Book Title: Istopadesa The Golden Discourse
Author(s): Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp

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________________ बडिशाभिषवच्छेदो दारुणो भोगशर्मणि । सक्तास्त्यजन्ति सद्ध्यानं धिगहो ! मोहतामस् ॥ Verse 45 (7-46) In the course of pleasure born of worldly enjoyments there is extremely unbearable pain like that caused to the fish by the cut of the fish-hook fitted with a piece of meat. Unfortunately, those engrossed in pleasure abandon the way of right meditation. Oh, damn the darkness (ignorance) caused by delusion! आत्मतत्त्वमजानाना विपर्यासपरायणाः । हिताहितविवेकान्धाः खिद्यन्ते साम्प्रतेक्षणाः ॥ (7-47) Those who do not know the principle of the soul, who are experts in the opposite (principle of the non-soul), who are blind to discrimination between the beneficial and the nonbeneficial, and who perceive the pleasures of the present alone, suffer restlessness. Jain, S.C. (Dr.) (2003), “Ācārya Amitagati's Yogasāra Prabhṛta", Bharatiya Jnanpith, p. 167. The Yogi who has rid himself of all delusion regards everything alien, howsoever attractive it may appear in the present, as the harbinger of suffering. He relies solely on the Self to attain the everlasting bliss that essentially appertains to the Self, cannot be found anywhere else, and is, therefore, independent of all outside agencies. ... 115

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