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इष्टोपदेश
What! will any wise man indulge in the pleasures of the senses which cause trouble in their acquisition, enkindle lust and desire at the moment of enjoyment and are very painful at the time of parting ? Should a wise man do so, he would not abandon himself to the lustful feeling.
Note: -According to the degree of foresight developed by them, men fall into three classes, namely, the short-sighted, the far-sighted and the farthest-sighted. The first class is that of fools, as all will agree. The corond is that of men who are worldly wise. They are learned and tnc ghiul, but only in matters pertaining to the world, and the concerns of the immediate life that comes to an end after some three score years and 1, when their wisdom also perishes. The third class comprises those few bui deeply thoughtful souls who have understood the nature of life and know that the soul survives the physical death. They are familiar with the true nature of things and know that there is no rest or peace for the soul outside nirvana. They are the farthest-sighted, for this reason; we may also call them Dharma - sighted, for Dharma signifies the ultimate Truth and the nature of things. Of these Knowers of the true nature of things it is said that they will not indulge in sensual lusts, knowing them to be the causes of suffering and pain, though not appearing to be such to the first or the second classes of men. Should a Knower of Truth be found to indulge in the pleasures of the world, he would not abandon himself altogether to them, but would only be influenced by them in so far as he is unable to resist the forces of karmic infatuation engendered in the past. The point is this that the knowledge of Truth changes the angle of vision of the wise one who may not be able to resist the temptation but who will detest himself all the time for his failings, where the fool will simply plunge himself head long in the whirling vortex of pleasures and lusts.
भवन्ति प्राप्य यत्संगमशुचीनि शुचीन्यपि ।
स कायः संततापायस्तदथं प्रार्थना वृथा ॥१८॥ By the contact of which even pure objects are rendered impure and which is a constant source of affliction, to seek to provide such a body with the objects of pleasure is vanity !
Note: It is not the nature of the senses to ever attain to anything like a lasting sense of gratification. The source and store-house of impurity, the body may be surrounded by all sorts of luxuries and things that are expected to give one pleasure, but its cravings only increase while the things which it touches become impure for any other purpose ! b
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