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Therefore the discriminating souls do not feel any kind of attachment to it. Refer to the teaching of Bhartruhari who adorned with all royal pleasures and forms of happiness, yet getting the fruit of true philosophy, relinquishing all external pleasures and believing yoga or spiritual concentration as the source of real happiness, addresses with true elevated mind to lowly souls as under:
BHAVANA BODH
BHOGE ROGABHAYAM, KULE CHYUTIBHAYAM VITTE NRUPALADBHAYAM. MANE DAINYABHAYAM, BALE RIPUBHAYAM, RUPE TARUNYABHAYAM, SHASTRE VADABHAYAM, GUNE KHALABHAYAM, KAYE KRUTANTADBHAYAM, SARVAM VASTU BHAYANVITAM BHUVI NRUNAM VAIRAGYAMEVABHAYAM.
Meaning:-Sense enjoyments are fraught with diseases, high family status is fraught with future downfall, wealth is fraught with the fear of confiscation by the king of the land; pride and honour are fraught with fear of losing it or dishonour; valour is fraught with fear of an enemy; by beauty an young woman is fraught with fear of molestation, scriptures are fraught with verbal duels, virtues are fraught with despising by wicked persons, living body is fraught with death- thus on this earth all things loved by men are mixed with fear and danger; only exception to these is the non-attachment which is fearless !!!
This saying of the great yogi Bhartruhari accepted by all enlightened souls in the world. It contains a graphic picture of worldly sorrows experienced by him and it is quintessence of all philosophic thinking. Whichever things are shown by him as fraught with sorrow, suffering, fall, destruction or death are considered in worldly life as bringing first rate pleasures or happiness. Senseenjoyment, the best equipment in worldly life, is shown as the abode of deadly diseases. A man may feel happy by his birth in a highly respectable family but therein lies the fear of his family's downfall. Wealth in worldly cycle like a staff helpful to maintain a high standard of living, is likely to be confiscated by the ruler of the land in which a man lives. Many a worldly persons have a strong desire to be honoured by being victorious in some difficult tasks but therein is shown the fear of future failures and consequent humiliation.
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