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distinction between them; as is the Deva (God) or pure Atman, so are all other souls in the three worlds.
108. The Param-Munis (the Highest Saints) knowing the Para-Vastu (not-self) as separate from their self, give up its Sansarga (association or company), because by the association of the not-self one experience a fall from the Shuddha Atma Dhyana (pure contemplation of self).
109. Thou should not associate with one who is devoid of Sama-bhava (tranquillity), because his society will throw thee into the ocean of anxiety and will burn thy body through uneasiness.
110. Uttama Gunas (superior qualities) are destroyed by the company of evil persons; as owing to the association of iron, fire is also beaten by hammer.
111. Moha (illusion or infatuation) ought to be abandoned; in no way is it desirable. The whole world is suffering from pain on account of Moha. . .
111*2. Wonder! Why you the nude monk, having a body full of despicable dirt and hideous like a burnt carcass, does not feel ashamed yearning for the taste of that food for which you go a-begging from house to house.
111*3. O Yogi, if you cherish heaven and Moksha as the fruit of your twelve-fold penance, give up the yearning and greed for food in thoughts, words and deeds and experience the bliss resulting from the satisfaction of detached absorption in your self.
111.*4. Those Munis (saints) who love savoury food and are averse to unsavoury dishes, are gluttons; they do not know the Parmartha (the Ideal).
112. The moth, the deer, the elephant, the beetle, and the fish being fascinated, respectively, by the colour of the candle's flame, the sweet song of the hunter, the agreeable sensations of touch, smell and taste, are destroyed.
113. Give up covetousness; it is not desirable. The whole
