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It is rightly said by Sankara that with the Sword of Dispassion, the seeker must destroy the Crocodiles of Desires and make his way safe to cross to the other shores of Samsar.
विषमविषयमार्गःगच्छतोनच्छबुद्धेः
प्रतिपदमभियातो मृत्युरप्येष विद्धि । हितसुजमगुरूक्त्या गच्छतः स्वस्य युक्त्या
प्रभवति फलसिद्विः सत्यमित्येव विद्वि ॥ ८१॥ vişamavi şayamārgergachato (a) nachabudpheh
pratipadamabhiyāto mytyurāpyeșa viddhi hitasujadagurñktya gachatah svasya yuktyā
prabhavati phalasiddhih satyamityeva viddhi 81.
-- Pantapani - through the dangerous ways of sense-pleasures, गच्छतः- he who walks, अनच्छबुद्धेः- of foolish intellect, प्रतिपदम् - at every step, अभियातः - overtakes, मृत्युः - death, अपि · also, एषः - this, विद्धि - understand, feng say 7:21 - through the instructions of a wellmeaning and noble Guru, 17587: - he who goes, Fatt - by one's own, युक्त्या - reasoning faculty, प्रभवति - comes ( to him ), फलसिद्धिः - the achievement of fruit, सत्यम् - true इति एव - for certain, विद्धि • know.
Know that mortality soon overtakes a foolish man who walks the dangerous path of sense-pleasures. Whereas one who sticks to the path of divinity, in accordance with the instructions of well-meaning and worthy Gurus, constantly walks his Path Divine, helped by his own reasoning faculty -he achieves his end; understand this to be true.
In Vedanta, meditation is the technique for final experience of the Self re-discovery. Meditation can be successful only when the mind is not agitated by endless desires Sensuousness is a life in which the bosom is never without some desire or other. Thus the same individual cannot have success both in the world of meditation and in the life of sensuousness. If one is suffering from fatigue due to long walks, he cannot recoup if he continues walking. A diabetic
