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beggar or a worker at the prospect of becoming a staunch Jain.
त्यक्तसङ्गो जीर्णवासा मलक्लिन्नकलेवरः । भजन् माधुकरी वृत्ति मुनिचर्या कदा श्रये ?॥१४१॥ त्यजन् दुःशीलसंसर्ग गुरु: पादरजः स्पृशन् । कदाऽहं योगमभ्यस्यन् ; भवेयं भवच्छिदे ।।१४२।। महानिशायां प्रकृते कायोत्सर्गे पुराबहिः । स्तम्भवत् स्कन्धकषणं वृषाः कुर्यु: कदा मयि ?॥१४३॥ वने पद्मासनाऽऽसीनं क्रोडस्थितमृगार्भकम् । कदाऽऽघ्रास्यन्ति वक्त्रे मां जरन्तो मृगयूथपाः?॥१४४।। शत्रौ मित्रे तृणे स्त्रंणे स्वर्णेऽश्मनि मणौ मदि । मोक्षे भवे भविष्यामि निविशेषमतिः कदा ?।।१४५॥
Meaning : When shall I adopt the monk's mode of life, characterized by the absence of attachment, worn out garments, body soiled with dirt, and the style of begging resembling that of a bee and a wasp ?
When shall I be able to put an end to the wanderings in the worldly existence, leaving aside the company of the wicked people, touching the dust of the lotus like feet of the guru on my head, and indulging in the yogic studies ?
When shall I see that day on which the bulls will be rubbing their shoulders (bodies) against my pillar like body, which would have assumed that position, as I would be meditating outside the city at midnight, in the kayotsarga (deep concentration on the soul devoid of any thought about the body) ?
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