Narada Bhakti Sutras - Text, Transliteration, Translation & Commentary /52

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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
 
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<p text="C">desires. It is unconquerable. Enjoyment does not

bring satisfaction of a desire. Just as fire is increased

by pouring ghee over so also desire is strengthened
 

by Bhoga. Have you not studied the life of Raja Yayati

in Mahabharata ? He borrowed the youthful state

from his son and enjoyed for thousands of years and

cried out in the end: &quot;Alas! my passion has not
gone. There is no satiety. My heart is still burning
with lust.&quot; Bartrihari weeps bitterly: &quot;I have re-
nounced the world, wife and kingdom. I live on leaves
and water. I do penance, yet lust is troubling me.&quot;
Such is the potency of desire.</p>
<p text="Alas! my C">That is the reason why Lord Krishna says in the
Gita &quot;Envelopassion has not
goned is wisdom by this constant enemy
of the wise in the form of desire, which is insatiable
as a flame. There is no satiety. My heart is still burning
senses, the mind and the reason are
said to be its seat; by these, enveloping with lust."sdom, it
bewilders the dweller in the body. Therefore, O best
of the Bartrihariharatas, mastering first the senses do thou
slay this thing of sin, destructive of weeps bitterly: "I haisdom and
knowledge. Thus understanding Him as greater than
the Reason, restraining the self by the self, slay thou,
O mighty-armed, the enemy in the form of desire,
difficult to ove re-
nounced the world, wife and kingdom. I live on leaves
and water. I do penance, yet lust is troubling me."
rcome. When a man abandoneth, O
Partha, all the desires of the heart, and is satisfied in
the self, by the Such is the potency of desire.
 
That is the reason why Lord Krishna says in the
Gita "Enveloped is wisdom by this constant enemy
of the wise in the form of desire, which is insatiable
as a flame. The senses, the mind and the reason are
said to be its seaelf, then is he called stable in mind.&quot; by these, enveloping wisdom, it
bewilders the dweller in the body. Therefore, O best
of the Bharatas, mastering first the senses do thou
slay this thing of sin, destructive of wisdom and
knowledge. Thus understanding Him as greater than
the Reason, restraining the self by the self, slay thou,
O mighty-armed, the enemy in the form of desire,
difficult to overcome. When a man abandoneth, O
Partha, all the desires of the heart, and is satisfied in
the self, by the Self, then is he called stable in mind."

Chapt. III --- 39, 40, 41, 43. Chapt. II
 
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<p text="C" merge-next="true">First annihilate Asakti, then the Kamana (long-

ing) will die by itself. Eventually preference also will

be destroyed. When the attraction towards external

objects ceases, then there yet remains Trishna (thirst-

ing for objects). This is the most dangerous enemy
 
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