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with attachment for wife and children, that is, he cannot know his Atma.
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123. O Soul! Do not regard thy house, family, relations, body, or friends as thy own; they are merely the product of thy Karmas; Saints having Shastras (scriptures) for their eyes have perceived them thus.
124. O Soul! By thinking of thy house, relations, and the like, thou canst not get Moksha; therefore apply thy mind to Tapa (asceticism), so that thou mayst obtain Moksha.
125. For the sake of sons and other members of thy family thou killest millions of Jivas (living beings) and createst sinful Karmas in thy self: know that thou alone shalt have to bear the consequences of thy evil Karmas.
126. O Soul! By killing and crushing thou causest pain to living beings: verily thou thyself shalt have to suffer infinitefold more pain.
127. By Himsa (killing or injuring) of Jivas (living beings) one falls into Narak (hell), and by the Abhaya Dana (the gift of fearlessness, i.e., the giving of protection, hence, non-injuring) before one goes to Svaraga (heaven); both the paths lie open thy eyes, choose whichever thou thinkest to be the best for thee.
128. O fool! Thou art mistaken as to the nature of acts; do not amass husk, attach thyself to thy Nirmala Shiva-Pada (pure Paramatma Swarup) and give up thy house, family, relations, and the like.
129. None of the objects and actions of the world is unperishing, or eternal; even one's body does not go with one on death.
130. Temples, images, teachers, places of pilgrimage, religious books, fruits, flowers, and all else that are to be seen in the world, will sooner or later turn to ashes; none of them is imperishable, or eternal.
131. Except the one Param-Brahma, all the states and
