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## Verse 253
## Kayamargna/357
**To covet is called greed, like the thread of a loom.** **The feeling of "mine" is called "self-love."** **That is, the attachment to "mine" is called self-love.** **What is like a beloved is called "preya."** **The fault called "preya" is "preya-dosha."**
**Shankha:** How can it be a fault if it is "preya" (beloved), since there is a prohibition against the two being one?
**Solution:** No, even if it is "preya" (beloved) only in terms of the desire to acquire, it becomes a fault because it is the cause of the increase of the world:
**— Affection is the attachment of the mind to a desired object.** **Similarly, one should explain "anuraga" (attachment).** **The desire for something that does not exist is called "praasha" (greed).** **Or, that which makes the soul thin is called "praasha" (greed).** **The desire for external and internal possessions is called "ichchha" (desire).** **An intense craving for possessions is called "muchchha" (fainting).** **Extreme thirst for acquired and unacquired possessions is called "guddi" (greed).** **That which remains with "praasha" (greed) is called "maas" (greed), and the feeling of "maas" is called "shaasta" (greed).** **Or, that which is eternal is called "shaashvata" (eternal).** **This is also a name for greed.** **Because it remains forever before and after the acquisition of possessions, greed is called "shaashvata" (eternal).** **"Prashta" means to desire, to request.** **That is, to desire wealth is called "prashta."** **"Lalsa" and "guddi" are synonyms.** **"Viraman" is "virati" (non-attachment).** **That which does not have "virati" is called "avirati" (attachment).** **"Avirati" is the result of non-restraint, because all forms of "avirati" (attachment) related to violence are caused by the "kashya" (passion) of greed.** **The thirst for objects is called "trishna" (thirst).** **"Vidya" (knowledge) is derived from "loba" (greed), because its origin is dependent on "vedana" (feeling).** **Therefore, greed is also called "vidya" (knowledge).** **Greed increases through greed.** **Thus, greed is called "vidya" (knowledge) because it is like "vidya" (knowledge).** **Just as the pursuit of "vidya" (knowledge) is difficult, so too is the sustenance of greed difficult, because it is achieved through the enjoyment of pleasures.** **Therefore, greed is called "vidya" (knowledge) in nature.** **"Jihva" (tongue) is a synonym for greed, because it takes refuge in the similarity of "asantosh" (dissatisfaction).**
**Anger is a fault, because anger causes suffering in the body.** **The body trembles, the complexion deteriorates, darkness descends before the eyes, the ears become deaf, words cannot be uttered, memory is lost, etc.** **In anger, a person kills his father, mother, and other beings.** **Anger is the cause of all evil.**
**Pride is a fault, because it arises after anger and is the cause of all the faults mentioned in relation to anger.** **Maya is "pajj" (attachment), because its sustenance is a beloved object.** **Maya is practiced for the sake of obtaining a beloved object for oneself.** **It produces satisfaction in the mind after its manifestation.** **That is, a person feels happy when Maya is successful.** **Greed is "pajj" (attachment), because it is the cause of happiness.**
**1. Janyabal Pu. 12 p. 186-160. 2. J.D. Pu. 12 p. 160-162. "Kamo raganidane par suta preyadopanamanah. Snehanuraga mama, mujananaguddisamjnaasch. ||4|| Saashta praarthana trishna. Nalsa virati tatha. Vidya jinchha cha lobasya paryayah vishati smritaah ||5||" (Jayadhabal p. 162). 3. Jayaghaval Pu. 1 p. 365.366.**