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Uttarajjhayana 211.22.p1.74

Uttarajjhayaṇa 211.22.p1.74

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Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

211.22.p1.74

kāyassa phāsaṃ gahaṇaṃ vayanti | taṃ rāgaheuṃ tu maṇunnam āhu /
taṃ dosaheuṃ amaṇunnam āhu | samo ya jo tesu sa vīyarāgo ||74||

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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