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JAINISM AND BUDDHISM
Kayendriyam sparsa gateșu dhâvati, manendriyam
dharma vichâranena, Sadendriyaniti parasparena svakam svakam visa ya
manâ ti krântâh 6. Chittam hi mâyopuma chanchlancha : şadendriyam
vişaya vicharņam cha, Yathaiva naro dhâvati sunya grâme, sad grâma
chaurebhi sama sritancha 7. . Chittam yathả șad visaya hitancha prajânate
Windriya gocha rancha, Rupėscha sabdascha tathaiva gandho rasascha
sparsa statha dharma gocharam 8.. Chittam hi sarvatra şadendri yesu sakunireva chala
mindriya sampravistham, Yantram cha yantrindriya sanskrittan cha na chen:: driyam kurvatu jnana matmakam, 9.: :
. This body is like a lonely village, the six sense organs are like the village thieves. These senses reside in this village of body, but they do not know each other. The organ of eye runs to see the colour, ear knows sounds, nose knows many kinds of smell, the tongue goes to know different tastes, the body-sense runs to the objects of touch and mind-sense engages in thought of conditions ; these six sense-organs do not go against their own respective objects. This mind is feeling like deceit, is entangled in the objects of six senses, as a man goes in a lonely village and is captured by the six village thieves. This mind knows the objects of six
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