asantoṣāt patanty adhaḥ
asantoṣāt patanty adhaḥ
O King! Many learned persons with great knowledge, many legal advisers, and many leaders of assemblies fall down into hellish life because of not being satisfied.
The uselessness of good qualities in the presence of strong greed is shown.
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asaṅkalpāj jayet kāmaṁ
krodhaṁ kāma-vivarjanāt
arthānarthekṣayā lobhaṁ
bhayaṁ tattvāvamarśanāt
One conquers lust by negative determination. One conquers anger by giving up the desire for violence. One gives up greed by seeing the uselessness of objects of greed. One gives up fear by considering that all suffering is caused by karma.
How can one overcome these obstacles? One should conquer lust by the decision not to enjoy women even by remembering them since it gives rise to lust. One should have a negative determination, such as “Today I will not enjoy.” With that decision, one conquers lust by fasting, by hunger and thirst. By giving up the desire for violence one conquers anger. By practice of seeing the uselessness of objects of greed one conquers greed. By considering that one is simply receiving the results of karma, one sees that there is no other cause of fear, and thus one gives up fear.
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ānvīkṣikyā śoka-mohau
dambhaṁ mahad-upāsayā
yogāntarāyān maunena
hiṁsāṁ kāmādy-anīhayā
By considering what is ātmā and non-ātmā one can conquer lamentation and illusion. By serving a great devotee one can become prideless. By keeping silent one can avoid obstacles on the path of yoga. By giving up desire for sense gratification one can conquer violence.
Ānvīkṣikyā means considering what is ātmā and non-ātmā.
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kṛpayā bhūtajaṁ duḥkhaṁ
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