Suktimuktavali 86

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Now, the section on contemplation: / Like a young woman's side-glance upon a dispassionate man, like the toil of serving / a master devoid of generosity, like planting lotuses upon stone, / or like rain pouring everywhere upon barren soil—so are charity, worship, austerity, / scriptural study, learning, and the like completely fruitless without contemplation. .. 85 .. / If a person wishes to know everything, desires merit, wishes to practice compassion, seeks to destroy sin, / wishes to check anger, desires the fruitfulness of charity, good conduct, and austerity, / wishes to accumulate auspicious blessings, seeks to reach the shore of the ocean of worldly existence, / and desires to embrace the lady Liberation, then one should cultivate contemplation. .. 86 ..