Bhavana Sataka

Author(s): A S Gopani, Dharmshila Mahasati, Girishkumar P Shah Pandit
Publisher: Labhubhai P Mehta

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मृत्युन जन्म न जरा न च रोगभोगौ, हासो न वृद्धिरपि नैव तवास्ति किञ्चित् । एतान्नु कमैमय पुद्गलनान् विकारान्मत्वा निजान् भजसि किं वहिरात्मभावम् ॥३८॥
Meaning :- Birth, old age, death, disease, pleasures, deterioration, increase - all these constitute the nature of the body. None of these phases belongs to the Soul. All these changes are really speaking the changes brought about by various combinations of the Karmic Pudgalas. They are concerned with the body which is formed of such Karmic Pudgalas. They can never belong to the Soul which is something quite different from the body. Oh! Soul! why dost thou identify thyself with them thinking that they are thine ? Why dost thou become unhappy by them? (38)
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