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Anātmaśansă
uccatvadṛṣṭidoṣottha
svotkarṣajvaraśāntikam |
pūrvapuruṣasim hebhyo
bhṛśam nīcatvabhāvanam ||4|| ||140|||
Meaning: Frequent consideration of one's own inferiority to the earlier lions amongst people subdues the fever of vanity produced from the mistaken belief of one's own excellence. (4) [140]
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Notes: दीनता, नम्रता gentility is the surest way to rise, to elevation. But how can such a far come? The author says By looking down on one's own self in comparison with the ancient lions amongst men." (4) [140]
शरीर रूपलावण्यग्रामारामधनादिभिः ।
उत्कर्षः परपर्यायैश्चिदानन्दघनस्य कः ||५|| ॥१४९॥
śarīrarūpalāvaṇya
grāmārāmadhanadibhiḥ |
utkarṣaḥ paraparyāyaiś
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cidānandaghanasya kaḥ ||5|| ||141|||
Meaning: What sort of superiority is that which is caused by other objects such as the body, beauty, grace, villages, gardens, wealth etc. to the soul which is itself full of supreme intelligence and bliss? (5) [141]
Notes The soul is by itself all in all. It is in no need at all to enhance its value by external agency. It is self-sufficient. (5) [141]
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