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knowledge. His body was emaciated with various penances. He had conquered the god of love and also his mind was fixed on the absolution which is beyond physical pleasures; (56.)
Having seen him, the thought came to Dharana.-" He alone who has given up the residence in the household successfully lives in this world. (57)
Wife, wealth, relatives, mother and father are like illusive magic-show. Still a man practises sin. (58)
The sense of gratitude toward the wife and others also result in infatuation; because there is no other gratitude for mortal men except religion. (59)
And religion too can not be acquired by those whose inflow of actions is not turned back. The turning back of the inflow of actions is not possible for those who live the life in a household. (60)
[57] Surely there is the sinful activity. With the sinful activity injury to life incr. eases. A religion performed with injury to
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