Atmanushasana

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

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भीत्येवाभिमुखान्तकादतितरां कायोऽप्ययं कम्पते निष्कम्पस्त्वमहो प्रदीप्तभवनेऽप्यास जराजर्जरे ॥ ११ ॥
91. Thy out-raged ear has turned deaf as if not to hear the offending words of others; thy eyes hare gone blind as if to disable thee from seeing thy consurable condition; thy body trembles greatly as if out of fear of death, which stares thee in thy face; it is a great wonder that thou art still sitting inactive (in thy body) which is worn out by old age, (and which is crumbling like) a house on fire.
अतिपरिचितेष्ववज्ञा नवे भवेत् प्रीतिरिति हि जनवादः। त्वं किमिति मृषा कुरुषे दोषासक्तो गुणेष्वरतः ॥ १२ ॥
92. It is said by people that familiarity breeds contempt, and love for a new object attracts, why (then) dost thou falsify this (proverb) by infatuation for wrong (belief, etc.,) and aversion to right (belief, etc.). हंसर्न भुक्तमतिकर्कशमम्भसापि नो संगतं दिनविकाशि सरोजमिच्छन् । नालोकितं मधुकरेण मृतं वृथैव प्रायः कुतो व्यसनिनो स्वहिते विवेकः ॥१३॥
93. The bee, (which) did not see that the day-blooming lotus, being too hard in stalk) was neither enjoyed by the geese, nor befriended by water (as it remained apart from it), died in vain, (by being enamoured of the lotus, and getting suffocated within it when it closed at night). How can there generally be discrimination for one's good in the sensualist ? प्रज्ञैव दुर्लभा सुष्टु दुर्लभा सान्यजन्मनि। तां प्राप्य ये प्रमाद्यन्ति ते शोच्याः खलु धीमताम् ॥ १४ ॥
94. Indeed it is difficult to acquire wisdom. It is much more difficult (to live so as) to have it in the next life, verily, by the wise are to be pitied, those, who having