Bhavana Sataka

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

Page 70

ज्ञात्वा गर्दा फल्गुपदार्थाचितकार्य, मुक्त्वा मोहं तद्विषयं भोगनिकायम् । लब्धुं लाभं मानवतन्वा कुरु कामं, धर्म ज्ञानध्यानतपस्यामयमर्हम् ॥४९॥
Meaning :- Oh! simple-minded person! in order to break off the Karmic bondages and to be freed from the wanderings in this world, practise or resort to a noble religion composed of pure knowledge, meditation, and penance as shown by and propounded by the perfect seers or prophets. There is no other royal road if you want to get the best advantage of final redemption, to acquire highest spiritual benefit through this human body, having lessoned the hankering after sensual pleasures or even uprooted it. This can only be effected if you are prepared to let go, Oh! simple-minded person ! your blind love for this body which is, as a matter of fact, insignificant and non-sentient. (49)
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