Uttarajjhayana 197.1.42_5

197.1.42_5

pāsā ya ii ke vuttā | kesī goyamam abbavī /
kesim evaṃ buvaṃtaṃ tu | goyamo iṇam abbavī ||42||

Kêsi said to Gautama: 'What do you call fetters?' To these words of Kêsi Gautama made the following reply: (42)
"Love, hatred, &c., are heavy fetters, attachment is a dangerous one; having regularly destroyed them, I live up to the rules of conduct." (43)
'Well, Gautama, &c. (as in verse 28). (44)
'O Gautama, in the innermost heart there grows a plant which brings forth poisonous fruit; how have you torn it out?' (45)
"I have thoroughly clipped that plant, and torn it out altogether with its roots; thus I have got rid of the poisonous fruit." (46)
Kêsi said to Gautama, 'What do you call that plant?' To these words of Kêsi Gautama made the following reply: (47)
"Love of existence is that dreadful plant which brings forth dreadful fruit; having regularly torn it out, I live pleasantly." (48)
'Well, Gautama, &c. (as in verse 28). (49)
'Gautama, there is blazing up a frightful fire which burns the embodied beings; how have you put it out?' (50)
"Taking water, excellent water, from (the river) produced by the great cloud, I always pour it over my body; thus sprinkled the fire does not burn me." (51)
Kêsi said to Gautama, 'What do you call the fire?' To these words of Kêsi Gautama made the following reply: (52)
"The passions are the fire; knowledge, a virtuous life, and penances are the water; sprinkled with the drops of knowledge the fire of the passions is extinguished and does not burn me." (53)
'Well, Gautama, &c. (as in verse 28). (54)