberation from suffering.
Therefore, he is envious of others' virtues
Moreover, this living being, who is bound by the cycle of birth and death, is envious and hateful. He harbors hatred towards wealth. When he sees someone else's good fortune or someone else's virtues, he feels disturbed, he feels a desire, he feels unhappy. Because he considers worldly desires to be important, he is attached to them; and when he sees the happiness of others, such as worldly pleasures that he does not possess, or when he sees the noble and auspicious virtues of others, he feels envy in his mind, thinking, "They got it, and I was left behind." He is envious of virtue and good qualities.
He is fearful. He is always anxious. Fear of this world and the next, fear of pain, fear of helplessness, fear of insecurity, fear of death, etc., constantly torment him, frighten him. Alas! My possessions will be stolen! Alas! I will suffer! Alas! Death will come upon me! In this way, he is always trembling with fear; because he is not aware of his eternal self, which is the ultimate refuge.
He is deceitful
He is deceitful, meaning he is cunning and deceptive. He tries to deceive the world, to throw dust in the world's eyes. His mind, speech, and body are not in harmony. There is a discrepancy between his thoughts, his words, and his actions. Although he is wicked, he tries to appear virtuous, he pretends! His efforts are hypocritical.