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Uttarajjhayana 211.22.p1.102

Uttarajjhayaṇa 211.22.p1.102

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211.22.p1.102

kohaṃ ca māṇaṃ ca taheva māyaṃ | lohaṃ dugucchaṃ araiṃ raiṃ ca /
hāsaṃ bhayaṃ sogapumitthiveyaṃ | napuṃsaveyaṃ vivihe ya bhāve ||102||

Desiring happiness and being submerged in the ocean of delusion, he forms many plans for warding off misery; and for their sake an impassioned man exerts himself. (105)
But all kinds of objects of the senses, sounds, &c., will cause to the indifferent neither a pleasant nor an unpleasant feeling. (106)
He who endeavours to recognise the vanity of all desires, will arrive at perfect indifference. When he ceases to desire the objects (of the senses), his desire for pleasures will become extinct. (107)
The dispassionate man who has performed all duties will quickly remove the obstructions to right knowledge and to right faith, and whatever Karman produces obstruction (to righteousness). (108)
Then he knows and sees all things, he is free from delusion and hindrances, his Âsravas have gone, and he is proficient in meditation and concentration of thoughts, and being pure he will arrive at beatitude when his life is spent. (109)
He will get rid of all misery which always afflicts mankind; recovered from the long illness, as it were, and glorious, he becomes infinitely happy, and obtains the (final) aim. (110)
We have taught the way how to become exempt from all misery which arises since time without beginning; those beings who follow it will in their time become infinitely happy. (111)
Thus I say.

Hermann Jacobi 1895, Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra (Gaina Sûtras II, SBE 45)

Just as an impassioned fish which is eager to swallow the bait, has its body transfixed by a hook. (63)
Just as an impassioned buffalo who dives in cold water, is taken hold of by a crocodile and dies. (76)
Just as an impassioned elephant who is inflamed by carnal desires, is turned from his way by a female elephant (and is captured and at last killed in battle). (89)]
Thus the objects of the senses and of the mind cause pain to passionate men, but they never in the least cause any pain to the dispassionate. (100)
Pleasant things (by themselves) do not cause indifference nor emotions (as anger, &c.); but by either hating or loving them, a man undergoes such a change through delusion. (101)
Anger, pride, deceit, greed; disgust, aversion to self-control and delight in sensual things; mirth, fear, sorrow, carnal desire for women, men, or both; all these manifold passions arise in him who is attached to pleasures; and so do other emotions produced by those (before mentioned) arise in him who is to be pitied, who (ought to be) ashamed of himself, and who is hateful. (102, 103)
A monk should not desire a companion, not (even) one who is able to perform his religious duties; nor, if he regrets having taken the vows, (should he desire for) a worldly reward of his austerities. Such emotions of an infinite variety arise in one who is the slave of his senses. (104)

Hermann Jacobi 1895, Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra (Gaina Sûtras II, SBE 45)

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