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3FRHET-819.9 tļşņā na jirņā, vayam eva jirñāḥ // 155 // I did not consume. I was consumed. 20 I did not scorch the pleasure-seeker. I was scorched. 21 Time did not go away. I went away.22 Craving did not wither. I withered.23 bhikṣāšanań, tad api nirasam eka-vārum, sayyä сa bhūḥ, parijano nija-deha-mātram / vastram ca jirņa-sata-khandamayi ca kanthā, ha hā tathāpi vişayā na parityajanti //158 // “Begging for food, I eat one tasteless meal a day. The earth is my bed. These four limbs are my only companions. I wear a tattered old cloak patched together from hundreds of rags. Ah! Ah! Still this thirst for pleasure won's abandon me !!
(Cort 1983:24) yadāsid ajñānań smara-timira-saṁskära-janita tadā drstam nārimayam idam aśeşam jagad api idānim asmākam pațutara-vivekāñjanajuşām samibhūtā dệsțis tri-bhuvanam api brahma manute24 116 // “When I was ignorant . under the influence of passion's darkness, I saw everything in the entire world as woman. Now that I have the salve of superior discernment, my vision, restored, 25
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