Atmanushasana

Author(s): J L Jaini
Publisher: Central Jaina Publishing House

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70. If eternal place (liberation) can be had through these necessarily perishable age, body, etc., then know that thou hast obtained it easily. गन्तुमुच्छासनिश्वासैरभ्यस्यत्येष सन्ततम् । लोकः पृथगितो वाञ्छत्यात्मानमजरामरम् ॥ ७१ ॥
71. This (life) constantly practises to go out by breaths coming in and going out. The people, on the other hand, wish the present life to be undecayable and immortal. गलत्यायुः प्रायः प्रकटितघटीयन्त्रसलिलं
खला कायोऽप्यायुगतिमनुपतत्येष सततम् । किमस्यान्यैरन्यैर्द्वयमयमिदं जीवितमिहस्थितो भ्रान्त्या नावि स्वमिव मनुते स्थास्नुमपधीः ॥७२॥
72. Age, is constantly running out, like water from the bucket of the well-known water-drawing wheel. This wicked body too is always following the course of age. What to say of this soul's friendship with others in this world, (when) these two (body and age) are such (i. e., transient). It is only a fool, who like one sitting in a boat, thinks himself, out of illusion. to be steady.
उवासखेदजन्यत्वाद्दुःखमेवात्र जीवितम् । तद्विरामे भवेन्मृत्युनृणां भण कुतः सुखम् ॥ ७३ ॥ ___73. Life here is painful on account of the fatigue arising from breathing ; on its cessation, there is death. Say where is happiness (then) for human kind. जन्मतालदुमाज्जन्तु फलानि प्रच्युतान्यधः। अप्राप्य मृत्युभूभागमन्तरे स्युः कियचिरम् ॥ ७४ ॥ ___74. Living beings are (like) fruits, falling down from the palm-tree of birth. How long can (they) be in the intervening space before they reach the ground of death? क्षितिजलधिभिः संख्यातीतर्बहिः पवनैस्त्रिभिः परिवृतमतः खे नाधस्तात्खलासुरनारकान् ।