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VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
311. He alone who has identified himself with the body
is greedy after sense-pleasures. How can one, devoid of
the body-idea, be greedy (like him)? Hence the tendency
to think of the sense-objects is verily the cause of the
bondage of transmigration, giving rise to an idea of dis-
tinction or duality.
119
कार्यप्रवर्धनाद्बीजप्रवृद्धिः परिदृश्यते ।
कार्यनाशाद्बीजनाशस्तस्मात्कार्यं निरोधयेत् ॥ ३१२ ॥
312. When the effects! are developed, the seed also is
observed to be such, and when the effects are destroyed,
the seed also is seen to be destroyed. Therefore one must
subdue the effects.
[Effects-Actions done with selfish motives.
2 Seed— Desire for sense-pleasures.
The next áloka explains this. ]
वासनावृद्धितः कार्यं कार्यवृद्धया च वासना ।
वर्धते सर्वथा पुंसः संसारो न निवर्तते ॥ ३१३ ॥
313. Through the increase of desires selfish work in-
creases, and when there is an increase of selfish work, there
is an increase of desire also; and man's transmigration is
never at an end.
संसारबन्धविच्छित्त्यै तद् द्वयं प्रदहेद्यतिः ।
वासनावृद्धिरेताभ्यां चिन्तया क्रियया बहिः ॥ ३१४ ॥
314. For the sake of breaking the chain of transmigra-
tion, the Sannyäsin should burn to ashes those two; for
thinking of the sense-objects and doing selfish acts lead to
an increase of desires.
311. He alone who has identified himself with the body
is greedy after sense-pleasures. How can one, devoid of
the body-idea, be greedy (like him)? Hence the tendency
to think of the sense-objects is verily the cause of the
bondage of transmigration, giving rise to an idea of dis-
tinction or duality.
119
कार्यप्रवर्धनाद्बीजप्रवृद्धिः परिदृश्यते ।
कार्यनाशाद्बीजनाशस्तस्मात्कार्यं निरोधयेत् ॥ ३१२ ॥
312. When the effects! are developed, the seed also is
observed to be such, and when the effects are destroyed,
the seed also is seen to be destroyed. Therefore one must
subdue the effects.
[Effects-Actions done with selfish motives.
2 Seed— Desire for sense-pleasures.
The next áloka explains this. ]
वासनावृद्धितः कार्यं कार्यवृद्धया च वासना ।
वर्धते सर्वथा पुंसः संसारो न निवर्तते ॥ ३१३ ॥
313. Through the increase of desires selfish work in-
creases, and when there is an increase of selfish work, there
is an increase of desire also; and man's transmigration is
never at an end.
संसारबन्धविच्छित्त्यै तद् द्वयं प्रदहेद्यतिः ।
वासनावृद्धिरेताभ्यां चिन्तया क्रियया बहिः ॥ ३१४ ॥
314. For the sake of breaking the chain of transmigra-
tion, the Sannyäsin should burn to ashes those two; for
thinking of the sense-objects and doing selfish acts lead to
an increase of desires.