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37THET-819.9 tļşņā na jirņā, vayam eva jirñāḥ // 155 l/ 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 bhikṣāśanam, tad api nirasam eka-vāram, sayyā ca bhūḥ, parijano nija-deha-mātram / vastram ca jirņa-sata-khandamayi ca kanthā, ha hā tathāpi viṣayā 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 ajñānaṁ smara-timira-saṁskāra-janita tadā drstaṁ nārimayam idam aśeșam jagad api. idānim asmākam pațutara-vivekāñjanajusāṁ : samibhūtā dệsțis tri-bhuvanam api brahma manute?4 116 // “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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