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1.122 jīviyam duppadivahaņam.
It is difficult to hold life. Bhagyam Sutra 122 Life is short while the desires are very many. In a short life it is not possible to satisfy them. The desires increase in proportion of their enjoyment, but the span of life is difficult to prolong likewise. This is the primary reason for the insurmountability of desires. 2.123 kāmakāmi khalu ayam purise.
The pursuer of desires is indeed this man. Bhāoyam Sūtra 123 By nature the man is a pursuer of desires. The desire is a basic instinct and so very difficult to get rid of. This is the second reason for the insurmountability of the desires. 2.124 se soyati jūrati tippati piddatti paritappati.
He grieves, feels depressed, is angry, sheds tears, experiences
pain and torment. Bhāoyam Sūtra 124 Having shown the nature of desires, the Sūtra now shows the process of meditation called contemplation on the harmful karmic consequence. Until his desires are surmounted, the state of the man is delineated thus: He grieves being smitten with sorrow or filled with aspirations and ambitions. He feels depressed1s', that is, he becomes irritated not getting the desired object, and angry on heing deprived of it. He sheds tears. He is oppressed, that is, feels pain on the memory of the objects of desire. He feels, tormented being stricken by sexual desires, that is, he feels agony in thought, word and deed caused by the environment outside and the mind within. The torment produced by anger and the like is temporary but the agony due to desires is long-drawn and persistent. Grief, depression, anger, tear-shedding, pain and torment are the evils26 that originate from the sexual urge. It is necessary therefore to find out the means to get rid of the urges which are the sources of all evils. 2.125 ayatacakkhu loga-vipassi logassa aho bhāgam jāņai, uddham
bhāgam jāņai, tiriyam bhāgam jāņai.
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| SR No. | 524620 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 2004 07 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 2004 |
| Total Pages | 114 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India |
| File Size | 5 MB |